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Thanks for the link. Lots of interesting posts to browse on your site - it looks like we travel in similar ways. Eerie to see the Tazara so empty in your pictures. It was about 75% full on the day we travelled.

Thank you @janb Sounds like I should steel myself for the RRB then.

Not this time - a compact trip. But I did eyeball the impressive infrastructure in Dar. Lofty concrete half-cylinders ploughing through the city.

Bumping this thread with an updated question... I’m planning to travel from Douglas on the Isle of Man to Marden in Kent on Monday 21st April. The WCML is closed, but I had previously found an alternative itinerary via Leeds on the forum’s ticketing site (screenshot below). Checking today, I...

I said I’d report back on my journey… Last week I rode the TAZARA railway, starting in Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia. Through service is currently suspended. I had planned to ride the two portions of the train separately. We left New Kapiri Mposhi 2 hours late and arrived in Nakonde (the Zambian side...

It looks as though it's a regular occurrence that the service is curtailed in this way. So, always a gamble to plan a trip on it. Thanks for the tip re: Tripadvisor. I rarely think to check there. I'll report back here after my journey...

Hi @dutchflyer. Thanks for responding. Can you confirm where you saw the news through trains will resume from 1st April? I've been monitoring that website (and the Tazara Facebook page) for a while, but haven't seen that information anywhere. I'm definitely going to go ahead with the trip...

I'm planning to travel eastbound on the Tazara Railway in early April. I'm aware the service is currently operating as two disconnected trains in Zambia and Tanzania, and that I'd need to make my own way from Nakonde to Mbeya (with no guaranteed connection). I'm trying to work out how easy it...

Yes, I called an IoM landline (01624) from a UK mobile. My mobile contract includes free roaming, but that doesn't cover calls from the UK to international numbers. Whether it should be deemed an international number is another question entirely!

Thanks. I had hoped so, but when I sent through an email with the pertinent details I was directed to ring! Probably one of those 'depends who you get through to' things...

Thanks all for your help. I booked via TfW a few days ago, and then phoned the IoM Steam Packet company to reserve the boat. A note of caution on the latter. Apparently my mobile network considers the Isle of Man to be overseas (despite not needing to enter a dialling code, that code being +44...

Thanks. I should have said - the possible itineraries I can find are not from Douglas. Rather they are from Heysham Port (because so few sites sell the Douglas ticket). Would it be safe to assume that if a journey planner shows an itinerary from Heysham Port to Tonbridge, on a non-advance...

Can anyone advise on permitted routes for an Economy Saver (SailRail) ticket to the Isle of Man? I’m planning to book a return between Tonbridge in Kent and Douglas on the Isle of Man. I want to use the return portion on Monday 21st April, when it appears the WCML is closed. I can find...

Thanks Watershed. It's not anything I expect to come up in my travelling future, but good to know nonetheless.

Hopefully a straightforward one this. The Easter weekend is now within the 'usual' 12 week window for Advance tickets to go on sale. Avanti has confirmed its timetable for Good Friday, and then the following Tuesday, but not for the weekend in between yet. I know there's usually lots of...