Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
Archive
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Tickets
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Mileage
2017 Mileage competition entry
2018 Mileage competition entry
2019 Mileage competition entry
2020 Mileage competition entry
2021 Mileage competition entry
2022 Mileage competition entry
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Registered members
Current visitors
Mileage
2017 Mileage competition entry
2018 Mileage competition entry
2019 Mileage competition entry
2020 Mileage competition entry
2021 Mileage competition entry
2022 Mileage competition entry
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Our booking engine at
tickets.railforums.co.uk
(powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in
this thread
!
Home
Members
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
AndrewE's latest activity
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Avanti seat reservation displays
.
From the origin of the train, or from any joining station? If so, that's terrible. Does this really apply to Avanti? I was aware of...
Wednesday at 19:04
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
HS2 Scrapped Legs - Referendum
.
Are they all in London too, with no interest in travelling north - or any concern for freight capacity on the WCML? It seems to me that...
Tuesday at 18:33
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Station secrets - tips and tricks
.
At Liverpool Lime St use the lift to get directly from the surface station to the underground Loop line, it saves lots of walking...
Monday at 16:10
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
London - Edinburgh
.
one of my former colleagues hated Pendolinos (but personally I think they are fine) and considered Voyagers much better - citing much...
Sunday at 20:48
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
0620 Plymouth to Edinburgh
.
For planning important journeys I use https://www.recenttraintimes.co.uk/ which gives you a feel for how reliable a service or route is...
10 May 2024
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Fastest route to Tring from Uxbridge
.
I would try Traveline. https://www.traveline.info/ It is brilliant at finding mixes of buses and trains, and also buses down parallel...
9 May 2024
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Conwy Valley Line
.
it will still take "just four days to repair and reopen the line" - when a different strategy might not have seen the ballast washed...
28 Apr 2024
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Steam engines powered by battery
.
at least a tender full of batteries will provide adhesion whether they are charged or empty! And we mustn't forget the value of...
28 Apr 2024
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Steam engines powered by battery
.
I don't think anybody has yet posted a couple of important things: 1) a steam engine is inherently inefficient - thermodynamics mean it...
28 Apr 2024
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Getting to Founders Arms from Blackfriars Station?
.
but low tide will be late morning, so it might only be on its way in...
28 Apr 2024
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Conwy Valley Line
.
To my mind this is still a Canute-like response. I know we are told that enhancement is not allowed outside of a specific scheme, but...
28 Apr 2024
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
That’s TV channel showing railway films.
.
Bugger! I have missed the GWR one again! (Unless my PVR spotted it and has recorded it. I'll find out later...)
25 Apr 2024
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Why is the industry not making a bigger deal about energy security?
.
Yes, because the first few of those have had most of the UK's rail investment. What is cause and what is effect? GWR could have more...
25 Apr 2024
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Why is the industry not making a bigger deal about energy security?
.
You could double or triple capacity on lots of routes by just running longer trains, as has been pointed out repeatedly. Junction...
25 Apr 2024
A
AndrewE
replied to the thread
Derailment near Grange Over Sands
.
Weren't they craning in box culvert sections - that would dramatically reduce the weight of the embankment. (Or was that just someone's...
22 Apr 2024
Home
Members
Top