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Clacton Express Group posted this update on their facebook page yesterday:- A very sad situation, especially as the group by all accounts seem to have worked very hard to preserve and commence restoration work on the unit. I think they were working on it up until quite recently, despite the...

There will be no Merseyrail services at all on the three days of strike action. On 22 and 24 June services will start later, at approximately 0700, with rail replacement buses before then. https://www.merseyrail.org/plan-your-journey/network-rail-strike-action.aspx

It seems Merseyrail have quietly updated their website to state that it is now possible to collect tickets booked online from their stations. (source: Merseyrail.org) A reaction to recent bad press (or the multiple threads on this forum? :smile:) Shame I don’t have any trips planned at the...

I hope this is of interest to some people. A friend has managed to get his hands on the Regional Railways 1992 corporate identity manual. He has transcribed the whole thing into HTML format and put it online at http://www.regional-railways.co.uk/ It contains lots of detail of how the new style...

Looking at a little trip from Amsterdam to Berlin on the direct IC train which takes about 6 hours. Searching for trains on 18th June, although the trains are present in the journey planner and are open for reservation, there seem to be no advance purchase Sparpreis tickets available, only the...

Threads in the past have discussed Merseyrail's Day Saver ticket, which is only 10p cheaper than the equivalent Merseyside Saveaway but with much less validity. Along the same theme, I noticed today that Merseyrail has introduced the Merseyrail Only Railpass, which is only valid on the Northern...

Apologies if this is a frequently asked question, but... I claimed Delay Repay from Northern for a journey a friend and I made together. We decided to go for the option of a free ticket rather than vouchers or monetary compensation. Two tickets have duly arrived, but they both have my name...

While looking up train times between Liverpool Lime Street and Liverpool South Parkway the other day, I noticed that Northern offer an Advance fare for this journey for £1.50 single. I thought this was unusual, to offer an Advance ticket on such a short journey (I think it's about five miles)...

Interesting report from the Liverpool Echo (link to article):- Reopening St James is something that a lot of people in the area have been campaigning for. It would serve the rapidly gentrifying Baltic Triangle area, and both the Anglican Cathedral and the M&S Bank Arena are within walking...

Was surprised to see Merseyrail announce this on their twitter feed today: Each tour accommodates just 4 people, and there are four tours scheduled at the moment, so only sixteen lucky people will get to go on this. The price tag is £125(!) per person for a tour lasting a little over four...

One regular criticism of Merseyrail round these parts is that they are steadfastly old-fashioned in the area of ticket purchase - generally you are expected to buy from a ticket office or a TVM (if available). No mobile tickets, no TOD collection of online bookings and a very limited range of...

Looking for options to connect with Eurostar in connection with a possible European trip in September or October (probably using a DB Sparpreis from London). BRFares says that a Euro High Saver single from Liverpool Stations to London International (CIV) exists, price £44.80. Arrival at Euston...

Man in Seat 61 just tweeted: Citing this blog post (in German) which seems to blame a systems change at Eurostar from 10th November. No Flexpreis (flexible fare) or Sparpreis (advance, booked train only) will be available between London and stations on the DB network from that date. Eurostar...

(There is already a long Halton Curve thread in the Infrastructure & Stations subforum, however my post relates specifically to fares and ticketing rather than the infrastructure, so I hope starting a new thread here is OK) I found an article on Cheshire Live about the new Transport for Wales...

Saw an interesting post on Twitter this morning: [Link to original tweet] It appears that people going to Aintree are being directed to a separate ticket queue where they are sold a "special" £5 day ticket (the normal fare from Liverpool is £3.75 single, £4.05 return). Doesn't seem like much...

From Merseyrail's website: This does not seem to have been advertised very well at all. I hope there aren't too many teething problems tomorrow morning when people turn up to renew their weekly tickets. I don't think Northern-managed stations are set up for Walrus yet, so I assume they will...

From Deutsche Welle (link to original article) Deutsche Bahn's website doesn't have much info on there at the moment, just a notice to keep checking their website or app and more details will be posted. Hopefully this won't be an extended disruptive dispute like the drivers strike which...

Saw this interesting report from the Liverpool Echo which also has some pictures of crowded platforms (although to be honest I've seen far worse crowding at Central than those pics show). It does seem that the refurbishment a few years ago was something of a missed opportunity. It certainly...

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram promised in his manifesto to reregulate the buses in the region, and it looks like the first step has been taken today. A notice has appeared on a well-hidden sub-page of the Merseytravel website today. Nothing much on this page yet except the...

Merseyrail have announced a programme of station and line closures between October 2018 and June 2019, to prepare infrastructure for the new trains. Looking at the map they have provided, most lines will be closed for 1-2 weeks each, but some stations will be for longer.