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In the latest Rail magazine (Issue 1052 dated 7 Jan, page 8) the normally well-informed Paul Clifton states: I was under the impression that the line had been resignalled around 2012/3 with control being from Basingstoke ROC. If I'm correct, why would resignalling be required again after a...

BR Fares https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=TOT&dest=PAD&rte=82&tkt=FWF&period=20250907 seems to state (under validity) that these are available every day from 27 Dec to 4 Jan (rather than just weekends and bank holidays). I did query this with GWR using their Whatsapp service but they did...

BBC reporting Royal Train to be decommissioned https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce377nr5r43o That's sad news.

After some advice please. I need to travel Exeter/London on 8 May. GWR and XC are both on strike so SWR via Honiton only option. SWR should be operating a near normal service but ticketing websites are not showing their trains and their own website says " no tickets available". Provided trains...

I had an disappointing experience today - I had a first advance for the 1242 Totnes/Paddington. I was there in good time and glanced at the "staff info" tv type screen set into the wall on P2 where it said re. my train "5 cars, full and standing, no seat reservations" so I went to the ticket...

SWR have just emailed me : South Western Railway (SWR) is urging customers only to travel by rail if absolutely necessary on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October due to the planned RMT and TSSA industrial action. The same message is being announced frequently at their stations today. This seems...

Advice please. A member of my family accompanied by 4 others so 5 in total needs to travel from Totnes to Cardiff on mid-morning of Thursday 30 June and return mid-morning Friday 1 July. Having spent a while fruitlessly searching websites he consulted me and I suggested Groupsave using the SVR...

This does not look good. https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/train-disruption-expected-rest-day-5850301?fbclid=IwAR25yMdPgDaMKpZFj-XnvXBHvcVjgUaH1ISsoP-DqSCnIOHn Some westbound XC's seem to be turning round at Totnes.

I'd read in the latest Modern Railways mag. that the intention was to restart Pullman dining, but I have not seen anywhere that it has already restarted, albeit apparently on 2 services only. A member of my family is currently on the 1931 Reading/Plymouth and reports that a full dinner service...

Can someone help with a query please? Just looking at fares for a day return trip North Camp to Taunton via Reading. Trainsplit suggests using using 3 x CDR's splitting at Newbury and Castle Cary and there are a (very) small number of trains that call at both those places thus making it a...

The full report is a truly shocking read. To be honest, sounds like the NR employee should be in court rather than just facing disciplinary action? Or is it more a symptom of a rotten system...

BBC news reports unpleasant events at SWR Bournemouth depot: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42068962

I read in a recent article that traffic on this line is much reduced recently and certainly looking at RealTimeTrains it seems that there are no booked trains at night, presumably to save a signal box shift? Also Virgin seem to have placed diversions over the line when the WCML is closed in to...

Whilst I was in Plymouth on a railtour today I decided to take a return trip to Gunnislake. Having bought my £5.20 CDR at the ticket office,I noticed the gateline was locked open,there may have been a good reason for this but despite plenty of staff around no effort was made to check tickets...

From todays Times Nice to see some good feedback in the mainstream press on FGW sleeper and restaurant car services. Wasnt it only a few years ago the Penzance sleeper was nearly axed?

Can anyone explain why a CDR from North Camp to Bedwyn (48m) is £9.00 but to Oxford (45m) its £13.90. That is 54% more for a shorter distance! In both cases you obviously have to change at Reading,the only difference with Oxford is that you might use XC for the Reading/Oxford sector,but that...