Bizarre Pricing
Hi, Struck tonight trying to buy a single from Edinburgh to Chesterfield (which I do semi-regularly), usually the cheapest way I find is to buy a ticket to Doncaster and the a single from Doncaster to...
View ArticleVirgin Train Selection Day
Hi All, I have been advised my application was successful and that I have to attend a selection day. Its for CSA onboard. Can anyone explain to me the medical checks that they do if i get that far? I...
View ArticleNot obtaining one ticket when two are booked on same code
Sorry for ungainly title. Basically I booked two advance single tickets (not a return) to and from Manchester Airport on TPE and it has given me one code to pick them up at the station. Today my cat...
View ArticleA4 60009 Union of South Africa Passing Dalton on The ECML with The Hadrian...
Footage of the outward leg. Hope you enjoy.
View ArticleBlack 5's and more
Black 5's at Croy, uploaded within half and hour of seeing this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px2LN...ature=youtu.be 158723 on 5Z70 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1u2t5ka4Ec&feature=plcp 170454...
View Articlelow fare Advanced ticket question
Hi, Not being from the UK I have limited experience (although, I have travelled East Coast and many years ago British Rail Inter-City Link). I am trying to determine as to when the first day is to...
View ArticleWartime Bulleid Merchant Navy photos 1941/42
Evening All I have added 6 photos taken during the War years 1941 & 1942 of Bulleid Merchant Navy locos First off is this unique photo of 21C 2 (Union Castle Plates covered) still to be painted...
View ArticleThe new Maps app on the iPhone
Suggests that Stow Park Station is one of my nearest railway stations. It only closed in 1961.
View ArticleStarting "long"?
Good evening, I am travelling on a return part of a ticket from Cooden Beach to Birmingham Moor Street via London Victoria/Marylebone tomorrow on Southern/Chiltern and wish to start a couple of stops...
View ArticleI know its been done before.......but
I start my new job as a trainee train driver on Nov 5th, and as this forum has been so helpfull in giving me advice and information on how to get the job in the first place, i thought i would start my...
View ArticleVirgin Pendolino stopped at Blisworth today...
WCML heading north near Blisworth was a Pendolino stopped just past a signal as we walked the dogs and the driver was walking down the side of the train looking underneath it. Thought it may have been...
View ArticleLondon Eurostar-Cambridge off peak restrictions
What is the restriction code for a London Eurostar-Cambridge off peak ticket? (I think London Eurostar is the one I want - I mean what you get when you book a through ticket from the Eurostar website....
View ArticleThe Grinkle Bell 27/10/2012
When I heard that a railtour was doing the Boulby Branch there was no way that I was going to miss that opportunity. So today I had a run down the branchline on UK Railtours Grinkle Bell and these are...
View Articlecheckywatch.com
There appears to be a website and associated Facebook page dedicated to informing people of the current location of Metro inspectors, it is claimed that this is in protest at high fares. I can see...
View ArticleLM Great Escape - Any Issues
Hi Everybody, I'm planning a couple of days out & about using the LM Great Escape towards the end of the week, and was wondering if anybody has had any issues - perhaps due to staff shortages,...
View ArticleBeer Tickets at Kwvr
After a great day out at the festival - just wondering on the issue of beer tickets. The whole day was awash with many people with handfuls of beer tickets selling them to whoever may want to buy them...
View ArticleAdvanced ticket change - 1hr earlier TODAY
If I've got an advanced first single for the 11:50 Bournemouth - Waterloo, is there any way to excess this to a standard class single on the 10:50 today? Or do I just buy a new ticket?
View ArticleFlying Scotsman
Is too much being/has been spent on Scotsman? http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1001...nrealistic___/
View ArticleTrains,Trams and a bus. 27.10.12
Shots from a day out on the 27th October 2012 - Crewe - http://www.flickr.com/photos/curly42...in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/curly42...in/photostream...
View ArticlePretendolino
Saw the Virgin Pretendolino set in BHM at about 2035 on Friday. What service would this have been working. Didn't realise it worked any ex-Euston services via Birmingham. (As an aside, did First intend...
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