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Is there anywhere to get a hot drink and a snack at either Tamworth or Burton on Trent stations please? Googling gave me inconsistent results. Thanks

Earlier in April, I treated myself to a week's first class all-line rover (ALR). The aim was to visit some classic locations that I'd not really photographed in any detail, and to sample the first class offering around the country. So here's a trip report, in a summary format. Price of ticket...

Anyone know what the booking horizon is for these? Looking at September, you can book normal Eurostar tickets, but the interrail €30 supplements are only out to July-ish (about 6 months?) via the b-europe booking site that I use. Does it roll forwards at 6 months out, or something else? Thanks...

We’re off to Jenbach, Austria (between Munich and Innsbruck), on an interrail later this year, and trying to work out a nice stopover somewhere in Germany. Preferably with IC/ICE trains or within easy reach of them, and somewhere a bit scenic. Doesn’t have to have railway interest. Done the...

In my European Rail timetable summer 2020, there's a note that regional tickets are valid on IC-level (Fernverkehr) services on the Stuttgart-Singen line via Rottweil. There's a couple of other notes on IC trains being classified as RE for short sections of their route, e.g. IC2082/83 to...

It seems the Sheffield/Hull/Brid/Scarborough services are picking up all the stops between Sheffield and Doncaster this weekend, with no Sheffield/Adwick service. This gives an hourly service for Rotherham-Conisbrough inclusive, which is a bit of an improvement over the current “normal”...

Any suggestions for somewhere to watch the trains go by this summer, away from a station, probably out in the country, with a wide/long grandstand view of the trains coming and going? Preferably on a reasonably busy line or one with a variety of traffic. Something like Colton Junction south of...

Between Naples and Salerno, do Italian IC and ICN trains use the inland high speed route (E of Vesuvius) which is evidently the one taken by the Frecciarossa/Italo/other Frecce high speed services, or do they follow the semi-coastal route (W of Vesuvius) like the Regional trains via Pietrarsa...

Doing some advance planning for a possible grand tour of the UK, and I wondered if there exists a map showing which routes have first class available in some form. Ideally also showing a distinction between the 1st-lite of operators like SE, and 1st-with-extras of LNER for example. I found the...

Just picked up this interesting proposal (in Italian, article from September): https://www.ferrovie.it/portale/articoli/10914 Translating the highlights, it says that the preferred solution for new trains to connect Sicily to the Italian mainland is twelve x 4-car Frecciarossa ETR1000 units...

Hopefully I've got a ride on the newly-reopened Borders railway south from Edinburgh coming up. Does anyone have any scenic highlights to look out for, or recommendations on which side of the train to sit? Thanks in advance.

Anyone know if the Crewe Heritage Centre is open or not? Their website has conflicting reopening dates on different pages, and I've no reply yet from their contact form. Ta. 1626285163 Edit later: Had a reply from them now - not open for a while yet.

Do Northern's 150 sub-classes generally stay /1s west and /2s east? Over the last year or so, stuck in S Yorks, I've noticed no 150/1s at all, only 150/2s (and occasionally 153s, 158s, 195s) on S Yorks local services (i.e. Sheffield-Barnsley line/Doncaster locals/Leeds via moorthorpe stoppers)...

According to a press release at https://wearedoncaster.co.uk/news/iport-rail-returns-to-six-trains-a-day-as-activity-accelerates/

Just been looking at the master plan for a lot of housing development around Hoo St Werburgh, as well as the industrial estate + Amazon warehouse by Kingsnorth. The conclusions of the plan are that: and that the new developments would be better served by an increase in the existing 191 bus...

A recent holiday on a 1st-class interrail (not as expensive as it sounds, especially when it includes UK travel and only a €38 supplement for Eurostar) saw me criss-crossing Austria and sampling the on-board at-seat service on the Railjets and also on the Transalpin EC service. They were still...

What essentials do you pack for multi-day trips away from home? For my jaunts round Europe, I have a moderately-sized rucksack - small enough to fit an HST overhead luggage rack, and seen in this pic on a German IC and inside it, a roll-uppable day rucksack for days when I'm out and about but...

Just for a change, I thought I'd record my trains and times on a gentle day out. A South Pennines Day Ranger (£23 plus a day return from Rotherham-Meadowhall) gave me a day out fairly close to home, and a chance to observe various social groups in all their finery on a fine Saturday. Train 1...

Apologies for the late write-up, but the forum wasn't invented back then. Day 1 of an E Mids Ranger ticket, Fri 12/6/81. Three Peaks (well three classes of), plus Sinfin and Toton. From Leicester behind 45108 in a Mk1 compartment at 0709 to Derby arrive 0745, passing the prototype HST...

While booking some tickets, I came across some interesting diversions on the B-Europe site at: https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Disruptions These include: 1. No rail traffic between Brussels-North and Brussels-Midi from 29 April to 1st May: Thalys will connect Paris, Brussels and the...