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I notice that trains from Manchester Piccadully are timed to arrive at Buxton (at least on the public timetable) at xx02 and then trains leave Buxton for Manchester Piccadilly at xx02! Is this a bit of timetable padding? Is it the same train (i.e. the same unit) that arrives at xx02 as the one...

Is it still possible to get a Saveaway on paper (not a Walrus card) from a Merseyrail station ticket office? Because this booklet suggests that the Merseyrail stations only sell the ticket on a Walrus card although it is not clear on this. I would rather have a paper ticket. I am thinking of...

I have a question about groupsave: From Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street, this groupsave ticket (from BRFares.com; £10.25 each) seems to have route Any Permitted but when I try to search on National Rail enquiries or the West Midlands Railway site for 3 or more people it only gives this...

I've heard of plans to allow people to walk the Forth Bridge and seen the site http://www.forthbridgeexperience.com/ but it hasn't been updated since 2017. Anybody know of its status/developments? I also thought they wre going to add a bridge climb similar to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

I was thinking that there should be a route for old Routemasters in London (the originals, not the Boris Routemasters which only loosely resemble the originals) - I know they're not disabled accessible, so I think there should be a heritage route. This, like a heritage railway, can be charged at...

I noticed that the trains on the Borderlands Line arrive at Wrexham Central from Bidston at xx32 and leave Wrexham Central for Bidston at xx30. Is this the same train? So if I take the 0927 from Wrexham General arriving at Wrexham Central at 0932, can I take the 0930 from Wrexham Central to...

I'm finding in several BVE routes that I have a train in the platform at then end of the route (complete with, in some cases, a signal at danger just before the platform - in some cases after seeing a distant signal off). I've found this with routes from www.celtictrainsim.com. Anyone else...

About 7.30 yesterday evening I had a delay in waiting to cross Harlescott Level Crossing on the outskirts of Shrewsbury. It took 6 or 7 minutes after the barriers closed before the train came. After waiting about 5 minutes, I went to the phone and called the signaller who said there was a...

Got a question about groupsave: A group of 3 travelling from Shrewsbury to Birmingham Snow Hill (with a change at Smethwick Galton Bridge, although the ticket would be the same if travelling to New Street). I can find groupsave for £9.50 each (total £28.50) but it only seems to appear on the...

Just wondering if there are any completely isolated sections of the NR network where it is not possible to get a train to run over. In other words, could a train on National Rail tracks theoretically get to anywhere else on Nathional Rail tracks in the country? (Ignoring issues about it not...

Are the 319s used on most of these services run by Northern: Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Victoria via St Helens Junction Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport via St Helens Junction and Manchester Piccadilly Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Oxford Road via Warrington Central...

Next Saturday I'm planning on a trip to London to sample the New London Overground routes. I'm using a zone 1-6 travelcard, but I also want to do the bit to Cheshunt. So I am looking at this ticket. Will this be OK to go to Cheshunt? And I may return on the Greater Anglia Service via South...

I was watching a video at Chester station (see link), and noticed a light green E on a black background. What does this mean?

Just watching The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and wondering where the train scenes were filmed? It looks like the Severn Valley Railway, I think (and you can see a river), and the children arrive at Coombe Halt (a single platform halt with a crossing over the...

I know that facing point locks are used to prevent points moving while being traversed in the facing direction, but in sidings, depots, etc. FPLs are usually not fitted. How then, with an ECS or light engine movement in the sidings, the FPL is not needed? All right, there are no passengers but...

Does anyone know why the name field is used on Rovers and Rangers? I don't think conductors, etc. ever check it against anything (besides there is no requirement to carry ID around with you, at least I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere). I would hazard a guess that it could prevent transferring...

If HS2 is built as planned (and this is a big if; I'm not convinced over the domestic benefots to HS2; it seems to just shave a few minutes off the London to Birmingham journey times, so let's not 'muddy the waters' here with this debate), should direct regional Eurostar trains from...

Where a station has two platforms but is surrounded on both sides by single track, do the trains always use the left-hand platform? (As if it was a double-track route). This would make 'usability' easier as it would have one platform in each direction, so it could have signs saying "Platorm x...

I'm trying the celtictrainsim routes and having problems with the signals (they are missing or have bits missing). There are errors mentioned, but how do I list them? (I've tried copying the brsigs and brsigs_open into railway\route - it is included in the celtictrainsim downloads), but still...

Looking at trying out the Eurostar to Paris sometime. Probably between April and June. I find that there are plenty of £69 returns available from London to Paris, but tickets to London (or through tckets, from, say Wolverhampton and Birmingham to Paris) are not yet available. I'm thinking it may...