Recent content by parkender102

Well all went well in the end - got train Chester - London Euston (AVANTI) - cycled to Waterloo then Waterloo to Chessington North then a 20 minute cycle to Epsom. My next bet if no reserved Bike Spaces was indeed to get a cheap ticket from Crewe to London with LNWR/West Midlands Trains to...

Rail Replacement Bus from Victoria and Waterloo. Trains running Victoria to Epsom Downs and Waterloo to Chesington North and South which are close. I can cycle the last bit to Epsom.

Chessington North looks like a good option - 31 min + 20 min cycle v 1 Hour + 9 minute cycle. Regularly used to cycle every week Euston - Waterloo so it should be indelibly etched into my brain whereas I've never cycled Euston - Victoria. Also noticed it's 14 mins Euston by cycle to Waterloo...

Apologies if this is in the wrong part of the forum - mods can you move if needed. Travelling Shotton to Epsom later today with a full sized bicycle. Almost impossible to book with a cycle reservation (most of the route is AVANTI). I managed to book with a Cycle reservation on AVANTI via...

I think even Seat61 recommends Trainline and other European Booking Platforms owing to the complexity of booking multistop, multiday, multi operator and Reservations etc (which is what his trip is). If you read the page on European Train Tickets it's mind blowing - especially if you haven't...

Yes Avanti a much less reliable service than Virgin. My daughter lives in London and regularly uses West Midlands Trains to Crewe as its far cheaper, more reliable although slower. Pendolino Trains give her motion sickness which the West Midlands trains don't - maybe all the extra stops help...

Its so predictable isn't it? Same with Northern Trains Leeds to Chester and Return - every journey in the last 8 weeks involving me or my family has been cancelled either completely or curtailed at Manchester Victoria leaving everyone stranded. Also affected going to and from London on numerous...

Thanks for all the info - its my sons first rail trip abroad with friends (apart from ones we took them on when they were kids). So only a week away from home and not worth doing it with an Interrail Ticket. Looks like it was easier to book all the multiple legs via Trainline as they are doing...

Yes I assumed it was a slower Regional Service as it was so cheap - forgot to mention that the Second Train is R322 as noted above whereas originally it was REX 41 all the way. The other thing is (I Google translated) on the notification against the Bus Service is 'Note: Please purchase your...

My son is travelling Vienna to Prague on Saturday 27/04/2024 - originally booked on Direct Train REX41 08:56 arriving in Prague at 14:10. I think he booked via Trainline and the ticket is very cheap - 14.30 Euros. However he's received notification that part of the Route is now by bus which is a...

All Lines now clear but disruption expected till the end of the day. It's getting ridiculous - daughter is travelling North to Crewe later today and her last journey to London when she came home they turfed everyone out at MK and she arrived in London 3 Hours late. That was signalling problems...

It's a pity some of the long distance Trains in Australia are now strictly only 'Luxury Package' Trains. I worked in Perth, Western Australia for a while and one of the guys came over to work on our job on the Indian Pacific from Sydney. In those days normal passengers used it and you could just...

Sounds like a trip we did in 1989 (18 Months) but you are squashing it into 4 Weeks! Upvotes for the Kuranda Railway in Australia (Spectacular) and also a trip to Cronulla on the train for the superb beach. Used to stop at the Cronulla Beach Hotel on the way home from work at the Kurnell...

Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston on Avanti is just over 2 Hours, with 2 Hours 6 minutes being the fastest journey - barring any delays. Impossible to do it faster in a car unless you break all the speed limits and travel at 2am in the morning. From experience (I'm in Chester, a similar...

Things started moving at MK around 18:00 and Daughter got to Euston around 18:30 - 3 Hours late. Coincidentally she bumped into 2 friends off to Heathrow which was probably a bit worry for them with a flight to catch.