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We took a trip by train from Coseley in the West Midlands all the way to Narvik last October. Probably the most amazing thing I ever done. October was a great time to be in the Arctic. Plenty of blustery showers but plenty of pleasant gaps between them. We stayed on the Lofoten Islands. Daytime...

How many times over the past few years has funding been confirmed for the Brierley Hill extension now? Does Andy Street even remember 'confirming the funding' in 2019?

Just a quick update. Went to the international train office at Amsterdam Centraal and showed the lady there what the app was showing. She had a look at her system and couldn’t find why it was showing that and that I should just board my train. I then had a remarkably smooth and pleasant...

I’m a little bit annoyed with Eurostar. We’re travelling to Amsterdam with them on Sunday. I booked a few months ago and got a table for 2 in Standard Premier. Went to check out the new app and noticed they’ve changed our seats from coach 15 to coach 1 and we now have airline seats with no...

I’ll be using the tram from Dudley a lot when it starts. However, each time I do, I’ll be looking to see if any time can be saved transferring to a train at Dudley Port. I’ll also be thinking about using Dudley Port to park at. I work shifts in the centre of Birmingham and the trams tend to run...

As a resident of Dudley, I can confirm that tracks are already in place on Castle Hill with tracks currently going in on Flood Street on the other side of the bus station. The bus station redevelopment into a transport interchange will see these two connected. The flyover for the junction at...

Just seen that SJ are going to keep running their Stockholm sleeper to Berlin over the winter months which is great news. I expect that means my EuroNight train will now arrive in HBF instead of Altoona. Hopefully, that will buy me a little bit more time in sorting out my onward connection to...

No I won't! Like I said, we'll take advantage of the flexibility. The trains on Sunday 15th from Hamburg to Brussels look a bit busy on the reservations in 1st class though...but we'll find something. A shame because I managed to bag the table for two on both trains. But seeing we're coming off...

Thank you. Thought the issue would be between Hamburg and Koln somewhere. Might actually work to our advantage and take the pressure off changing from the sleeper train if we're allowed to take any onwards ICE service. We're not going straight onto Eurostar in Brussels and spending the night...

Sparpreis, but the one where you can cancel for vouchers. I'm wondering if it's a technical issue with the new App. I've had a look, apart from the one leaving Hamburg Altoona when we return...all the other trains are still available to book. I can still access my tickets fine. Edit: I think...

I'm off to a bad start...I don't go for three weeks yet! I'm booked from Amsterdam to Copenhagen with an overnight in Hamburg on the 2nd/3rd October. Then I'm booked from Hamburg to Brussels with a change in Koln on the 15th October. Loaded my tickets into the new DB Next App, and it's showing...

This is all positive news. Particularly when the The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel opens. It's going to make it so much easier to get to the capital cities of Scandanavia without flying from our part of Europe.

Take your time. Don't bow to timetable pressures. If you are unsure of anything, ask. From my experience, signallers are pretty good when you ask...they don't want you to mess up either as it causes them massive headaches. Don't turn a wheel unless you are 100% sure what's being asked of you...

One piece of good news for DB is that the threat of strikes have gone...for now at least. https://www.dw.com/en/german-rail-union-accepts-deutsche-bahn-offer-averts-strike/a-66652482 With the summer season now dying down, hopefully the worst is now behind them; for this year at least. I'll...

Wow, and now I've just seen that Holland Norway lines have applied for suspension of payments are will not be operating or selling anymore tickets. My decision to not come back via Oslo is looking more and more sensible. Such a shame though, it's a ferry link I would've taken another time.