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Because the data for Avanti West Coast and LNER appears in various systems as reservation compulsory, that flags up on the Interrail planning app as a reservation fee. Ignore that, and just get a free reservation by whatever method suits you best, and enjoy full first class with breakfast.

And some quite complex locomotive diagrams on gala days, which adds to the fun.

Or just how read it, so apologies too. Yes you're right. Certain groups seem to have been taken for granted and sod it would be a natural reaction. Planners, Roster Clerks, and Control are fortunately made of sterner stuff!

It is NR engineering access hours. What they have they hold as they have no incentive to change. GA have been successful in challenging these in the past, this would seem a good case to pursue. 1712055445 More so Government, who were the idealists behind three timetables a year. That didn't...

There are some still around who know how to timetable properly, but this requires above all, time to do a methodical and accurate job. A combination of late decision making, whether it be DfT, NR, TOC directors or whoever, and diversion of staff onto strike timetables, is not giving those...

The signalling on the main lines through Stratford was designed for non stop running, long before the Olympics and everything that subsequently bought to the area. Today you would probably design it with more signals and a lower linespeed, like the electric line is. You could write the...

If it was it wouldn’t be the first time that building had caused trouble for the railway. Here’s an article from the Ilford Recorder about the great fire in 1959...

Cambridge United at home (15.00 KO) may not help options 2 and 3. Given those choices bus Witham - Billericay is perhaps the least worst.

Fitting tables should please the GA hares:

It was the December 2010 re-write that produced today's basic pattern, with some minor timing alterations along the way since. It wasn't arrived at by chance, a great deal of detailed discussion took place, and the cooperation of the freight companies was a major contribution. The GEML...

If it continues to run at the current levels of punctuality and reliability I won't be disappointed. Clean, on time, get a seat is repeatedly stated as what passengers want, they don't all carry stopwatches. Engineering allowances for Temporary Speed Restrictions are mandatory in the planning...

To be fair the work done by Cambridge box is excellent, it's a complex area to signal. There are many operational reasons why platforms get swapped that won't be obvious to Joe Public.

Best speak to your HR department. While you could get excellent advice on here from someone knowledgeable, you could get complete nonsense. How would you tell the difference?

I used an old carnet ticket that I must have had for over 30 years today, paid for in francs. That worked.

I was at Milan Centrale yesterday. There are two 'immediate travel' desks in the middle of the concourse, train side of the barriers. Both were staffed. Don't exit through the barriers. I arrived at 14.58 from Rome, ten minutes later had my Interrail reservation for EC54 15.20 to Brig, but there...

I tried a couple of weeks ago at Lille Europe for a reservation from Paris Bercy to Clermont-Ferrand. The machine had the interrail option on it, but then didn't apply the 100% fare discount to leave just the reservation fee. The very helpful travel centre clerk did the reservation for me, but...

And before someone gets upset it is not necessarily traincrew being difficult for the sake of it. Many go the extra mile (literally) during disruption. But if you expect to finish work at xx.xx, then have an urgent appointment, school run or whatever, what else can you do.

Well compared to when I worked in Control there has been a massive leap in technology. But in those days you couldn’t even see where the trains were! But seriously, investing in IT is easy to say, more difficult to achieve successfully, especially in our fragmented railway. You have to be aware...

Indeed, and traincrew costs in particular are a big cost in running a railway. Hence the growth in computer systems to produce ever more mathematically efficient diagrams. But the old maxim, keep the crew with the train wherever possible, is the best way to aid service recovery. Much easier (in...

Obviously 'The Man in Seat 61' website is the first stop, but if you do Facebook there are a few useful sites there too, particularly when it cones to reservations. Just search Interrail on FB. No one can predict delays, just make sure you have a plan B. Then if you are delayed plan B becomes...