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Hi, This week I purchased and today picked up a Saturday Day Travelcard to travel from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston next month. I purchased this ticket as it seemed to be advertised for use with the London Underground Zones 1-6, as specified on the ticket. But I'm confused, will I...

Evening all, On a day out to Shrewsbury today and whilst waiting for the train, I decided to check rail gen and found that there was a working from Bidston passing through Shrewsbury - so I decided to wait for it. I did manage to get a photo after it being almost 20 something minutes late, but...

Understandably for people living in Birmingham, you're probably sick of the sight of these units. A bit like people in Liverpool are probably sick of seeing 142s, 150s, 156s. 170501 and 170503 working a Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street service today. When I got to Lime St this...

Evening all, When arriving at Chester this afternoon, there was an odd combination of sets on Platform 3B. On the front end was a 153 followed by two 158 sets. Later, when returning to the station 153312 was parked in the sidings. I would imagine that this 5-car combo would have made a...

Hi all, Thought I'd share some of the photos that I took whilst at the National Railway Museum in York earlier this week. First time I've been so I didn't really know what to expect but I can say that it was a brilliant day out. 1. Great Hall. 2. 26020. 3. 31018. 4. 55001...

I've just been scrolling through Google Satalitte view and stumbled across this. I was just wondering what type of train this is, it seems to be top-and-tailed but it doesn't look like anything I'm familiar with. Any ideas...

Hi all, I've just read about 34067 Tangmere working a steam tour on April 2, 2011 on uksteam.info who apparently have the timings for the railtour. Towards the end of its outward journey, uksteam times says that the tour will travel through Earlestown, Warrington, Runcorn East and Helsby...

Today, whilst on a trip to Chester, I crossed over the rail bridge near to Roodee Junction, just after I crossed the bridge, I could hear a train approaching the bridge. Looked through a small gap in the trees to see an Arriva 57 T&T and Arriva rolling stock. There didn't seem to be any...

Hi, I'm planning a trip from Liverpool Lime Street to Rugeley Trent Valley on March 4, 2011 using the Great Escape offer that LM are currently offering. However, if I wish to board a train at Rugeley TV at 16:30 to Stafford for my connection back to Lime Street, will I have to pay the £5...

Hi all, Whilst waiting for the Six Nations supporters train from Swansea to Edinburgh, (which in the end never turned up - because of flooding somewhere between Shrewsbury and Wrexham, the line has been closed) I saw a Class 66 hauling what can only be describe as horse box like. I was...

Hi, I headed out today to get a photo of this weeks 57/390 train just after it departed Chester on it's outward journey to Holyhead. The only problem was, where I took the photo from, the numbers on the trains where not visible. Does anyone know which 57 and 390 where working the service today...

Hi all, I know I hardly ever post on these forums but this was something that I just had to have a small rant about. I've just been onto thetrainline.com to check the price of tickets for a day out on Saturday from Liverpool LS to Chester. I know that fares increased at the beginning of the...

Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone knew where people get their information from for footex services? I've just been looking through some photos on Flickr of these services, people must get information about them from somewhere, or do they just see them by chance? Thanks!

Hi all, I regularly cross a railway bridge over the Canada Dock branch which runs from Bootle to Wavertree in Merseyside and is used mainly for freight. Every time I cross the bridge on the bus, I take a look over to see if anything is there. Today, there was a heavy haul train waiting at a red...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good spot for transpotting, hopefully on the WCML, in the North West of England. I'm trying to get some pics of trains at high-speed, and some freight trains if possible but the best I have so far is of Virgin trains passing through...

Hello, Just a quick question about tickets. I've noticed I can buy a Special Offer Off-Peak Day Return for my journey from Liverpool Lime Street to Runcorn tomorrow but I'm uncertain if I can buy this ticket from a ticket office or ticket machine on the day of travel or do I have to book in...

Hi all. Today, I went to my local train station to get the train into town. As always, I went to the ticket office and asked for an "Adult return to Lime Street, please", whilst showing him my 16-25 railcard. The guy looked at my rail card and asked me what time I was travelling back, I asked...

Hi, I have recently travelled several times from Broad Green to James Street station in the Liverpool City Centre with a discounted train ticket (16-25 railcard). The train ticket reads: From: Broad Green To: Liverpool Stations this would mean that I can get off the train when it...

Hi all, I have a question about travelling from Broad Green station to Chester town centre. I am travelling tomorrow with a saveaway ticket to Chester and then want to use the free bus service from outside Chester station to the town centre but I'm not sure whether I can use the bus service...

Hi all, I'm just looking for some advice on how I should buy tickets from Broad Green to Preston. I don't want to book online, I would rather get my tickets from the station. I've looked on the National Rail Enquires website and The Train Line but I can't seem to get the answer to my question...