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My partner has just come off the phone with LNER Customer Service at Durham. She has been advised that due to the disruption caused by Industrial Action her tickets will be valid on any service 4th April ro 10th April inc. I was just concerned that she would get on a train, be told her tickets...

On Saturday 6th April my wife and daughter are travelling from Durham [10.25] to Glasgow Queen Street changing at Edinburgh. They have advance tickets which were booked online with Cross Country. My wife has received an email from Cross Country stating that: Changes to your journey...

I used to use the cross-city line to get to school in the sixties. I remember the DMUs used to have a separate first class area next to the cab with curtains and very comfy seats. Occasionally there would be units with Western or Scottish numbers. There was a coal fire in the waiting room and...

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All change trip to Exeter off. Going to Lichfield instead. Would like to return on Thurday 6th. National Rail are showing trains running between New Street and Newcastle despite industrial action by TSSA. What are the chances the trains advertised on National Rail will actually run?

Tickets and seats sorted. Straight through via Birmiingham and then return via Paddington/Waterloo and Kings Cross. £164.40. Thanks for the help all.

Thank you gents. That's all I need to know.

I'm travelling from Newcasle upon Tyne to Exeter Tuesday 4th October returning Friday 7th. I usually travel by Cross Country. I have a senior railcard and I always book a seat as I have a varicose vein that makes standing for long periods quite painful. Outwards: Newcastle depart...

My grandmother lived in a terrace house in Mossley Hill. At the back there were four lines that led into Lime Street. I miss the sound of loose fitted freight stopping and then pulling away.

Holidaying in Scotland soon and thinking of organising a midweek trip to Mull travelling on the 08.50 from Dumbarton Central to Oban. How easy is it to get a parking space at Dumbarton Central? How many coaches does the 08.50 service have and is it advisable to book seats? There are...

My love of railways stems from weekends spent visiting my Grandma in Liverpool in the 1960's. At the back of her terrace house in Mossley Hill was the (4 tracked) mainline into Lime Street and I usually got the back bedroom. I can just remember steam on passenger trains and wondering what was so...

Just got back from town: at first the (very helpful) young lady in the travel centre told me that the route via Carlisle was invalid but when I said that I had been told that it was valid she offered to go and check. She disappeared backstage for a while and then came back to tell me it was...

Thank you Island. I don't know how I managed to get the £110 fare now either. I was told a couple of years ago by one of the staff at the ticket office at Newcastle that via Carlisle was not a valid route. I'm off all week so I am going to take a trip into Newcastle tomorrow and pick some...

Traveling to Birmingham on April 4th and returning April 6th. 1 adult and 1 child. Using family railcard. Would like to use off-peak tickets - very flexible about train times. Via Leeds I think it is about £83: via Carlisle (preferred option) it is about £110. Any help gratefully received.

About twenty years ago travelling between New Street and Newcastle on a dark winter Sunday afternoon we went through Nunthorpe. I don't understand either.

There is a pub in the station or opposite the station that sells real ale I'm sure.

We went to the fish quay today for a meal. Went via South Shields and then across by the ferry. On the way back on the Newcastle side of Gateshead Stadium station there was a man in a hi-vis standing next to the track. The driver tooted his horn and the man waved back. I wondered what was going...

'Terminus' by John Schlesinger. The story of 24 hours at Waterloo. There is a scene where a little lost lad is re-united with his mother in the Station Master's office. He says something like 'I called for you and called for you and you didn't come'. Gets me every time.