Recent content by JonathanPrince

Are all Paris - Strasbourg and Paris Toulouse (non TGV) services loco hauled or is it luck of the draw? Is there a way to see what's scheduled in advance, e.g. some indication from SNCF booking page?

Thanks - I'll see how it turns out

I had assumed the interrail.eu booking reservations page showing no availability left was correct, but have since found out it's broken as you say. I've already bought full fare sncf tickets which seem to have 100% refundability until the 24 before, so I'll keep hold of them until we've arrived...

I'm trying to get from Paris to Cherbourg and all the interrail seat reservations have sold out. From what I can make out on their website, under the FAQ it says "Si vous n'avez pas la possibilité de le faire, vous pourrez monter à bord sans avoir la garantie d’une place assise." implying seat...

Anyone know whether the Wednesday reopening of the Cambrian is realistic? Is it a sweep up the debris job, or a rebuild an entire embankment job?

Aha - that would be it. Just checked a closer date and the advances have popped up. It didn't occur to me to check sooner dates! Cheers!

I've been looking at tickets between London and Birmingham for around 2-3 months time, and I can't find any advance fares on Chiltern? They advertise themselves as offering cheap advance tickets (https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/advance-fares-ps550-one-way/), and I've heard they do from other...

Ah thanks! I'm definitely not one for waiting for photographs so 2-3 hours sounds good

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but how long would one need at a depot open day like this? I've never done anything like it before, and I can't really tell how long it takes until I've had enough. I guess it depends on the person, and the scale of the day (which is quite big by...

Hello, Any more recent updates? I'm thinking of looking for the 6pm one - is that still likely and are there any others around? I get that they are still quite random at the moment.

Can confirm thatn1T18 1114 London Kings Cross to Ely Was not a 700. Perhaps the first time I've been disappointed to see a 365. Bit of a waste of £3 but there you go. I'll have another shot when they're a bit more confirmed!

Hmmm - I had assumed this thread had finished as I hadn't been notified of any other replies... it seems not! Just spend an hour reading through replies - thank you for the diagrams! Hopefully I'll manage to get one of the first ones on Monday. You can say what you like about the...

Yes - but I would guess mostly on the Peterborough line as that's where they've been migrating to at the moment

Oh ok cool! I was quite lucky then! Not complaining of course - we're luckier here than some with 6 (nearly 7) classes around. I'm planning a trip on the Thameslink ones in London soon anyway.

Hello, I've just seen a class 700 on a King's Cross to Cambridge service today - shame I wasn't on it... Just wondering if there are any diagrams around yet if I wanted to catch one. I've yet to go on one so far, having missed one by a couple of seconds at Luton! I know they're coming in...