Recent content by richardderby

no doubt the DFT will be getting the extra revenue. gone are the days of cheap advances and regular sales on the railway to fill trains, these days its all about cash. the sooner we have a more public transport focussed Government the better..

offer valid 15th April to 19th July https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/newspaper-offer/reach-plc Northern also doing 50% off App first advance purchase too https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/app/50-off-app

direct from Tottenham Court Rd during peak hours and quite an easy interchange. https://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-59-northern-22-jun-22.pdf

I use these tickets between Euston and Derby, and I think a few years ago, the restriction was 1630-1930 but at some point it moved to 1600- 1900

book to Penzance, and either have a complementary shower in the arrivals lounge at Penzance, and take the 0840 direct to St Ives from Penzance (arr 0900), or get off at St Erth and take the connection arriving at 0800. the fares on the branch are cheap (£3 or £4 all day rover), the train is...

Thanks for the update, yes GWR have been pretty bad this week..

Was looking forward to Pullman dining on the 1816 from Plymouth today, on a journey back from Cornwall. Pullman cancelled at last minute, poor showing from GWR.

on Sundays at least there is the Hulleys 257 over to Glossop from Sheffield with onwards cheap regular trains from there to Manchester.. https://bustimes.org/services/257-sheffield-bamford-bakewell

I gave up with EMR St pancras services some time ago, and take the LNWR from Euston and change at Tamworth. Eight car electric trains, permanently declassified first class carriages and fares around half the price... Slightly longer journey though, and connections can be tight...

on our Friday departure from Euston to Fort William, we were advised we couldn't go to the lounge club car until half an hour after departure, as we were in standard cabins and not club, surprised as I have never had an issue before either.. The storms caused a lot of disruption for the return...

Brilliant news! EMR really needs some competition, as journey times apart, the St Pancras service, is an expensive, overcrowded shambles... look forward to a trip over Whisker hill junction next year if this goes ahead... https://www.signalboxes.com/whisker-hill-junction.php

wow, so that's about a quarter of a million avoiding East Midlands Trains and their worn out, often overcrowded 5 car Meridians. judging by the fares from Euston (around 50% cheaper) i find that hardly surprising!

Thank you too, wasted a ticket, but lovely to spend an hour on the wee Bakerloo line trains...

Spent an hour from 12.20 and none on the outer today...

interesting that Northern are running trial 'limited stop' services between Darlington/ Middlesborough/ Whitby on New Years Day 2024, perhaps some limited stop service is what the line needs.. 2E01 - 0953 Middlesbrough to Whitby 1114 2E02 - 1125 Whitby to Darlington 1310 2E03 - 1422 Darlington...