Recent content by hwpa46

Thank you both for your helpful replies! G

My wife had an off-peak Crosscountry return ticket Basingstoke - Macclesfield with a reservation around 14.00 yesterday, arrival due at Macclesfield around 18.00. Because of the closure she decided to go via Waterloo and Euston, leaving Basingstoke 14.57 and intending to take the 16.53 direct to...

Thanks to you all for your really helpful and interesting replies! Graham

Agreed: the "bremaining" is a bore

I am visiting HK for a week, and was wondering whether there are any stand-out railway things I should be trying to see (without risking arrest, etc.!)? I know there's a "tramway" up to the Peak and will certainly do that. Is there a transport museum? Many thanks in anticipation Graham

There was a discussion here back in 2011 about 450s on the Portsmouth direct line. There a website "no450s" (now dead) for a Pompey pressure group which had a useful list of all the 444/450 diagrams on the line which I have used when picking my trains. However, having had the misfortune of...

Personal favourite: Wootton Bassett Incline SB. Partly because of its short working and long retired life, and partly because I must have been past it loads of times before I noticed it! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- And here's a link I meant to post...