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Blackpool North Friendly staff , pretty station and a delightful seaside town, what's not to like :D

Given Ireland is stepping up Garda checks on the border given the spat-between Sunak and McEntee over migration it may be a bit more difficult now

In Austria, the WestBahn trains have vending machines for hot/cold drinks for snacks I've always thought something like that would go down well on short-haul services in the UK , and be more economical than a trolley

Apart from Connolly/Heuston/Pearse stations in Dublin , I'd say at least in the Greater Dublin area most IE stations have at least one ticket barrier on each entrance left open pretty much all the time

I moved to Ireland a few months ago and the term "anti-social behaviour" is very common amongst Irish civil society and the press , particularly when reporting about Dublin city centre !

5th flight of the 2024 ended up being the most interesting one so far EI3280 - Dublin to Bristol using an Aer Lingus Regional ATR72 , had two missed landing attempts at Bristol, before the pilot decided to try at Cardiff. Having also encountered visibilty issues in Cardiff , we were then sent...

Does that even apply to the Enterprise services ? When I used it , my arrival into Belfast was heavily delayed as a result of a line closure between Drogheda and Dundalk, but even though I booked online I only received the vouchers after a trip to Connolly station to fill out the form

Irish Rail has delay repay but that involves going to a major station and filling out a paper form , and waiting almost two months in my case , for compensation. In any case it only applies for delays of over an hour. https://www.irishrail.ie/faqs/my-train-was-delayed-when-am-i-entitled-to-a-ref

Are West of England day tickets valid out to Airport Tavern on the A1 ?

Easier to go Reading, then a semi-fast to Slough and from there Thames Valley route 5, Reading 703 or First Route A4 (from Langley as well) if the RailAir cost is off-putting. Alternatively could go towards West Drayton on the EL and take a 350

Trying to book from Belfast to Dublin via Drogheda in a few weeks , and for some reason IE tickets from Belfast to Dublin are much cheaper than the ones on Translink's website , but the IE website makes you buy tickets from the Translink site , which is more expensive for the same journey ...

Super Off Peak Milton Keynes-London tickets tend to be cheaper than MK-Watford tickets, and you can break your journey on them to exit at Watford.

Marlyebone's half-hourly services to Oxford Parkway on Boxing Day ? Victoria had 3tph leaving the station on the 26th. I can understand the Gatwick services but unsure as to why the Sutton ones were running

Brussels Zaventem has the Diabolo fee , which while the airport stresses is not an " airport surcharge ", given it is levied due to the tunnel construction to the airport it defacto is one In Vienna the City Airport train has a surcharge, but this is easily avoided by catching a Railjet...

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