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I just wanted to post in praise of this railway, as I visited it for the second time yesterday. I had a great day out, starting with the Routemaster which picks up passengers from Epping station to take them to the railway. To my own personal delight, I was told on the bus that "unfortunately"...

The requirement to wear face masks on flights within and between Denmark, Norway and Sweden has been dropped with effect from the start of this week. Source: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/norwegian-airlines-abolish-face-mask-requirement-for-regional-flights/

This week I took a trip on the Smalspåret preserved line which runs from Hultsfred to Västervik. This is a 3ft gauge line, covering 71 kilometres, which surely must make it one of the longer preserved lines in Europe? There are 21 stations in total. As I mentioned elsewhere, Swedish preserved...

Link/source: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-circulating-in-italy-as-early-as-september-2019-scientists-claim-12133825 What do you make of this? There are several other news stories on similar lines. If it is true it changes the whole story of the virus to date.

New guidelines were published by the Public Health Authority of Sweden yesterday. They state that based on current knowledge, a positive antibody test most likely means that the person is protected from reinfection for up to six months from the date of receiving the test result. Under the new...

Two railrover-type tickets have been announced for Sweden this summer. The first is from the national operator, SJ, and is a " Tågluffarkort", which is now available to all ages, after a youth version was trialled last summer. It costs SEK 3295 (approx £280) for 15 days' continuous travel and...

We see quite a few of these knocking around, some used more often than others, but what's actually inside them? Many have the former windows covered, but not always all of them and most seem to have operational doors. Here's a photo I found of one with its doors open and there's evidently...

Was looking to book the night train from Paris to Toulouse, but after the first week in October I can't find any in SNCF's booking engine or on DB planner. Same for the train to Rodez. Are they being withdrawn?

Many of you will be familiar with TV series The Professionals, of Bodie and Doyle fame. One of its legacies has been to provide some wonderful outdoor scenes of London and around from 1977-1983. Some include good railway shots - a notable one is Paddington station in the episode "Rogue". I am...

According to TPE, a new train servicing depot is to be built in Scarborough, with construction beginning next month: https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/media-centre/news/2017/december/transpennine-express-invests-7million-in-new-scarborough-depot-creating-15-jobs Anyone know where the depot will...

An anytime day return from Woolwich Arsenal to Cambridge costs £36.30 An anytime day return from King's Cross to Cambridge costs £35.80. Therefore for travelling from Woolwich Arsenal to Cambridge, the first fare is the obvious choice. But can I simply use the DLR to commence my journey...

Am looking at getting to Biarritz via a flight to Bordeaux in January (just part of a fairly complicated journey but suffice to say I need to fly into Paris CDG). I can of course already book flight tickets (a very good connection at CDG, arrive in Bordeaux around 11am), but of course, train...

I've been wanting to do this for some time and finally a suitable opportunity turned up for July 9. A little bit of background: direct trains between Scarborough and London have existed in various guises down the years, mostly on summer Saturdays, memorably for many as the named 'Scarborough...

I was very surprised to see in Railways Illustrated that 56009 still exists and is owned by UK Rail Leasing. This loco, which I believe is more or less an empty shell, was at Brush Traction for many years as a "test bed". I thought it has been scrapped at Booths but apparently it was...

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H33687/2014/07/08/advanced http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H33891/2014/07/09/advanced I take it these are trains that do not normally actually run? Or? Thanks in advance.

I haven't done anything like this for many years - but now the opportunity presented itself. I realised that down the years I've somewhat neglected the Scarborough-Hull line. Yet it's a real survivor - and what's more it's a line with a lot of worthwhile places to visit. The Yorkshire Coast...

I grew up with BR blue. The late 1970s was a time of “standardisation” – yet looking back, the variety of locos and stock that visited Scarborough was positively exotic compared with today. Yet in fact, the writing was already on the wall. The older enthusiasts bemoaned that it was nothing...

In an accident at 2.30am, a train on the Saltsjöbanan local line in Stockholm barrelled through the buffers at the Salsjöbaden terminus and into an apartment building. It is believed the driver was a cleaner. She was the only person injured (seriously) in the crash. The train would have had...

I wonder what the fate will be for this oddity, which was withdrawn way back in 1996 and moved to to Brush Traction in Loughborough for use as a test bed for refurbished Class 56 power units, and renumbered from 56 009 to 56 201. I don't know when it was last used for this purpose? It's been...

I'd wanted to do this for some time, as it's an overnight service with an early departure and late arrival, allowing for maximum enjoyment of the journey. In this case, a Saturday departure meant an even later arrival at Copenhagen, 10.54 rather than 10.07 (presumably engineering works...