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I’m hoping to be able to use the £1000 claim back the government are offering for schools to go down to parliament. Would likely be LNER we’d travel with. What sort of fares and discounts are available for groups of children? Would be under 12y/o. Is there an optimum number to receive these...

I’ve been trying to get my journeys so I can see whether I’ve hit various caps etc but they’re not coming up in either the app or online. I’ve been able to use this in the past to check and query certain transactions and journeys as I always end up making so many tap in and outs because I can’t...

My assumption would be is that at some point they would be programmed with their route(s) for the day, but then there are other aspects like bringing sets of cars together etc. What happens?

On my way to London, and heading out of York were a number of trains stabled. Unfortunately, I didn’t get chance to see what they were as I don’t have a window seat. Which TOCs normally sit their stock down here? Are they usually stabled for longer periods, rather than to free up space in the...

From FlightRadar, 6th January, accessed 6th January https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/alaska-airlines-737-9-max-exit-door-separates-in-flight/ Link shows original article. <Attached image shows the rear ‘plugged door’ (window to Daily Mail) blown out>

As you’re travelling under OHLE, every so often, you come across sections where overhead wires cross from the OHE mast to the contact wire and back to the OHE mast. Is it a way of keeping tension? Earthing sections of wire? An example is on this video from 09:32: (Video is of a steam train...

Doug Paulley, a disabled activist, has uploaded a video of his trilogy in attempting to board a train from Kings Cross to Leeds. The train had arrived in reverse direction from Bounds Depot and the platform the train arrived on did not have significant width to allow the wheelchair ramp to be...

Watching a video at Wolverton and I’m struck watching a 350 depart how steep the cant is and how I’d struggle to board/exit the train at such an angle. What impact would levelling the track out at such a station have? My assumption would be that it would have an effect on speed, potentially...

I’ve been playing about on FlightRadar for a few months now and one thing that seems to crop up are a number of flights with departures from airports only to have the same operator schedule a further few flights to the same airport. One example that jumps out at me is Johannesburg to Heathrow...

On flight planner this evening, I noticed a number of flights that are pathed over the extreme north of Greenland and what I can only assume is the arctic circle in a west direction. Most of these flights tended to be those to Japan or South Korea. Why do they do this? Easier to avoid the busy...

Apologies, I can’t upload this as a YouTube video on my mobile. Very quick one. At 19:37, 185 123’s leading coach seems a bit iffy. Has it been problematic to anyone’s knowledge or is this what the reduced engine output feature sounds like?

Many of the larger stations have slow speeds on departure. Why? Is this due to the nature of points and trains traversing these points to set them in the right path? Which large mainline station has the fastest speed on departure?

In the past, WyMetro have offered ENCTS holders discounted travel on scenic routes. https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/offers/metro-winter-offer#:~:text=Metro%20ENCTS%20pass%20holders%20(Senior,2021%20%E2%80%93%2026%20March%202022%20inclusive. [Northern Railway ENCTS offer, accessed 27.12.22]...

I was on the 0802 from York to Kings Cross. The train was cancelled at Doncaster due to the toilet piping being frozen. We were told to join the 0856 from Doncaster. Five minutes into the journey, LNER emailed to say I was due the total cost of my ticket as a refund for the train being...

At platform 9 at the moment. A XC train passed through the station around platform 6 between 07:50 and 08:00. Can’t find the service on RTT. Anyone any ideas what this service was?

Is it worth going for the SeatFrog upgrades for Thursday? I don’t know whether it’s worth going for aside from more space with the trains being busy.

Lots of people unhappy with the timetable changes Southeastern have brought in. Apologies for the no hyperlink or quotation formatting - they’re not working on my phone. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/southeastern-trains-railways-mps-scrapping-london-b1045572.html A train firm has come...

Looking on the LNER site, it says that the 08:13 service from York is overtaken but I can’t find where it is overtaken and by which service. Anyone know?

Noticed a few issues over my journeys into Leeds recently. The new set of lights on the outer ring road between the new roundabout and Roundhay Park Lane have a habit of changing from green to red every thirty seconds, regardless of pedestrians, equestrians or horses waiting to cross. Both...

I’ve got a few weeks left before Manchester Pride and then back to school and teaching full time. I’ve been wanting to travel around London a bit more than I have in the past and see some specific areas of track that have intrigued me. - Crossrail - Steep hill at Lewisham - Hills and point work...