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This was my first challenge attempt in over 3 years, so I wasn't exactly expecting great things of myself when I headed south (on a 185 :evil:) Allow me to fast forward to Saturday morning, after arriving on the Northern Electrics from Manchester Piccadilly, when I arrived with some rough...

Hi all, I'm currently at Glasgow Central station on my way home, and I can't help but notice that the 1600 Virgin service (to Birmingham) is a Voyager. I will be travelling on this train next Friday on a 1st Advance ticket, but my reservation is in coach J, which suggests to me that it should...

Hi all. This summer I'll be making some journeys in Germany on some of the ICE lines using dirt cheap point-to-point fares. My question is: for some of these journeys I have taken up an optional seat reservation - but since the reservation was optional, do I have the freedom to choose a...

Am I missing something obvious here? Because I fail to see how engineering work between Adwick and Leeds through Wakefield Westgate should affect Grand Central at all, as AFAIK it's a completely different line. I hope I'm not going to get any nasty surprises, as I have an AP on the 0758 GC...

Hi all, I've been trying to get an East Coast seat reservation changed on this service for a while now (because the seat selector was down and I was put in coach M by default, but wanted the quiet coach). After the latest email and reply, I have this amazing response from their Web Support...

Hi all, Tomorrow I'm attending an event in Dartford and am hoping to arrive with some time to spare beforehand. Is there anyone here who can recommend any good pubs nearby? Preferably doing good real ale... Cheers :)

Couple of quick questions; do First Hull Trains still use a Grand Central unit regularly and if so am I likely to get it on the 1910 from Hull tomorrow? Cheers

Hi all, This coming week I'm heading up from Southampton to York, returning from Filey next week. I'm planning to use East Coast from King's Cross on the outward leg, returning via First Hull Trains. As a quick question, do either or both of these operators routinely offer an unreserved...

Recent travels have taken me to both London Victoria and Birmingham New Street, 2 stations which there have been threads on this forum about recently concerning new automated announcers. At Victoria when I went through, it was still Phil Sayer's voice on the PA. I was under the impression...

Hi all, I'm travelling up to Manchester Piccadilly this Wednesday on an Advance from St Pancras, changing at Sheffield, including a reservation on the 1611 off Sheffield. Anyone know if this is normally a 170 or 185? Cheers :)

Excellent news all round, including for myself as I have a 1st Advance ticket to travel on the 6th.

Recently, I have caught the 2032 from London Victoria (Southampton Central + Bognor Regis) on a number of occasions, and every time the train has been a 377/4 (or at least the Southampton portion has anyway). Just got me thinking, do Southern regularly book the same subclasses to appear on the...

Slightly complex, but bear with me. I'm travelling up to York on September 17th, returning on 26th from Filey (walking the Cleveland Way). 16-25 railcard held. I'm happy to be tied to specific trains going up, but coming back I'm going to need some more flexibility. If I can, I'd love...

Probably 2 very basic questions here, but thought they would be worth checking. I'm looking to do a day return from Waterloo to Chertsey on Saturday 14th July (arriving in London from Southampton). As I will already have a zones 1-6 Travelcard for other travel during the day, I won't need a...

Hi all, Am currently looking to plan a trip up from Southampton to Helensburgh. Out probably in the week beginning August 13th, returning week beginning August 27th (I can be flexible on dates). With the expected influx of tourists around London (travelling pretty close to the Olympics), I...

Quick question here. I have an off peak day return London Terminals to Ramsgate (with 16-25 railcard), route Not HS1. For the return, I was thinking of using a 395 to Canterbury West, then switching to a 375 going on to Charing Cross. Is this valid? I have a gut feeling it is but might...

This Saturday I'm up to Birmingham with a couple of those 25p promo singles off Chiltern Railways' website and I've tied it in with a half-price return from Birmingham to Shrewsbury from LM's online sale. Was just curious to know whether LM regularly work 2/3-coach 170s on the same services...

A while back I managed to get a couple of those 25p singles off Chiltern's website for a return trip from London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street for Saturday 26th May. (It's not quite a post-exam celebration now as I'm doing accompaniment work for someone else's performance recital the...

What about class 379s to Cambridge? Do they tend to swap around or work the same services regularly? I'm hoping to do a journey on that line soon-ish...

This has probably been discussed before, but I thought I'd mention it here. Passing through Woking yesterday evening, I saw a 444 sitting in the west-facing bay; its destination screens on the front read "Delhi" and the ones above the windows (at the ends of the driving coaches) read "New...