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It's located opposite to the main car park at the Depot. You will need to come off of the Devon Expressway and head towards the city centre taking the left hand lane for Mutley. Go straight over a mini roundabout then turn left at the second one into Mullet Road and go under the railway to the...

Manchester Drivers sign Birmingham to Reading. Birmingham to Bristol is already covered by Derby, New St, Bristol & Plymouth.

I was riding the Texas Eagle from LA to Chicago once when we hit a truck on an open crossing ( we were already running 12 hours late by then.. ) so Amtrak put me on a Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas Love Field to Chicago Midway - which impressed me, as it was during Thanksgiving week when...

Maybe something else to consider.. back in 2007 (when Arriva took over from Virgin), the company wanted to know when their (590) Drivers wanted to finish work. A poll was conducted and only 31% could be bothered to vote on their own future with the result being finish at state pension age...

Bristol were seven Drivers short a little while back with some long term sickness as well so the RDW was almost guaranteed but I think that it has dropped off for train work now as they are more or less back up to establishment but it's still widely used for training purposes and route...

In the 5 day / 30 week Link at my Depot there are 12 booked Sunday turns - which you have work unless you can find a substitute. We have a WhatsApp group for extra Sundays that you can offer them up on. Sundays are paid at the basic hourly rate.

There is currently a Rest Day Working agreement but rumours that it may be dropped in June.

I've just arrived back into Stockholm from Abisko. The sleeping cars only started coming through from Boden last week. Due to the recent derailments they are not carrying passengers over the affected track so there's a bus forward to Narvik from Bjorkliden - but the stock is still going...

The XC service stops at the western end of platform 4 and SWT stops at the eastern end of platform 3 so even though it's a cross platform movement it can also involve a lengthy walk especially if there's luggage involved. Very often the signaller holds the XC service when it's on time for an...

You will always start and finish at Bristol on the diagram but you may be required to travel to Birmingham or Plymouth to start your train work. Their work is mainly to the two above but they also go to Cardiff via Gloucester & the Severn Tunnel and have diversionary route knowledge to Didcot...

Going back to the Stockholm Arlanda experience..I arrived into T2 at 16.55 this evening to find two booths open with the non EU line moving a little quicker. The pleasant lady asked how long I was staying and my destination was and I was through and fell straight onto the 17.20 local train to...

There's usually some hightened Northern Lights activity around when the clocks change in the Spring and Autumn which is also worth considering.

I go to Abisko in Swedish Lapland twice a year (October & March). Fly BA to Stockholm then 17 hours on an overnight train leaving either at 18.00 (direct) or 22.00 ( to Lulea) with a short change of trains in Boden. The trains are operated by Vy (Sweden) but can also be booked on the SJ website...

No cross depot cover..only Plymouth Drivers sign Penzance and only Bristol Drivers cover Paignton - although the Plymouth Train Managers do both routes. Bit of a false economy really. Apart from that, it's a mixture of Driver or Train Manager shortages.

People get in trains with no intention of buying a ticket - try doing that on a plane.

Arrived at 21.35 on 27/11 into T5 with Ryanair from Stansted (EI IHW brand new 738-200). Three positions open - two for 'all passports' and the very pleasant officer asked where I was going, how long I was staying and the purpose of my visit then I was through in less than ten minutes.

Also, don't forget that Finland is one hour ahead of Sweden..

Rovaniemi to Narvik :- Day 1 Train to Kemi. bus to Tornio. walk to Haparanda station then train to Boden and stay in the hostel across the road the station (nb check in is from 17.00 hrs). Visit ******* Burgers. Day 2 Take either the 06.11 or 11.15 train direct to Narvik.

''Ladies and Gentlemen this is Totnes..change here for an alternative lifestyle" made me smile

Wow Shred, six consecutive nights on the rails without seeing a bed? ..and you're eight years older than me!?! I'm currently following in your foot steps after flying to Arlanda with BA and taking Train 94 overnight train from Stockholm on Tuesday (Rc6 1326 to Boden for 1329 forward). Hope you...