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Hello everyone, I've noticed quite a few railtours this year are being run with "1970s Mk2 carriages". Does anyone know if the air conditioning has been replaced on these? I've been on a few air-conditioned Mk2s with broken air-conditioning in the summer and it's unpleasant. I'd rather not...

Thanks for your replies everyone. I planned on travelling by train from Krakow to Zakopane after reading an article in the Guardian about it - but based on what you've posted (like problems with connecting buses) I'll go on the coach around the Tatras. I'd rather not risk arriving in Zakopane...

Good evening, I'm planning an interrail trip in September over a fortnight. I'm planning on visiting Berlin, Krakow, the Tatra Mountains and Budapest. I have a few questions for which I haven't found answers to, and I would be very grateful if you were able to offer any advice If I travel...

Thanks for your response. Me and my friend are travelling with Interrail passes so want to avoid reservation supplements.

Good evening all, Next month, I will be travelling from Rennes to Bordeaux. One suggested itinerary is travelling from Rennes to Nantes, and then from Nantes to Bordeaux. However, this involves a five-minute connection at Redon station. Does anyone with more experience of train travel in...

Good evening, In January, I will be spending a week in France travelling with an Interrail pass. I'll be staying in Annecy and Montpellier. I'm currently researching journey options from Paris to Annecy. One option is the direct TGV, or the indirect service changing at Lyon. However, the ligne...

As the title of this thread suggests, in January I'll need to travel from Southampton to Manchester, departing on a Friday afternoon and returning Sunday afternoon. Ideally I'd rather not spend 4 hours on a Voyager. Does anyone think Avanti's reliability problems will have improved by then?

It's not helped that the A36 from Bath to Southampton is largely single carriageway and usually isn't any quicker than the train. Is there a reason why GWR is struggling so much with unit availability at the moment? Is it just due to a lack of spare parts, lack of fitters, financial...

Good morning, Tomorrow, I will be travelling with a Cheshire Day Ranger, starting from Crewe. I have come up with a rough plan which includes visiting Chester city centre, looking around Liverpool, heading to Manchester along the Chat Moss route (one I haven't covered) and then back to Crewe...

Good evening, As the thread title suggests, passenger coaches in former Soviet republics (Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Kazhakstan etc) as well as a few states allied to the USSR at one point or another (China, North Korea, Mongolia) have corrugated body sides, such as this Was there any particular...

I'm planning on travelling via Basingstoke and Reading to avoid the RRB service

No, I'm thinking of tomorrow on the grounds wellwishers will be visiting Buckingham Palace

Good evening, Tomorrow morning, I need to travel into London from the Southampton area. I'll be travelling with an Interrail pass. A few weeks ago, I bought a fully-refundable National Express coach ticket to London Victoria and return. Are trains heading into London terminii tomorrow likely...

Thanks, although we're travelling with Interrail passes and trying to avoid paying for reservations. Looks like we'll be going on the Thalys if the people I'm travelling with don't want to visit Leuven. Maastricht looks like a nice place to visit if we head there en-route to Koln.

Thanks for your replies everyone. Our journey will start from Bruges. We are planning on visiting Leuven along the way to Koln. The DB journey planner suggests that from Leuven, we take an IC service to Liege, changing onto an ICE service to Koln. If the ICE service is cancelled, I understand...