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Person hit by a train near Newark, looks like delays and cancellations for the next few hours. I am on 1500 Kings X to Stirling which is being held south of Grantham. Looks like the train involved is 1N95 Grand Central to Sunderland.

Another problem on the ECML this morning - seems to be blocked due to a fallen tree at Hitchin. Does anyone have information about likely length of the delay, I am due to be meeting people off the train at Kings Cross at 1pm?

I understand that there is major engineering work planned this weekend on SWR at Raynes Park, with all lines closed. The engineering works diary on National Rail website and also on SWR's website mention this, with details of all the diversions, alterations and bustitutions. However the online...

I am trying to book an off-peak return to Manchester this weekend - but the Avanti website comes up with a message "There are no more seats available to reserve" and will not let me complete the booking. Can I just buy an off-peak return at the station and travel on any service on Saturday (out)...

I've been keeping an eye on the Avanti website for advance tickets for London-Manchester return on 11/12 Dec (weekend) since mid-September, but nothing has come up at all. Checking again today on the Avanti app, it appears that there are no advances available northbound at any time on Sat 11th -...

Due to a family issue, I need to travel from Hull to London on Saturday - but due to the Kings X blockade, the best route is via Sheffield to St Pancras. There are no Advance tickets available on this routing, so it looks like the fare will be well over £100 unless anyone has any bright ideas? I...

There are a number of lines around the Yorkshire/Humberside/N Lincs area that in normal (i.e. pre-Covid) times only have a very infrequent or even Parliamentary service: - Leeds - Goole - 1 per day in each direction - York - Sheffield via Pontefract - 2(?) per day in each direction - Sheffield -...

Interesting interview with Plaid Cymru leader in the Guardian today: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/07/plaid-cymru-calls-for-trans-wales-railway-to-boost-economy-adam-price What ideas are floating around for better north/south links for Wales? How would reopening...

Does anyone have any more information on this consultation? I saw a poster at Raynes Park this evening about cutting back a number of late night services - but the URL on the poster (www.southwesternrailway.com/consultation) just links to a page that says “Our consultation will open soon”.

Does anyone know when tickets for TGV Lyria Paris to Zurich go on sale? We are planning a half-term trip to the Austrian Alps but flights are already £500+, so wondering whether train might be an option. I can book Eurostar London-Paris plus OBB Railjet Zurich-Landeck already, for a combined...

I travel regularly from Bristol TM to Wimbledon on business, generally in the late afternoon. I have always used the GWR app to buy a ticket, which is £64.90 Off-Peak Single. Earlier this week, I accidentally bought a ticket for the wrong day - went to the ticket office at Temple Meads to try...

I’ve noticed a few issues with the way that information about the circular Waterloo-Richmond-Kingston-Waterloo services on SWR is presented: - on the big departure boards at Wimbledon, the clockwise service (i.e. first stop Raynes Park) is shown as “Richmond via Clapham Junction”. I understand...

I am travelling to Reading from Paddington for the football on Tue evening - what is the validity for off-peak day return from Paddington? National Rail shows the cheapest return (£20.70) valid on 18.07 and 18.19 but not 18.14/18.22 (which are £49!) What are the specific rules? I don’t want to...

Overrunning engineering - all lines blocked at Surbiton. Doesn't look like many trains are running on any of the lines through Wimbledon. Trains unable to leave Wimbledon depot or Clapham sidings. Not good on a Monday morning!

Does anyone know where I can find a full TGV timetable in PDF (or similar) format from Lyon St Exupery airport station? I am trying to plan a combined flight/rail journey to southern France but this is really difficult using online journey planners ... Many thanks

With the proposed extension of some TPE services on the Liverpool-Newcastle route onwards to Edinburgh, it got me wondering whether services have ever done this route before? I have a vague recollection that this might have happened in the days of loco-hauled transpennine (late 70s to late...

I have noticed that the departure boards at Waterloo for 10 car inner suburban trains always say that passengers at certain stations (Clapham Junction, Earlesfield amongst others) should travel in the front 8 carriages due to short platforms. But all the doors (including in the rear 2 carriages)...

Track circuit failure at Vauxhall - suburban trains via Wimbledon severely disrupted yet again. Why are there so many infrastructure failures on this stretch of line at the moment? Seems to be a couple of times per week.

I seem to remember that these extra am peak services from Raynes Park to Waterloo were introduced on an experimental basis 2 or 3 years ago. Are they now permanent additions to the timetable? Will there be enough stock to operate them once the 456s are all used to extend the inner suburbans to...

Does anyone know why the Wimbledon and Circle Line via Victoria services that terminate have swapped platforms with each other?