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Later in the year, the internal Swedish sleeper from Malmö to Stockholm might feature in our plans. Does anyone have any useful experience of it to share? Also, it's a very early arrival in Stockholm (before 0600). I can't seem to find out if you're allowed to lie in until a more reasonable...

With a DB Sparpreis/Super Sparpreis ticket from say Rotterdam to Berlin with a connection into the Amsterdam-Berlin IC train, do you have to use the Dutch connecting train(s) shown on your itinerary or can you catch an earlier one for safety? Not quite clear from a trial booking on bahn.de...

Any recommendations for Naples-Rome? I've got a choice of IC via Formia and Latina or the high speed line. Obviously the HS is quicker, but how's the scenery/rail interest on the IC route? Grazie in anticipo!

Anyone used GNV Grandi Navi Veloci ferries? Planning a possible escape to Sicily via Genova (20 hours overnight) or Napoli (12 hours overnight), and would be grateful for any tips. How’s the catering? Easy dis-/embarkation as a foot passenger? Thanks in advance

My iphone tells me the Railcard app has been updated to version 2.0.0. No new features mentioned, just "bug fixes and code updates". Anyone used it yet? I try and avoid using the early versions of anything until it's stable! Current version 1.6.1

Is there anywhere to get a hot drink and a snack at either Tamworth or Burton on Trent stations please? Googling gave me inconsistent results. Thanks

Earlier in April, I treated myself to a week's first class all-line rover (ALR). The aim was to visit some classic locations that I'd not really photographed in any detail, and to sample the first class offering around the country. So here's a trip report, in a summary format. Price of ticket...

Anyone know what the booking horizon is for these? Looking at September, you can book normal Eurostar tickets, but the interrail €30 supplements are only out to July-ish (about 6 months?) via the b-europe booking site that I use. Does it roll forwards at 6 months out, or something else? Thanks...

We’re off to Jenbach, Austria (between Munich and Innsbruck), on an interrail later this year, and trying to work out a nice stopover somewhere in Germany. Preferably with IC/ICE trains or within easy reach of them, and somewhere a bit scenic. Doesn’t have to have railway interest. Done the...

In my European Rail timetable summer 2020, there's a note that regional tickets are valid on IC-level (Fernverkehr) services on the Stuttgart-Singen line via Rottweil. There's a couple of other notes on IC trains being classified as RE for short sections of their route, e.g. IC2082/83 to...

It seems the Sheffield/Hull/Brid/Scarborough services are picking up all the stops between Sheffield and Doncaster this weekend, with no Sheffield/Adwick service. This gives an hourly service for Rotherham-Conisbrough inclusive, which is a bit of an improvement over the current “normal”...

Any suggestions for somewhere to watch the trains go by this summer, away from a station, probably out in the country, with a wide/long grandstand view of the trains coming and going? Preferably on a reasonably busy line or one with a variety of traffic. Something like Colton Junction south of...

Between Naples and Salerno, do Italian IC and ICN trains use the inland high speed route (E of Vesuvius) which is evidently the one taken by the Frecciarossa/Italo/other Frecce high speed services, or do they follow the semi-coastal route (W of Vesuvius) like the Regional trains via Pietrarsa...

Doing some advance planning for a possible grand tour of the UK, and I wondered if there exists a map showing which routes have first class available in some form. Ideally also showing a distinction between the 1st-lite of operators like SE, and 1st-with-extras of LNER for example. I found the...

Just picked up this interesting proposal (in Italian, article from September): https://www.ferrovie.it/portale/articoli/10914 Translating the highlights, it says that the preferred solution for new trains to connect Sicily to the Italian mainland is twelve x 4-car Frecciarossa ETR1000 units...

Hopefully I've got a ride on the newly-reopened Borders railway south from Edinburgh coming up. Does anyone have any scenic highlights to look out for, or recommendations on which side of the train to sit? Thanks in advance.

Anyone know if the Crewe Heritage Centre is open or not? Their website has conflicting reopening dates on different pages, and I've no reply yet from their contact form. Ta. 1626285163 Edit later: Had a reply from them now - not open for a while yet.

Do Northern's 150 sub-classes generally stay /1s west and /2s east? Over the last year or so, stuck in S Yorks, I've noticed no 150/1s at all, only 150/2s (and occasionally 153s, 158s, 195s) on S Yorks local services (i.e. Sheffield-Barnsley line/Doncaster locals/Leeds via moorthorpe stoppers)...

According to a press release at https://wearedoncaster.co.uk/news/iport-rail-returns-to-six-trains-a-day-as-activity-accelerates/

Just been looking at the master plan for a lot of housing development around Hoo St Werburgh, as well as the industrial estate + Amazon warehouse by Kingsnorth. The conclusions of the plan are that: and that the new developments would be better served by an increase in the existing 191 bus...