Recent content by Auden Hoggart

Planning on traveling on the 10:49 Penzance to Westbury on 21 August. Is this likely to still be an HST? I thought I read that all services to Paddington (which this is) are now IETs.

Consider taking the Adirondack train from Montreal to Hudson, New York. You're then about 30 miles from Sheffield. Perhaps someone could pick you up or you could contact local taxis and see what they'd charge to take you the rest of the way.

We're planning on traveling from Penzance to Bath on the morning of Wed. 21 August. It looks like the release of Advance tickets is about a week away. We'd like to minimize transfers and there appear to be two plausible options: - A Cross Country train, at approximately 9:25 with a transfer...

Checking on the National Rail, GWR, and Cross Country websites for advance fare tickets from Penzance to Bath. Right now these are only available through the end of July. Any expectations for when they might be posted for 21 August? As indicated, we'd be traveling from Penzance to Bath, so...

Any insights as to when tickets for this route and date are likely to go on sale? And, as a related question, earlier in the year the 9:25 Cross Country from Penzance to Bristol Temple Meads, connecting to a GWR to Bath, regularly had Advance tickets. Now, there are none available for any of...

JB B (or anyone else:) Do you happen to know how to book the showers? Thanks!

You might be interested to know that I've also queried GWR about this and after a bit of back and forth they've emailed me back denying that there are any showers at Penzance. I'm responding with a link to their own website showing that showers are available, as well as to the Geoff Marshall...

Do you mean reserving space on the train, which we've already done? Or is there a procedure for reserving the showers for use on arrival at Penzance?

Are there any estimates of what the park and ride situation is likely to be at St Erth in mid-August? Will Lelant Saltings still be the best option for trains to St Ives? Thanks!

Has anyone used the new showers for Night Riviera passengers at Penzance station? I'm particularly interested in whether there's any place to store luggage while taking a shower. My wife and I will both be arriving on the overnight train from Paddington. Will it be necessary for one of us to...