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Absolute Madness as Heritage Rail enthusiast says it is ok! https://www.facebook.com/reel/1034237295151279 Quote "I know what I am doing so I can be safe". Source: Facebook posting by Andy Miller

I am having problems changing an SWR advance ticket booking. All details the same except different date. The booking (single reference number) uses split tickets. I have been able to change the first leg but the second leg always errors out. I have spoken with SWR Customer Service who cant...

Moderator Note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/expired-rail-card-1000-fine-please-help.285972/ I do of course accept that there has to be some form of "financial deterrent" imposed on the passenger and that simply making good "the loss" would encourage the "pay when...

I need to travel at the end of May in the week: Poole to Waterloo outward 0641 from Poole. (fixed time - I need to be at Waterloo to allow me to get to my ultimate destination in London by 0930). Waterloo to Poole return has to be flexible. I have a senior railcard. The senior railcard is only...

Chief Executive - Swanage Railway - Swanage, Dorset - £Competitive (berwickpartners.co.uk) as advertised on Swanage Railway Company: SR Staff - for all who work on or for the railway Good to see the renewed confidence that the Swanage Railway is now displaying by investing in a Chief Executive...

On 27 and 28 October "fast" rail replacement buses are operating between Bournemouth and Southampton Airport Parkway (the journey I need to make). There is a timetable on the national rail website. My question is "do they just operate to the timetable or at Bournemouth will they "fill and go"...

Any suggestions how I can reduce the cost of a day return Poole to London Waterloo with peak time trains in both directions? I could use an advance (with Senior railcard discount) for the outward but have noticed those fares have certainly crept up. C£30 is the cheapest I can find with the...

I am travelling from LHR T5 to Southampton in July. I am contemplating travelling by Railair Link. There are some very attractive fares on advance tickets with a railcard discount but these tickets are valid for a specific train only. I am bit concerned that my flight may be late or I may...

But if GTR has a policy of only charging the difference between the fare paid and the fare which should have been paid this effectively creates an inconsistency when compared with the penalty fares regime? PF regime Penalty Fare of £100 (£50 early payment discount) and full single fare (no...

Any ideas where I can find flight numbers for scheduled and charter flights ex UK from the 1980s and 1990s?

According to a banner advert on the home page of the Swanage Railway website they are going cashless from 25th March 2024.

Yesterday I was due to travel along the London Waterloo - Weymouth line on an advance ticket purchased 2 weeks ago, I was keeping an eye on the severe delays and cancellations caused by an incident at Pokesdown. There was advice re using a local bus service instead or another operator. The time...

Please can someone give guidance on how long it takes to get a boiler up to "full steam" so it could pull a train? (a) from light steam - having been kept in light steam overnight (b) from cold Having watched a very well known film I got the impression that from cold say 2 to 3 hours. As ever...

Does anyone know how wool from australia and new zealand was transported to Yorkshire (for weaving)during the Victorian era? Was it transported by train or was it transported by coastal steamer or sail powered equivalent? TIA

My brother was booked to fly from Pristina to Luton on 2nd October 2023. He was at the airport when the flight was cancelled due to bad weather. The airport staff were not able to provide any assistance so my brother booked his own hotel and took taxis each way to / from the airport. He got a...

Please can someone advise what electric buses Whippet are using on the U bus route? What buses were used before the new electric buses were brought into service? What are their respective capacities? TIA

Is there anyway of checking all the flight arrivals and departures on a specific date? Is there anyway of finding out the cause(s) of any delays or cancellations? A flight a friend is due to travel on has been cancelled due to bad weather and yet the airports seem to be operating normally...

There have been a number of posts in the Disputes and Prosecutions section where the naming of the "advance" and "anytime" ticket types appear to have caused confusion resulting in action being taken against passengers who were travelling without a ticket valid for that specific train. It has...

Are any trains operating on SWR on Monday 8th May 2023? I had a booking on SWR which has been cancelled. The journey planner and nationalrail.co.uk show no trains. TIA

I am trying to find the address of the Scout Motor Services booking office (for express services, tours, excursions etc) in Preston in the 1950s. Possibly Sheppard xxxxxx based on a fuzzy image on Fickr but could be completely wrong. Any ideas?