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What is the longest service to call at no two consecutive stations along its route? In other words, it must pass through a station non-stop between each of its calls. Length can be either by distance, or number of stops (the latter is perhaps more interesting). For example, the fast Kings Cross...

My friend is booked on the 1242 Theale to Taunton today, changing at Newbury. We found the cheapest way was to split tickets at Castle Cary. However, today we can see the train from Newbury to Taunton is cancelled, as well as the ones following it. Would it be possible to travel via Reading on a...

My mother and her partner will be travelling from Pangbourne to Inverness on Saturday 17th July, and returning a week later on the 24th. They have a two together railcard, and one of them has a senior railcard, and the other a network railcard. They want to reach Inverness not much later than...

As I'm sure most of you are aware, all IET's have been taken out of service and are being checked before going back into service. On the main thread I have seen a few suggestions of how to handle the service. Obviously, there is not much time to plan an alternative in one morning, and besides...

What is the shortest time between passing two stations on a passenger service? This will obviously be a result of the relationship of the distance between the stations and the speed of the train. A good example I can think of is Newbury Racecourse and Newbury, two close stations passed at 110...

What stations have letters in the three letter station code that aren’t in the station’s name? For example, Kgx has an x, but the corresponding station name King’s Cross doesn’t. Same with the Z in Zfd (Farringdon).

I’ve noticed the little ramps from the passenger area into the cabs on the Southern 313s are wooden, and I think the external steps on Mark 3 (and presumably Mark 2?) coaches are made of wood, so I was wondering, what other classes that are still used on the rail network have (even a small) bit...

I thought I'd make a thread that could bring together people's photos/videos of the last full length GWR HSTs to leave/arrive at each station they have served for so long (e.g. last HST to leave Swindon), as I'm sure there will be many and it'll be nice to see them together in one thread...

What stations require a reversal to access the rest of the uk rail network? I can think of some examples on branch lines (such as the St Ives line (reverse between St Erth and Penzance), and Fort William to Mallaig (reverse at Fort William)), but so far the only examples I can find on a line...