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    Delay Repay - Arriva Trains Wales

    Looking for some advice before I submit a delay repay claim and a very strongly worded letter of complaint to Arriva Trains Wales. Last night, I was travelling from London to Prestatyn on the last service up from London - i.e. take the 19:40 Virgin service to Crewe, and change onto ATW services...
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    Suspected Terrorist Incident in Stockholm

    Reports coming in from Sweden that a truck has run people over in a pedestrianised area of Stockholm. Potentially another terror attack, sadly, although not confirmed to be so. Three deaths and multiple injuries reported at time of posting. BBC news article EDIT: Swedish authorities treating...
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    Trenitalia Advice

    Just a quick question. I'll be flying out to Milan in the next few days and I'll be likely to spend a couple of days exploring the surrounding area by train (possibly visiting Parma and Lake Como - just places for day trips). I've not particularly travelled by train in Italy before (just the...
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    Amtrak Funding in 2018

    Whilst I am reluctant to unleash any discussion of the 45th President of the United States outwith its dedicated thread, I feel that this is significant enough to warrant a separate discussion. Today, the provisional US 2018 budget has been released. Aside from "Veterans Affairs", Homeland...
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    How train wheels work - a good explanation?

    Just watched a really good video on YouTube, and I wasn't expecting it to come onto railways but it seemed to give quite an elegant explanation of how a train's wheels help it to turn a corner without actually turning. I have to say it's something I haven't really thought of before...
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    Train collides with shopping trolley

    Why does it not surprise me that this was, for most of my life, my local station? :roll: From BBC News Going on the quotes, it would appear that the trolley in question was thrown from the new station over bridge - picture below. I can't really put it any better than the BTP. "Stupid and...
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    Euston to Imperial Wharf

    I'm a bit of a donut, as you may have noticed. A few days ago I booked a room in a hotel near Imperial Wharf station in London for a one night stay, stupidly thinking that it was on the District Line. I now realise my folly. Having to take a more convoluted route to and from the centre...
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    Edinburgh to London, Train Vs Plane

    I travelled to London twice this month, once by plane and once by train. I thought it would be an interesting idea to compare the two modalities, which I’ve not seen done for a while. The journey is from my house in Livingston to King’s Cross Station. King’s Cross was chosen as the only common...
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    Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth

    I know I'm a few days late, but I've just realised that we haven't had an official forum thread to celebrate the birthday of our favourite monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. I have to say, in spite of my opinions of the monarchy (i.e. I despise the institution and would abolish it given half the...
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    London Travelcard Question

    I've got very little experience in dealing with travelcards, so bear with me if this is a basic question. I think it is. I'm be travelling to the London Challenge next Saturday. I'll be flying into Gatwick and out of Heathrow the same day. My plan was to use the local (ex-?)Thameslink services...
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    Scotrail Smartcards

    Scotrail's Smartcards have been around for a while now. Only on a limited number of routes at the moment, but it's been known that the ambition and intention was to expand the scheme network wide. It appears to be happening this year...
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    Sheffield to Shenfield Cheaper to Fly

    Thought you guys might be interested in this little trick to get a cheap fare. Teenager saves £7.72 on his train journey from Sheffield to Essex… by taking a PLANE via Berlin From the good old Daily Mail. If you don't want to subsidise Paul Dacre, you can look at the original article here...
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    London Impressions & Farewell Virgin Little Red

    Bear with me guys, I've not posted a trip report before! I suspect that this one will be slightly different, in that I'm not just focussing on trains, so apologies if not all of it piques your interest. No photos from me either I'm afraid... well, a couple, but none of trains. I've put a few...
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    New Horizons

    The next few weeks will be quite exciting for those of us interested in astronomy. Working with NASA, a team from John Hopkins University in Maryland, USA have sent a probe to visit the dwarf planet Pluto. This will be our first visit to a trans-neptunian object, and the furthest object from...
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    318 at Bathgate

    Quick question for you guys. I've just travelled through Bathgate station and there was, unusually, a 318 stabled in the depot (I think it was 318250, may have been 260 - I didn't get much chance to look for sure). It was unrefurbished. Of course, normally only 334s make it East of Airdrie...
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    Day Away from London

    Hi guys, looking for a bit of advice. I'm visiting London in a couple of months time. I'm flying down with Virgin and, because I'm using frequent flier miles, I could only claim reward flights on the last plane of the day back home from London. So I've got just about a whole day free at the...
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    Class 320 on Argyle Line services

    I'm sure this will keep someone happy ;) Class 320s are now working Argyle Line services. 4 units are out in service today: 320301&320312 are running between Larkhall and Dalmuir via Singer 320316 is also going to be in Larkhall runs throughout the day, having started on a Motherwell...
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    East Coast Seat Reservations map ignored my request!

    I booked some tickets on East Coast tonight, using the new seat reservation map, and it ignored my requests! I asked to be seated in Coach K on the way out, and Coach B on the way back. Instead, it gave me M and E! (For the record, yes I do have 1st class on the way out and Standard on the way...
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    Laptop help please!

    Hi guys. I've posted this here because a lot of you seem to be rather tech-savvy (and I can't get hold of a repair shop on Easter Monday!). Anyway, hopefully someone will be able to help me. I've have a Dell Inspiron 1525 for about three years now, with Vista installed. It's been an...
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    Central Scotland Rover

    It's actually quite a good value deal! £33, and you get 3 days of unlimited travel out of 7 consecutive days in the rover area, including Edinburgh-Glasgow. Given that Edinburgh-Glasgow is only a bit short of £11 off peak day return, I'd say that's a great deal. And, considering my local station...

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