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I think even Seat61 recommends Trainline and other European Booking Platforms owing to the complexity of booking multistop, multiday, multi operator and Reservations etc (which is what his trip is). If you read the page on European Train Tickets it's mind blowing - especially if you haven't...

Yes Avanti a much less reliable service than Virgin. My daughter lives in London and regularly uses West Midlands Trains to Crewe as its far cheaper, more reliable although slower. Pendolino Trains give her motion sickness which the West Midlands trains don't - maybe all the extra stops help...

Its so predictable isn't it? Same with Northern Trains Leeds to Chester and Return - every journey in the last 8 weeks involving me or my family has been cancelled either completely or curtailed at Manchester Victoria leaving everyone stranded. Also affected going to and from London on numerous...

Thanks for all the info - its my sons first rail trip abroad with friends (apart from ones we took them on when they were kids). So only a week away from home and not worth doing it with an Interrail Ticket. Looks like it was easier to book all the multiple legs via Trainline as they are doing...

Yes I assumed it was a slower Regional Service as it was so cheap - forgot to mention that the Second Train is R322 as noted above whereas originally it was REX 41 all the way. The other thing is (I Google translated) on the notification against the Bus Service is 'Note: Please purchase your...

My son is travelling Vienna to Prague on Saturday 27/04/2024 - originally booked on Direct Train REX41 08:56 arriving in Prague at 14:10. I think he booked via Trainline and the ticket is very cheap - 14.30 Euros. However he's received notification that part of the Route is now by bus which is a...

All Lines now clear but disruption expected till the end of the day. It's getting ridiculous - daughter is travelling North to Crewe later today and her last journey to London when she came home they turfed everyone out at MK and she arrived in London 3 Hours late. That was signalling problems...

It's a pity some of the long distance Trains in Australia are now strictly only 'Luxury Package' Trains. I worked in Perth, Western Australia for a while and one of the guys came over to work on our job on the Indian Pacific from Sydney. In those days normal passengers used it and you could just...

Sounds like a trip we did in 1989 (18 Months) but you are squashing it into 4 Weeks! Upvotes for the Kuranda Railway in Australia (Spectacular) and also a trip to Cronulla on the train for the superb beach. Used to stop at the Cronulla Beach Hotel on the way home from work at the Kurnell...

Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston on Avanti is just over 2 Hours, with 2 Hours 6 minutes being the fastest journey - barring any delays. Impossible to do it faster in a car unless you break all the speed limits and travel at 2am in the morning. From experience (I'm in Chester, a similar...

Things started moving at MK around 18:00 and Daughter got to Euston around 18:30 - 3 Hours late. Coincidentally she bumped into 2 friends off to Heathrow which was probably a bit worry for them with a flight to catch.

I believe they've said Ticket Acceptance by any reasonable route so OK with WM Ticket to get on Avanti It's unbelievable - I can't settle and get the Sunday Night Tea on until daughter is safely back in London............. 1710697774 To think we took the Trans Siberian Railway in 1989 from...

Daughter says no idea what is going on and neither do the MK Staff 1710696514 But they are being let through

Yet another day of Chaos. Daughter just been turfed out at Milton Keynes and service cancelled along with many others. No information as to when things will start moving again - National Rail say 17:45 and then 16:00 Watford Junction to London Euston so not sure which is correct. I'm assuming...

I actually spoke to the Editor (Andrew Burnham) of Continental Modeller at the SECC Model Rail Scotland Exhibition. He was very helpful in sourcing Russian and Chinese Locos and Rolling Stock. It looks like Chinese stuff is going to be a lot easier than getting hold of Russian stuff although I...

We did a similar trip with our kids a few years ago from Chester to Alicante and it was cheaper to just book as separate Tickets + Couchette Reservations. We did Chester - London (Virgin but now Avanti). Spent the night in Travelodge/Premier Inn near St Pancras. Early morning Eurostar to Paris...

The problem being the fact that the Service being cancelled after Manchester means an hour wait for the next service to Chester whereas taking the TPE and changing at Newton-le-willows would mean an arrival time in Chester at roughly the same time as the booked journey.

TPE guy on the platform at Leeds was dispatching trains (if thats the right word / spelling) on the Platform the TPE service was due to arrive on - the guy who refused boarding was the Train Manager on the actual service we intended to use.

Heading from Leeds to Chester direct on Northern 14:43 Leeds - Chester. Train Running but cancelled after MCR Victoria. Advance Single Northern Trains only. Best advice? Waiting around at Victoria for another hour meaning missed bus connections or possibly jump on TPE to Newton le Willows then...

I visited on Saturday (Early Entry 10:00am) and this was my first ever Model Railway Show at the age of 61! I was thoroughly impressed but I wasn't really interested in seeing things running particularly. I was there more for the Dioramas, new ideas and contacts, suppliers and possibly hard to...