Search results

I am thinking of visiting Hull on a Sunday from London. Their first class advance ticket for the return on the day and time I am looking at is only £15 more than the standard class ticket. What food offering do Hull Trains give on first class on Sunday? Their website suggests it is a sandwich...

It is clear that the Elizabeth Line’s performance has not been great over the past year, which is something both the London Mayor has said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67704738 One idea would be to simplify the service pattern, with two services on the line, one from Abbey...

I was caught up in the Avanti largely giving up running services north of Preston disruption on Saturday 7th October. I was meant to travel from London Euston to Oxenholme on the 08:30 train, which should have arrived at 11:10. My friend, who was driving from Southeast England was due to pick me...

Currently it takes roughly an hour and half to travel between Birmingham and Manchester, which for a journey of approx 70 miles comes out at 47mph, which I think is quite slow for an intercity service, particularly when you consider that they are the second and third largest cities in the UK...

I am currently sailing back from Guernsey to Poole on Condor Ferries. I am booked to get the 19:07 from Poole to London Waterloo on an Advance Single, however the ferry departed 85 minutes late, so I am almost certain I will miss this train and have to buy an off-peak single. Do I have any way...

What do people think South Western Railway’s likely timetable will be on Friday 1st September? The 1st September would be the first day the SWR train drivers have been on strike during this current industrial dispute. My initial assumption was that they would run no services at all, like most...

To me, the large English speaking nations are Australia, Canada and the United States of the America. I think it is fair to say that none of these countries have great passenger rail systems, with their rail systems being primarily optimised for freight transport and air travel being the main...

Due to the ASLEF strike, what is the best option to get to Central London on the 31st May? My flight arrives at 19:15. As I see the options are: 1) Get a taxi all the way. This seems to be the most convenient, but will also be very expensive and I do not want to be waiting in a two hour queue...

What timetable plans do railway operators have for King Charles III coronation on Saturday 6th May? Are any operators running enhanced or perhaps reduced timetables? I can imagine flows on Saturday 6th will be very high into London in the morning and out of London in the late afternoon /...

This weekend there have been well reported stories of overcrowding at Marylebone and St Pancras stations due to the closure of the WCML south of Milton Keynes for engineering work. Engineering works on the WCML at Easter seem to have become as much as an Easter tradition as Easter eggs and...

There have been quite a few threads here about how CrossCountry does not work well at the moment, with frequently overcrowded trains, low frequencies and poor connections. My proposal to solve some of these issues is for CrossCountry to solely operate services on the southwest to northeast...

There have been quite a few threads recently about timetables and the withdrawal of certain trains such as the Crosscountry HSTs where it has been debated whether they are the right thing to do given the overall poor state of government finances and the desire to encourage more passengers to use...

Section 2.41 of the National Rail Conditions of Carriage permits passengers to take up two dogs or other pets on trains free of charge. https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/National%20Rail%20Conditions%20of%20Travel.pdf Given the finances of the railway are not great at the moment, should train...

There have been quite a few threads recently about how the railways are in trouble, that it may never recover and will enter a period of decline. However, very recently, from 1995 to 2015 there was a very steep increase in passenger rail use, with passenger use more than doubling over this 20...

I would expect coach operators at the moment are having quite a lucrative time at the moment due to the railways’ problems such as the strikes and frequent cancellations that some operators are experiencing. However it would be interesting to know if this is actually the case. Have coach...

On Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th December Network Rail have engineering works that will close the West Coast Main Line between Milton Keynes and Rugby: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/currentAndFuture.aspx?TravelDate=28%2F12%2F2022&TOC=vt In normal circumstances, this is...

Are Chiltern going to release any advance fares over the Christmas period, specifically Friday 23rd December from Marylebone to Birmingham and Thursday 29th December from Birmingham to Marylebone? If so, when will they be released? At the moment no advance fares are shown on these dates.

We now know the queen’s funeral will be on Monday 19th September at Westminster Abbey, starting at 11am https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/10/queen-elizabeths-funeral-will-be-held-on-monday-19-september Given there will be very likely a large number of mourners travelling to London...

What are the best and worst value annual season tickets, for someone commuting every weekday during both the morning and evening peaks? The best value season ticket would be the one that saves the most money compared to buying five anytime returns a week, and vice versa for the worst value...

What things does the UK railway industry do well in, particularly when compared to other similar developed countries in Europe and Asia where rail is a common means of passenger transport?