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If political frictions, costs, infrastructure, customs and border formalities weren't constraints... What if there was a continuous high speed railway from London to Istanbul? Assuming it's built to allow 300-350km/h running and takes in some existing high-speed lines – which route would it...

Around 2008, I can remember that if the Piccadilly Line to Heathrow was closed for maintenance, customers could use the Heathrow Express without the premium cost to get to Central London. I'm guessing since the Elizabeth Line to Heathrow opened, this allowance stopped, albeit still a much...

Is it permitted to do a break of journey or finish and start a journey at Hastings with an off-peak Tonbridge-Bexhill return?

Travelling from Brighton to London directly I already have a season ticket valid for any train between Redhill and London Terminals. Which station do I get a ticket to from Brighton if the train doesn't stop at Redhill but takes the Quarry Line by-pass?

Visiting Leuven and making a couple of day trips into central Brussels for Le Tour next month so looking at which tickets to buy and whether using the SNCB app for tickets is best. The Ibis hotel we've booked is a bit too far to walk from the main station for my relatives but there is a bus stop...

From http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/211154.aspx Not a great day for travel HS1, advice for Southeastern customers to travel via the classic routes via London Bridge. Seems like quite a few Eurostar cancellations too.

Is it still possible to check-in at Ashford/Ebbsfleet on one of these tickets provided you arrive before the check-in closure time at St Pancras?

Just a random and trivial thought but what cars would we be typically still driving today if the replacement cycle reflected that of passenger trains in the UK?

Looking up timetable alterations on the Tonbridge-London timetable over Easter I see that there will only be the hourly Southern train to London Victoria via Redhill on 31st March and just to Redhill (for connections) 1st April. I'm guessing that service will get quite full unless it's...

Increasingly I find on my journeys rail passengers of all all ages and backgrounds happily playing back streamed TV thanks to Wifi/4G or sharing their own personal video footage on phones/portable devices minus any headphones. Do railway bylaws have any ruling against this or are we slowly...

Going back to the early 1990s when there were a few test runs of Eurostar to Manchester and Glasgow just wondered if there were any documented details online anywhere about these and photos. All without passengers presumably, were they one-offs and what lines were they cleared to run on...

Considering what's my best ticket/route option here for a trip in August departing Friday, returning Monday (so not booking for a while yet) and whether a split-ticket would work out cheaper. I have a NSE railcard but that's obviously not going to be much use for a lot of the journey. Ruling...

Out of interest are there any stats on the proportion of customers who now buy tickets online for collection for simple A-B journeys such as heading into town for shopping/etc? I only ask as somebody without a car and living in a well served rail-hub; trains are my primary way to get around...

Traveling from Petts Wood to Kentish Town at peak time I normally travel via Thameslink to avoid the tube - avoiding the hassle of changes, crowds and added cost. I use Pay as you go Oyster as my commute isn't daily. This costs £4.90 one way. If the Thameslink core is disrupted, as it was...

I've an off peak return £65 (any TOC/route) from Stoke on Trent wanting to arrive in London around 10:30 on a weekday. Can't do this with Virgin but EMT off peak seems valid on 09:01 off Derby so could I use it on this? The getting to Derby bit during peak isn't a problem as I've a friend...

What really? Are 373s cleared to run to Bruges? :roll:

Recently travelled on the Moorgate route up to Hornsey for the first time and noted how dated both the mainly unstaffed stations and rolling stock feel. Post Thameslink route upgrade and new stock, it seems a strong candidate for joining London Overground's network with 378s.

On southeastern I recently lost my bag but luckily got it back from Lost Property at Ashford Int. There was some loose cash in the bag too which SE took and left a Money Found form inside the bag but it's not clear from the form how to go about getting it back. At the bottom it says "to be sent...

I've just put in a refund claim online as I notice I've been hit with a no-touch out charge despite doing just so to complete my journey between Farringdon and London Bridge. The only complication is that the exit I touched out at was the nearest barrier (at the footbridge towards Dominion...

Are both portions of the journey (the ICE part and Belgian IC) time specific or is this just the ICE part? I'm planning to do a journey from Frankfurt-Brussels-Kortrijk with a lunch-break in Brussels.