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I've just seen this report on the BBC News website. It seems that the major issue is that British locomotives are designed to run on the kind of coal found in the UK. Could we see modifications to fireboxes and boilers to compensate for the need to use imported coal...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54716993 Just seen this on the BBC News front page. This is beyond ridiculous - 'Mr Macron said the country risked being "overwhelmed by a second wave that no doubt will be harder than the first"'. How can he possibly know ('no doubt') this? I reckon...

I recently booked an Off-Peak Return from Oxford to Leamington Spa on the Cross Country website, and as they are now charging £1 to get paper tickets I got an E-Ticket (PDF) emailed to me instead (generally I would prefer to get a paper ticket but I thought I would try it on my phone on this...

Having had reason recently to cross the footbridge across Hinksey Yard (just south of Oxford) I've been wondering what is the purpose or reason for the wooden screens/fences which separate the one/two westernmost tracks from all the others? I've read that the yard is used as a 'virtual quarry' -...

Looking into tickets to return home if/when my workplace reopens following last night's announcement. I found that I can't purchase advance fares anywhere for the journey I normally make (from a northern city to a city in the south). Have I missed a ban on cheap advance fares somewhere? Only...

I'm thinking of using an Oxford - Zones 1-6 travelcard tomorrow and I would like to use the new TfL rail service out to Reading on my return journey. I know the ticket is valid on TfL Rail within Zones 1-6 but I just wanted to double check that I could use it to go all the way to Reading then...

I recently travelled from Newcastle to Oxford on this service (https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P38496/2019/10/10/advanced). I had split tickets, split at York, Sheffield, Derby and Leamington Spa. The final arrival into Oxford was 29 minutes and 55 seconds late, so obviously doesn't...

Firstly, I hope this is the correct place to post this question. About 4 or 5 weeks ago I booked a ticket at a Great Western ticket office for travel on a XC train. I specifically asked for a seat near the end of the coach (coach D) so I could sit near my luggage, however the ticket seller...

I'm looking to travel from Oxford to Newcastle sometime in the morning of Saturday 5th December. I have a 16-25 Railcard and also £34.80 in rail travel vouchers so I'll need to use a ticket office to buy my tickets. Looking at the online journey planners the cheapest journey is the 1040...

I'm sorry if this question is answered elsewhere but I haven't been able to find the answer through searching. I received £34.80 (vouchers worth £18.00 and £16.80) in RTVs for a delayed journey - my question is how do I use them if the journey I want to pay for is less than the value of one of...

I traveled on a Cross Country service from Newcastle to Oxford on the 22nd of April (the 1035 departure from NCL) which was affected by the train doors failing at Doncaster. The train was cancelled at Birmingham New Street and as a result I was exactly 1 hour late arriving into Oxford. I sent...

Firstly, I hope this is the right place to post this question. I will be travelling from Oxford to Derby three weeks from today (14th March) and I am booked on the 1107 from Oxford with an advance ticket. Obviously the landslip at Harbury is causing disruption but it all appears to have...

This is my first post on this forum, so sorry if it's in the wrong place - and also I know it's not necessarily great to join a forum and ask questions immediately - sorry! I will be travelling on the 1107 XC service to Newcastle from Oxford on Saturday with a fair amount of luggage and I...