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Hey, Wondering if anyone can help. A friend has come to me asking me this. They have an off peak single from Crewe to Euston and it’s suggesting they travel Crewe-Birmingham-Euston. They have asked me if they can take the faster Avanti service direct. I tried finding the ticket and looking...

Just casually wondering, how easy would it be for a driver to be put in the cab of stock they don’t sign and get it working? This is purely hypothetical and just random railway wonderings, but could say, a SWR driver who is trained on a 455 be put in the cab of a 357 and get it working? My own...

Is there an example of a specific individual service you miss? Me personally, the weekday 20:10 of KGX. Non-stop to St. Neots in 39 minutes. Only one of the day and guaranteed 365 traction. In summer time, lovely summer evening, cheeky beer from Waitrose. Loved it. Would love to hear of any...

Hi all, Is there a website or a way of listing advance fares irrespective of destination. A bit like Skyscanner does with flights. I have a week off work and haven’t done a train adventure for obvious reasons for ages. I’m not really fussy on where I go. I’d like to be able to type in ‘Euston’...

Hi all, A thread totally based on speculation, but the question struck me and I don’t know the answer. So, traveling from Wimbledon to Croydon on the tram today I saw a 378 sitting in the turnback at West Croydon. And then I wondered, had LO been around at the time, do you think they would have...

I'm currently using the Windsor Line daily and have watched as more and more SWR branding becomes apparent on trains. One thing I think works really well is the white writing on the side of the blue 458's. I can't tell if theres a sticker there or not, but it looks seamless and I think works...

Hi all, I have an off peak return from Petts Wood to St. Neots and I want to return to London tomorrow from St. Neots. I just wondered if anyone can let me know it’s validity? I want to go on a train around 07:00 to Kings Cross. I know it’s an off peak ticket and ‘London Terminals’ wouldn’t be...

Hi all, Apologies for the short notice but I’m doing the above later today. Is my journey valid Petts Wood - Sevenoaks - Ramsgate - Margate? I’ve done the Chatham mainline already and have plenty of time on my hands and fancy ticking this route off the list. I’ll be on an any permitted ticket.

Hi all, Just a general ticketing wonder really. I regularly use South Merton station and have often bought tickets from Cambridge and St. Neots to South Merton. At the ticket machine at SM, it has a 'home screen' (I don't know ticketing systems so apologies for my rudimentary terminology)...

As I was browsing Wikipedia you do, I discovered this (describing Chiltern's Parly services): Now as far I know this is rubbish, and no Turbo's go anywhere near Baker Street. But it did get me thinking, did it ever happen historically? back in the steam days, or early diesel days, did the...

Just been to St Neots and the wires have been pulled down. 365512 is the unit at the head of an 8 coach train with the pantograph arm bent back and hanging off the side of the train. All trains showing as delayed/cancelled. Police in attendance.

Hey (this is about the positioning and the number of oyster readers so I wasn't sure where to put it exactly, feel free to move it), I've often wondered, mostly at big stations, why there isn't at least a couple of Oyster readers at platform level. I often travel to the Croydon Area from...

I regularly travel through Wimbledon but don't often use it. However I ended up using it a lot over the past weekend. Whilst here, I was able to see just how many passengers get off northbound services towards Waterloo. It just got me thinking, is there scope for longer distance services to...

Hey guys, I recently had a day out on a Cheshire Day Ranger (which you guys recommended me too, so thank you for that) and had a lovely afternoon. I just thought I would share a couple of thoughts that struck me and see what you guys think. Firstly, I started at Port Sunlight. This is my...

Hey, on Friday (27th Feb) I'm gonna be traveling from Liverpool to Manchester. I finish up in Liverpool about midday and have the rest of the day to get to Manchester. I'm not very well experienced with traveling up north, so looking forward to ticking off new routes and stock, but I have been...

Just having a casual look at the Romford/Upminster branchline on the net and the Wikipedia page (which is why I thought I'd check) suggests it's going to LO operation. Is this the case? Just thought it would've stayed AGA or just be a small additional cross rail branch. Seems like one single...

Hello all, I know people on this train today going to Portsmouth (From Clapham Junction) who claimed that they had to change at Barnham because the Portsmouth half was diverted, upon arrival at Barnham, to Bognor. They claim Southern said it was due to the fire at Epsom that caused stock to be...

Evening everyone, next Friday I'm likely to have some spare time in Glasgow, maybe three to four hours. The other week I went to Scotland for the first time for the same purpose and travelled St Neots-Peterborough-Edinburgh-Glasgow (via Falkirk High on the way and Via Carstairs on the way back)...

Hey guys, thought I'd kill a few birds with one thread here. Been travelling a lot on c2c recently and had a few questions. 1. The quiet coach. Why? Its not something I ever aim for (Though of course, if I end up in one, I'll be quiet) but on this route it just seems pointless. On long...

Hey guys, Firstly, apologies, I guess this should be in the quiz section but I wasn't able to post there. So mods, if you feel it should be moved, please do :) Recently found the website Sporcle. Many of you may know it, it has quizzes on just about every subject uploaded by users. But...