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Hi, I've bought a Portsmouth & S or Harbour to Ryde St Johns Road, Anytime Open Return, as part of a split from Swansea to the Isle of Wight, but am being routed to Portsmouth Harbour and the WightLink ferry. However I'd much rather take the hovercraft. It's not clear online if that's a valid...

The BBC headline makes this sound like a non-story, but the passengers’ quotes suggest a thoroughly bumpy ride, and the impression the train took a corner too fast… BBC article

Hi all, I'm sure there used to be a link to a split ticketing site that gave ad revenue to RailUK forums... but I can't find it now. Has it stopped or am I just bad at finding things? Cheers!

There seems to be work going on the approach to Swansea (High Street) Railway Station, on what I think would have been the track that continued down towards the docks. Does anyone know what's happening, just routine repairs (or panicked after that viaduct fell apart in London!), or removal, or...

An interesting article on Aljazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/10/5/railway-people-the-communities-living-along-nigerias-high-speed 62mph isn't really high speed, but I assume there's passive provision to speed things up. It's a shame that the stations aren't in practical...

Hi all, As a student who's nearly 27 I'm eligible for both railcards, and my current 3 year 16-25 railcard runs out at the end of October. I was wondering if it was worth replacing, however it's covered £30 saving on my one rail journey since lockdown so I think I will. Which of the two do...

Hi all, I've just been reading a 1970 Water Board report, which makes reference to BR's water abstractions - ie: "British Rail have various isolated abstractions but these are of little or no consequence and are slowly being abandoned." Any idea what these would be for?

From the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51573326 I don't know much about Australian Rail, but it doesn't look like an XPT?

Hi all, A few weeks ago I booked some tickets through the forum's raileasy split ticket link from Swansea to Newcastle, leaving today at 1655 and changing at Manchester and Doncaster, arriving at 0041. I'm currently at the station, having arrived 45 minutes in advance, to discover my train to...

Hi all, I'm in Krakow next month and intend to return by rail. I already have my flights out sorted, and have read the seat61 guide to travelling back this way. I had planned to take the sleeper train, but (despite having been looking since October) have never seen tickets at a reasonable...

I'm currently on 1S66, which has been sitting just north of Carstairs since about 1705, when we were told a train was crossing in front of us. After this had happened, we were told said train had knackered the points, and we're now awaiting network rail engineers. Any further tidbits? Guard...

The MP en route to Hull to announce the next UK City of Culture has been unable to make it there, after his Hull Trains train broke down... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-42273167

Appears to be a signaling problem near Swindon, and a broken frieght train to boot. Any further information? Guard on the GWR HST keeping us updated, although there's no a/c...