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Following on from the thread about a UK annual all line rover i thought it would be interesting to see how many other countries have such a ticket. I found a few similar threads from quite a few years ago discussing this but nothing more recent. So i am curious what the current status is of...

Does anyone know if an annual version of the All Line Rover ticket actually exists? I have heard from two staff members that such tickets are available but have to be ordered from the RDG directly. Apparently they are mainly intended for large companies with employees who may need one but...

Following on from the recent thread about the three closed Dartmouth Railway stations i have discovered some others too: • Bala Lake Railway - Bryn Hynod Halt • Bala Lake Railway - Glan Llyn Halt • Dartmouth Railway - Goodrington Sands • Dartmouth Railway - Churston • Dartmouth Railway -...

Does anyone know if any plans have been made regarding NRE and their parent RDG under the GBR nationalisation plans? Is it planned to keep NRE and RDG as a privately owned company or will it eventually get nationalised too? Just wondering if anyone has any information as i am struggling to...

I seem to remember very vaguely that certain Turbostar units and certain Desiro units used to have buffet counters and guards offices on them? Does anyone remember exact details of which trains had buffet counters and which trains had guards offices?

Sussex Coaches apparently run two journeys on the route 63 service according to their site. Stagecoach run the main service. They run one morning from Slinford to Horsham service and one evening from Horsham to Slinfold service. Their website has a timetable and even some fare information. You...

Does anyone know when exactly Southern stopped operating the 319s? It is very hard to find an exact date online. It was some point in either 2009 or 2010 or 2011 i think. I remember in their later days they used to have a booked working on a peak hour Guildford service. I used to see them on...

Do any other countries publish annual station usage statistics like the ORR does here? I have had a quick look online but i am struggling to find much for any other countries. I would be very interested in the usage statistics of all Mainland European countries. Australia, New Zealand, Canada...

Lewes has a post box inside the station. It is on the footbridge after you go through the gateline. So every day the postman has to be let through the gateline to empty it. It is an interesting place for a post box but it has been there for decades. This has me wondering which other stations...

I would say places like Andover / Bournemouth / Salisbury / Portsmouth / Southampton / Weymouth are definitely South East. I have never heard anyone consider these to be in the South West. Traveline putting them in South West instead of South East was very unusual. South Western Railway operate...

What is the furthest possible distance you could travel on one bus ticket? Obviously i am excluding ENCTS bus passes or staff passes etc so it has to be a proper bus ticket. These are the top three furthest i can find so far: Stagecoach North West Explorer (£12.00): • Wrexham to Newcastle...

Just a quick question. What time on Sunday morning does SWR get nationalised? I am sure i recall with some of the other past nationalised TOCs that it is not 00:00 but some time later in the morning? Perhaps at 02:00 or 04:00 or something like that? But i can not seem to find any information...

I am curious how many trains in other countries call at two stations with the same now? I think the UK has one (or used to have one as it may no longer run) which called at Adlington (Cheshire) and Adlington (Lancashire) but i have always wondered whether other countries have similar services...

Do any countries still have state owned train manufacturers? The only one I can think of is Pesa in Poland, who are currently 100% owned by the Polish government. They got nationalised in 2018 and are now fully state owned. I remember state owned train manufacturers used to be very common...

Why is the last Eurostar of the day back from Paris to London always one hour earlier on Saturday than on all other days? The last train on Monday to Friday and on Sunday is one hour later. I could maybe understand if it was on Sunday as well, but it is not. Sunday gets the same last train as...

How many international stations previously had direct UK rail services but no longer do? I can think of the following nine which all previously had Eurostar services: • Aime La Plagne • Avignon Centre • Avignon TGV • Bourg Saint Maurice • Calais Frethun • Lyon Part Dieu • Marne La Vallee •...

Which station outside of London has the most frequent train service to and from London? For this i am just thinking of the standard Off Peak on Monday to Friday frequency. This makes it the easiest to compare. It can be from anywhere outside of the Greater London border to any Central London...

Does anyone know what TOPS classifications the ICE and TGV trains were given for their UK visits. DB sent an ICE train to St Pancras in 2010. SNCF sent a TGV train to St Pancras in 2012. I presume both would have been given TOPS classes as they operated on UK railway lines?

Do any airlines still publish timetables? Either paper copies or PDF copies? I remember all airlines used to publish both paper timetables and then online PDF timetables too. These were very useful, as it enabled you to see the times and days of the week that flights operate, without going on...

A lady on my Watford Junction to Clapham Junction train today has complained to the guard about him using the bell at each stop saying it was getting very annoying. She was on at Watford Junction and the guard used the bell at Watford Junction then Harrow & Wealdstone then Wembley Central then...