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Hello everyone, I've noticed quite a few railtours this year are being run with "1970s Mk2 carriages". Does anyone know if the air conditioning has been replaced on these? I've been on a few air-conditioned Mk2s with broken air-conditioning in the summer and it's unpleasant. I'd rather not...

Good evening, I'm planning an interrail trip in September over a fortnight. I'm planning on visiting Berlin, Krakow, the Tatra Mountains and Budapest. I have a few questions for which I haven't found answers to, and I would be very grateful if you were able to offer any advice If I travel...

Good evening all, Next month, I will be travelling from Rennes to Bordeaux. One suggested itinerary is travelling from Rennes to Nantes, and then from Nantes to Bordeaux. However, this involves a five-minute connection at Redon station. Does anyone with more experience of train travel in...

Good evening, In January, I will be spending a week in France travelling with an Interrail pass. I'll be staying in Annecy and Montpellier. I'm currently researching journey options from Paris to Annecy. One option is the direct TGV, or the indirect service changing at Lyon. However, the ligne...

As the title of this thread suggests, in January I'll need to travel from Southampton to Manchester, departing on a Friday afternoon and returning Sunday afternoon. Ideally I'd rather not spend 4 hours on a Voyager. Does anyone think Avanti's reliability problems will have improved by then?

Good morning, Tomorrow, I will be travelling with a Cheshire Day Ranger, starting from Crewe. I have come up with a rough plan which includes visiting Chester city centre, looking around Liverpool, heading to Manchester along the Chat Moss route (one I haven't covered) and then back to Crewe...

Good evening, As the thread title suggests, passenger coaches in former Soviet republics (Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Kazhakstan etc) as well as a few states allied to the USSR at one point or another (China, North Korea, Mongolia) have corrugated body sides, such as this Was there any particular...

Good evening, Tomorrow morning, I need to travel into London from the Southampton area. I'll be travelling with an Interrail pass. A few weeks ago, I bought a fully-refundable National Express coach ticket to London Victoria and return. Are trains heading into London terminii tomorrow likely...

Good evening, I'm travelling on the Midland Pullman next weekend. I've read on Facebook the air conditioning failed in some carriages on the railtour from Eastleigh to Cornwall a couple of weeks ago. One customer has posted on their Facebook page complaining about this and said LSL had washed...

Good evening, I'm off interrailing next month and one journey I'll need to make is from Brussels to Koln. I'm aiming to get the ICE service between the two cities to avoid the passholder fare on Thalys. However, I've read that DB has cancelled some Brussels to Frankfurt ICE services due to...

I've read in the most recent edition of RAIL that replacement of the 158/159 fleet isn't mentioned in the SWR business plan, even though these trains are 30 years old. Realistically, what is the future for them? Another refurbishment? I suspect a like-for-like replacement (with new DMUs) won't...

Myself and a group of friends will be travelling from St Pancras to Brussels on Saturday 10 September on the 1506 train. Myself and one other friend will be returning on Sunday 25 September on the 1256 Eurostar from Brussels to London. We will be travelling on the 0942 service from Cologne on...

Mods: please feel free to merge this with the previous thread I started. I'm going on an interrail trip with three friends in September for a fortnight. I would appreciate your thoughts on it, and whether I'm cramming in too much into a fortnight. I've followed two routes listed in the latest...

Evening all, As part of an interrail trip in the autumn of this year, I will be spending three nights in Lake Constance with three friends. At the moment, we haven't decided where to stay. I've heard that accommodation prices on the German side of the lake are lower than in towns on the Swiss...

Good evening, I'm planning a trip from Friedrichshafen to Prague via Munich. My plan is to purchase a Quer-durchs-land ticket for travel as far as the Czech border and then purchase another ticket for travel to Prague. The article on the Munich to Prague services on seat61...

Good afternoon, I've booked a hotel for two nights from 27 to 29 May in Lincoln with a view to travelling around with a Lincolnshire Day Ranger on Saturday 28 May. As I've never been to Lincolnshire, how much of the network valid for travel with the day ranger could be feasibly covered within...

Good evening, Are there any proposals to replace the 165s and 166s used by Chiltern and GWR? I'm asking as they're nearly 30 years old and, judging by the state of some of GWR's 165s, may not last for another 10 years.

Good evening, I'm aware fares for hackney carriages are set by the local authority in which the vehicle plies for hire, but fares for private hire vehicles are largely unregulated and are set by private hire operators. Would it not make sense for both fare types to be set by local authorities...

Good afternoon everyone, In a few weeks time I need to travel to the West Midlands on a Friday afternoon from Hampshire. One itinerary I've found suggests taking the 1946 LNWR service from Euston, as super off-peak tickets are valid on this service. Am I likely to get a seat on this train? I'm...

Good evening, Next week I'll be travelling on the 0820 XC service from Aberdeen to Penzance all the way to the final stop. I'm aware XC now operate a static trolley service on most of their trains - is this likely to be in operation on the train I'm on. Do they offer hot meals? I remember...