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We already have a coach which will drop us off at LPG and collect us from LLJ. We are touring Snowdonia and visiting the Ffestiniog Railway. The point of the exercise is to go on a train following that beautiful piece of coast line. Last year we went Exeter to Newton Abbot along another stunning...

I am planning to take a party of 29 senior citizens on a sightseeing trip on a train between LPG and LLJ departing around 4:30pm on Friday 18th September. I understand LPG has a short platform and we all may have to board through one or two doors. Does anyone know how full the train might be...

I remember when there was a train company called “one train company” (what a silly name) the BBC South East morning news often used to say “One train company is reporting some delays this morning . . . “ My wife got quite angry when I screamed at the telly “Which one ? “. i need to know for my...

In my case it would be 18 miles by train followed by 6 miles on the bike to my work or 9 mikes to see my son and his family. i think in the ‘new normal’, there may be more than enough space for bikes.

Could I suggest that Rush Hour Cycle Restrictions on trains be temporarily eased? if we do have to socially distance on trains, why not allow bicycles on trains? Round the world cities, including London, are taking the unique opportunity of low car traffic volumes to extend their cycle lane...

Some foreign friends are planning to travel from Euston to Manchester on Sunday morning 16th June. I am proud of our railways but I am surprised to see that the 0820 departure is shown as taking 2 hours 40 minutes to complete the journey. Why so long? Is it routing via Birmingham? Are they using...

I work in another industry which also use Safety Critical Communication procedures and I am very interested in this subject. I would like to ask if non-compliance with the procedures is much of a problem on the Railways. If there are any problems, is it getting better over time. Which department...

I was a passenger on last night's 1M16 the 2044 Inverness to London Caledonian Sleeper It started well, exactly on time, but 20 minutes into the journey when I had just finished my excellent cheese and biscuits - it all suddenly ground to a halt. We passengers were told this was due to an...

Corfield. Those main international 'flag-carrier' airlines who are developing the 'hub' business model are seemingly very successful. Look at Emirates and their Dubai hub. You can now fly from places like Glasgow and Newcastle to Australia changing planes at their sparkling new terminal at...

John, Yes I agree it will be a big problem. We may have to stuff the mouths of everyone living in the area with gold! But, returning to my quick reply above, when Bevan was asked about the morality of paying more money to the already well-to-do doctors to get the NHS started, he said that it...

The area I am thinking about is north of the Chilterns. As a nation we would have to do the right thing towards people whose lives would be adversely affected by new infrastructure developments. I am not sure this is the case with HS2 at the moment. I am reminded of what Aneurin Bevan said when...

Should rail decide the location of a NEW AIRPORT ? My background is that I am an airline pilot approaching retirement. I grew up along-side the East Coast mainline and remember my headmaster taking the class to see the last scheduled steam train passing through Hitchin. It seemed to be a sad...

Thank you Clip, having looked at the website it seems you have to hold a ticket to the games (or be a volunteer) to obtain a games train ticket. However it doesn't say you cannot travel on an ordinary ticket on a special Olympic games train.

Thank you kar3emosman, you've found it for me and I found a better train at 0200. I 'd like to check with FGW that it's actually going to run. Does anyone have a phone number for the Olympic specials department?

I finish work at 0100 in West London so its got to be after 0200. Otherwise I'd love to take the Night Sleeper.

I would like to travel from London to Cornwall in the early hours of Monday 13th August. Various websites suggest that there is a train from Paddington to Bristol at 0230. They also show a 0524 train from Bristol to Cornwall. However when I check the First Great Western on-line timetables, I...

Recently I was travelling on a flight out of Albuquerque, New Mexico when I spotted an oval of railway track unexpectedly plonked down in the desert. It looked very like a simple layout of Hornby model railway track with some short sidings. Later I searched for it on Google maps satellite...

There have been a number of threads where members have been asked to say which closed railway lines they think should be reopened. One thing that the replies often did not give was what the new train service would look like in terms of timings. To get things stated I give my own FANTASY...

The BBC is now reporting that Japanese Railways have announced that they are unable to locate two trains near the city of Sendai following a 30ft high tsunami hitting the Japanese East Coast Mainline. In the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami "The Queen of the Sea" express was destroyed while...

Okay guys here is my FANTASY BRISTOL – NORWICH Through-train timetable I am assuming the Oxford to Cambridge line were to be reopened and there was a regular through - train from Bristol Temple Meads to Norwich using the line. I have had to guestimate some of the timings but I think it...