Recent content by 38Cto15E

That's a shame, we need to get the Footex's back on the rails.

So passengers who have to come in Taxis or cars (Disabled or large cases) will be dropped off and then face a 60/70 yard walk up a slope or a climb up steps in the elements before entering the station. If there is a new lift built, it will become a bottleneck for passengers with wheelchairs...

FWIW On my trip from Nuneaton to Manchester, I had a 100% outbound delay repay and a 50% return payment With the fares I was not able to get a NUN-MAN advance ticket but was able to buy NUN-Stockport advance. It does work out a bit dearer to buy the SPT-MAN on AWC trains rather than Northern.

Being a Senior the times are not a problem to me. A couple of weeks ago I went AWC Nuneaton to Manchester Piccadilly then MAN to Cardiff Central on the TFW and returned a couple of days later after a trip to Fishguard returning from there on the Swansea avoiding line.Also I have used AWC to go...

David, You have read what the enthusiasts want, forget your beancounters. :) My 225 trips have been in First, and IMHO they are the best stock running in the UK at the moment, combined with the goodies.

Do regular non rail enthusiast travellers from Yorkshire to Kings Cross prefer the 225's to Azumas? I need to schedule in another trip soon.

Back in the day, it wasn't unknown for drivers to stop their train underneath the station footbridge.

When will the 805's be running on the Holyheads? TIA

Has the landslip on the Old Dalby line delayed the 810's entering EMR service?

I have made my first TFW trips this week from Manchester to Cardiff, First Class. Unfortunately my first trip was the 1430 from Man on Tuesday which turned up a 150 two car, very very disappointed. More luck today on the 0849 from CDF, I had a very nice brekkie although only one serving member...

There used to be a lot of china clay trains in Cornwall back in the day. In recent years this has turned into very few. Was the prime reason less demand for the clay in the Potteries or did the supplies of the clay around the greater St Austell area run out?

Hello aar0, I live in Leicester but I am thinking of going to Nuneaton to Manchester Piccadilly to then have a ride on the Loco hauled TFW to Cardiff. I would then stop at Sleeperz, Cardiff and return the next day. Can you book a First Class seat or is it first come first served, also do they...

A friend went to Barrow in Furness yesterday to watch a football match for the first time in 55 years at Barrow. We know about the delays. He travelled from Crewe and booked his tickets with EMR, who does he claim delay repay from, EMR or Northern? TIA

From my OP you will have seen the Azuma did Kings Cross to Darlington in 25 minutes, what a ride that was.:) Of course I made a mistake 1W11 is the 1000 Kings Cross to Aberdeen service and not 1200. 1711189319 Thank you all, I rang CS and they apologised for making the mistake and they are going...

On Tuesday 19th March I had a LNER Standard Advance single from Newark Northgate to Leuchars with a Darlington change. My ticket stipulated 1S10 0930 from Kings Cross which left NNG on time at 1046 and arriving DAR on time at1205. The second train was 1W11 1200 KGX to ABD, this train left DAR on...