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Another thread refers to the crew accommodation arrangements being unusual on this vessel but doesn't say how. Can anyone clarify out of interest?

Is this combination valid on EMR/LNER/Avanti, i.e. Boundary Zone plus Over 60 Oyster? Or are there additional restrictions over e.g. a paper Day Travelcard which unquestionably would be? (It used to be the case 10-15 years ago or so that a Boundary Zone ticket was only valid on a TOC with two...

They are held shut by air pressure but it's quite powerful. Aircraft doors are held closed by air pressure (unless misaligned due to missing bolts, yes, you, Boeing) and opening one is basically impossible. Could have been faulty or maybe 150 doors differ from PEP doors. With the 507/508, the...

I originally thought it was engineering work that had caused this, but having checked it's not. Why is the Sunday service pattern on this route so different from the weekday/Saturday one? On weekdays/Saturdays the only through services to Crewe are the Avanti services, but on Sundays it's...

Creating this to progress the discussion about this in the thread on the new NRCoT. When should abandonment refunds be given? I think it would clearly be taking the mick to expect a full refund if I travelled from Wick to MKC, but then the connection to Bletchley was cancelled and I walked...

So, I just had a bit of an odd experience and wonder if people think it might lead to a letter being sent. Ticket already held: return half Axminster-Waterloo Arrived at Exeter Central, quickly bought a single to Exeter St Davids on a certain app and with a combination of fat fingers and...

I was about to ask here but have just found a useful seating plan for Lumo on The Man In Seat 61's site. It shows window positions against seats, which is very useful (I wish they all did!) Link here: https://www.seat61.com/reference/trainseatplans/Lumo-seat-plan.pdf

Depends which one. A used Zafira can come cheap (though you'll need a roofbox for the luggage) and just about the cheapest new estate car on the market (possibly *the* cheapest, I think the MG5 is slightly costlier) is the 7 seat Dacia Jogger. It doesn't have to be a Discovery or other large SUV.

Deutsche Bahn is a completely ungated system and they do it. The obvious answer is some sort of software integration by way of which an e-ticket is issued for the train journey either at the time of booking or at the time of online check-in (or for download at any other relevant time). It...

Hot on the heels of the thread about Manchester Piccadilly, and noting how busy LNER is, I thought I'd widen the discussion a little. What would it take to run 400m trains (e.g. spare HS2 units) on Kings Cross to Edinburgh services in particular? Or if that's really impossible, how long could...

Does anyone know what the LNER "Transfer Fee" fares are? For London to Edinburgh there are two, one First Class at £152 (1TF) and one Standard at £97 (2TF). Is this another concept that's about to appear for the trial or something else? They can be seen on brfares...

In light of the LNER trial, it's worth noting that things have very much changed with regard to Advances. They started off as APEX under BR as a deep discount ticket requiring 7 days advance booking (and the SuperAPEX at 14 days) and developed further as "Virgin Value" into their current form...

The champagne bar is itself a massive waste of space and the upstairs part of the station at that end is barely used at all. Could an option be to rejig it a bit to move the arrivals facility up there, and thus have only departures in the area downstairs? That would mean the retail wouldn't...

I have long been of the view that the typical European arrangement is best, of having a red emergency brake (which stops the train, no question - on LHCS it does this by dumping the brake pipe so it can't be overridden) and a separate green passcom for alerting staff to things that aren't about...

I don't know, I really don't like using it and if they just put in two crossings I'd use those instead (there is a way to do it at street level already but it's a considerably longer walk unless you just jump the barriers and walk across anyway). The problem with it is that it's too small -...

I seem to recall, correct me if I'm wrong, that the proposed new ECML timetable includes an hourly Edinburgh "superfast" service calling at York, Newcastle and Edinburgh only? This being the case, how about instead of this fare silliness applying to all journeys to/from those places, market...

There was, yes, but I very much doubt many people did. (from my other post to clarify thread:)

Isn't the track gauge different between the horse tramway and electric railway? If not, I suppose you could get a narrow gauge battery/DC OHLE FLIRT going on it if you had enough money for one, it is a bit like a Swiss narrow gauge railway in style.

One common prosecution or settlement is where Railcards have expired and people haven't noticed. I think we could do more to avoid this. How about: * For accreditation, sites and apps (and maybe even TVMs) must ask for the Railcard number and expiry date when selling a discounted ticket...

Noticed the attached at Aughton Park over Christmas - a short, narrow, metal platform extension that isn't accessible to passengers. What is the purpose of this and why would they not simply extend the full width?