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A colleague travels mostly from Tonbridge to Cannon Street, but occasionally wishes to travel via Greenwich at the beginning or end of the working day. We have noticed that the season ticket price difference for Tonbridge to London Terminals route NOT HIGH SPEED and for Tonbridge to Greenwich...

If anyone has any Summer (June-September) 1955 passenger working timetables or supplements for sale, I would potentially be interested in purchasing them — I already have a fair collection but I also have rather a lot missing. I've been scouring eBay/online bookshops/etc. for some time now, so...

Has anyone got recent experience of buying CrossCountry weekend firsts? My dad is planning a day trip tomorrow where he intends to use them, but I've just noticed that all reference to them has ominously disappeared off their website, and their website is no longer selling them either. The fares...

Just an odd question that popped into my head. Obviously in the UK (and to some extent in Ireland) there is the concept of a "Parkway" station, originally named after an early name for the M32 (the Bristol Parkway) — this is a station with good road connections and large car parks that usually...

I'm under the impression Chiltern are running blockade busters this weekend. Are they just their usual stock (68 loco-hauleds and 168s etc.) or have they hired something in? Sorry if this is answered elsewhere; did have a quick look but didn't find anything.

Hi all! I'm working on a little project involving trains in 1955. I'm curious about how electric workings worked with through passenger trains (I'm not interested in freight at this time) on the various electrified routes back then: Through trains on the Woodhead Route — I know the wires had...

Does anyone have a May 1992 British Rail South Western Division Carriage Working Notice? If not, one from a close time period would also be helpful. Anything else similar like a Station Working Book/Train Departure Book for somewhere in the area could work too; I'm not precisely sure what each...

I can't figure out how to purchase a flexible ticket in one direction and an inflexible one in the other using the TrainsCanBeCheaper website (TCBC). Is this actually possible? I can't buy it in two transactions as I want an Off Peak Single (Online) of type 'SVH' which cannot be purchased on...

I'm just asking out of curiosity since I know a number of forum members were rather excited a few years back when the Consumer Rights Act was extended to cover rail travel. It was suggested at the time that this may be able to be used to receive compensation when, for instance, "complimentary"...

An interesting question came up on Travel Stack Exchange. I was about to post a simple answer about how to get an excess at Paddington, but then I noticed that OP had said they hold a mobile ticket. Never having used one of those myself, it made me wonder. My gut instinct says that getting an...

I'm guessing GWR no longer carry the Cornish fish since the switch to IETs? Or do they lock them in one of the kitchen areas or something?

Is there an official source for London Thameslink being valid into KGX? The official NR site says it isn't, which obviously is ridiculous, but it's all I can find. The only other thing I've been able to find is messages from GTR on Twitter, but I'd rather something a bit better than that if...

When Waterloo station's lower-numbered platform were rebuilt a couple of years back, some of them were provided with a gantry for the signals. This gantry also spans platforms 7 and 8, but these platforms are longer than the rest, so the front of the platform protrudes beyond the gantry and a...

My dad and I will be travelling on this train next month. I've noticed there's a break in electrification type not far from Moscow. I'm therefore curious how this train is operated. Will there likely be a loco change there? Will there also be one somewhere closer to the border between Ukrainian...

A few weeks ago I was on the SRPS tour with Union of South Africa to Aberdeen and my friend and I went down to photograph the loco being turned on the newly-reinstated turntable. This got me thinking - how many places have turntables which are mainline-connected and could theoretically be used...

My colleague who used to commute on Virgin Trains West Coast remembers one weekend when they (either Voyagers or Pendos; he's not thinking of the older loco-hauled stock) were being diverted into a different terminal other than Euston (though he doesn't remember which one). He also admits he...

I heard from a (non rail-enthusiast) acquaintance just now that trains were all heavily disrupted last night due to a power loss around Cambridge. He was stuck on a train for five hours and then believed he was hauled by "something diesel" to a village station for disembarkment, on a Greater...

At Waterloo station on the arrivals platform for the Waterloo & City Line (platform 26), I'm pretty sure there's a lift at the "up" (I think) end of the platform which takes you up to the main Underground concourse level. I've never actually tried using it but I've walked past it many times and...

I was curious about the rerouted Chiltern "parliamentary" (or not; let's not get into that argument!) with regards to fares etc. For the South Ruislip-West Ealing run it seems obvious to me that Oyster/Contactless is the best fare. However, when I was looking for West Ealing-High Wycombe, I...

Should SWR offer delay repay for trains cancelled as a result of a strike? Does the answer depend on whether the ticket was bought before or after the strike was announced? Does the answer depend on whether or not you have an itinerary? I bought a ticket on the day of the strike, but delay...