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Me and a mate are doing are annual international railtrip to Portugal in April .Can't get over how cheap it is if you can book in advance. Flying out to Faro and next day train Faro to Lisbon .Three nights in Lisbon followed by train to Porto. Highlights of Porto includes train up the Duoro...

I’ve had a bit of a downer on deregulation as some of my recent posts have suggested. However, in order to provide some balance to the subject, it would be interesting to debate whether there has been either improvement or indeed maintenance of the status quo(which in itself is an achievement)...

Just come back after spending a few days in Liverpool. Being billeted in Victoria Street, I noticed the many Cross River Expresses operating, in many cases to areas well served by Merseyrail. Have these splendid buses taken passengers from Merseyrail or have they encouraged new passengers who...

I'm planning on travelling from Malaga to Cadiz (3 nights stay) then to Córdoba 2(nights stay) and then back to Malaga.Would I have to book this in 3 legs( i.e. Malaga to Cadiz; Cadiz to Córdoba; Córdoba to Malaga) or would it be possible to book a return from Malaga to Cadiz which would allow a...

Many of the topics on here relate to large urban areas and cities. However, England is full of towns without large urban areas and some have really good services. I live in Loughborough and have reasonable to excellent services both within the town and to the East Midland Cities. Excellent...

Quoted from today's Liverpool Echo I for one are glad that the City Region Authority are taking this on. There's a long way to go and it will be an uphill battle, but at least they are showing intent.

Just come back from the States where I traveled from Indianapolis to Chicago by Greyhound. Managed to pre book 2 tickets for 17 $ each a month before travel. The price rises quite steeply as the date of travel becomes nearer. The Greyhound Bus Station was close to the NFL stadium in...

Great timetabling last Saturday. I was travelling from Lime Street to Loughborough. 18.48 Virgin to Stafford 19.52 London Midland Stafford to Nuneaton 20.52 XC Nuneaton to Leicester 21.25 East Midlands to Loughborough 3hours in all. No hiccups. Unplanned as well as I normally keep my options...

Been staying at Llandudno and decided to give the car a rest when we got here. The North Wales Red Rover ticket is good value and services between Llandudno and Canaervon are great. Every half hour on Sundays and able to take in Canaervon and Conway. Really relaxing taking the bus and would...

Following on from a train thread about North Wales Services, it now seems that Merseyside has lost all direct Bus Services to North Wales. I remember pre de regulation Crosville providing a number of services from Birkenhead but when First took over the Wirral Services, they were then chopped or...

Can anybody tell me if Liverpool to Nottingham via Nuneaton and Leicester is a valid route on a Saver please? Just need some options for this Sunday. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks

Yesterday, I had a trip to Liverpool and in doing so experienced the old and the new in railway stock. Pendilino Nuneaton to Lime Street After the football, TPE To Manchester followed by TPE Manchester to Sheffield. Finally Sheffield to Loughborough . It was the last journey which brought a...

National Express appear to be upping the anti on the Leicester to London route by putting additional non stop coaches on. Given that there are at least 4 trains an hour, that's potential losses of passengers for EMT. I'm surprised that there would be that demand. Is Leicester the New Oxford in...

I was in North Norfolk last week and whilst driving between Peterborough and Kings Lynn, I noticed service , First Eastern X1 Lowestoft to Peterborough at regular intervals. Being a bit of a saddo, I looked up the timetable for this and noticed that it runs every 30 minutes for a distance of 115...

I was on the 20.48 Virgin trains from Liverpool last night catching a connection at Nuneaton to Leicester. There was an incident on the train that meant that it was delayed at Stafford by 15 minutes. This meant that the connecting train to Leicester was at risk. Sure enough, VT got in four...

Hi folks ,it's my first post and would like some advice on travelling Loughborough to Liverpool , a trip that I make Quite regular at weekendss during the football season. I normally buy a saver because of the many line restictrions at weekends on the various routes that I can take. Other than...