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    Euston 24-26th May...

    well these above date's for the FA Cup day, to avoid Euston at all costs, this will test the highly trained staff and their contingency plans...
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    Poor boarding experience at Euston (11/03)

    Yesterday, Monday 11/3/24, I arrived at 1225 to catch the 1253 Euston to Manchester Picc. On the board it said words to the effect boarding details at 1235, I had seen on app that it "might" be 14, so had a look, but nothing there, although a few people were gathered there. At 1239, it...
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    a question of delay repay or not...

    a question on behalf of g.daughter, (as i'm lost with all different tickets etc,) she was due to travel from Stoke on Trent to Peterborough via Nuneaton on tuesday 24/10, on the return ticket of an advanced return, the 1110 Stoke to Euston was canx, so she asked in the t/office and they said use...
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    Sunday service 1/10/23...

    a little help please, a family friend is flying out of Gatwick on Sunday 1/10/23, at 0800, and lives in Brighton, will she be able to take the train up to Gatwick? with the strike on Sat and Monday...
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    Upcoming travel...

    my sister in law has asked via the wife, if i can tell her if her visiting her daughter during 9th-16th Sept. will be alright traveling, it would be Stoke on Trent to Newquay, thats XC then SW trains... i've been trying to keep up with any strikes etc, but if my answer is wrong, i answer to the...
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    Basingstoke to Micheldever bus replacement...

    can anyone tell me why their are buses, and how long they will be used, i'm hoping to make this journey at the end of this month...thanks. ca
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    Bus replacement to Luton Parkway...

    just had a quick look for train times between St. Pancras and Luton Parkway for April and it's showing the bus-rep, does anyone know how long this is in place... thanks.
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    the Island line...

    hi, can anyone post a update on the new line improvements, is everything running well?
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    train and platform shuffle Stoke 27/11/21...

    Just to pacify the wife, she was due to travel Stoke on Trent to Euston, saturday 27th Nov. it was due to depart at 0648 off of platform 1,, at 0715 it was announced platform alteration to platform 2, where a train arrived she boarded only a few mins later to be told by the guard that this was a...
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    WM Trains cancelled service...

    hi, any help most welcomed, my daughter and her partner bought a thru ticket off Trainline between STOKE ON TRENT and EDINBURGH on Nov.8th dep. stoke at 0812 to Crewe, then the 0909 Virgin to Edinburgh. Whilst they waited from 0740 it kept showing as delayed 8mins, to 30mins, as they needed to...
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    Ticket jargon cuts...

    hi, I see the Rail Delivery Group have got the train companies to cut a amount of jargon off tickets, on 1.1 million routes, such as permitted routes only, London terminals and route direct, that could cut a bit of this forums work load... Sorry about posting it here but I thought this is...
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    HS4000 Kestral...

    hi, as a old Crewe works man, I have a memory of the above loco entering the works, possible for checks and the word was it was being shipped to Russia. Back in the 60/70's being a semi lapsed spotter, anything special ie named loco's or specials always warranted a cab and walk thru... with...
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    Guard's ticket machine not working

    hi, I've been using the railways for 60 odd yrs, but this is a first for a few years, I was on a East Midlands 2 car from Crewe to Derby when the guard welcomed all passengers, but said due to technical difficulties there would be no tickets available cause I can't get the machine working...
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    Retired staff travel card...

    hi, my first post and apologies if not in the right place, when I retired I qualified thru years of service for 16 "boxes". My first noteable delay/cancellation happened recently, it was the 1635 Bath spa to Portsmouth harbour was 8mins late arriving at Bath we boarded and at 1655 after a...

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