A first class scam?
Thursday 10th December 2020 Have you heard of ‘Seatfrog’? It’s been LNER’s way of offering upgrades from standard class to first class on its trains since 2017. More recently it’s … Continue Reading A first class scam?
Eploring the Abbey Line
Tuesday 27th October 2020 I recently had the pleasure of exploring the Abbey Line with my friend Geoff Marshall. Geoff’s a professional and brilliant YouTube Creator producing engaging videos about … Continue Reading Eploring the Abbey Line
Walking Wherryman’s Way
Friday 18th September 2020 Wherryman’s Way is an eight-and-a-half-mile footpath along the north side of the River Yare between Great Yarmouth and Reedham. Half way along the River Waveney joins … Continue Reading Walking Wherryman’s Way
Miss Marple and the disappearing trains: part 2
Monday 14th September 2020 Readers will recall we left part 1 of this intriguing tale with the tantalising prospect of West Coast Railways stepping in from today running a replacement … Continue Reading Miss Marple and the disappearing trains: part 2
Miss Marple and the disappearing trains: part 1
Friday 4th September 2020 ‘Miss Marple’ ….. as in residents of the Manchester suburb by that name will soon ‘miss’ their hourly Northern run train service. The Rose Hill Marple … Continue Reading Miss Marple and the disappearing trains: part 1
Berney’s back in business
Monday 24th February 2020 The rail line between Reedham and Great Yarmouth, on what’s known as the Wherry Lines, closed back in October 2018 to allow for upgrade work on … Continue Reading Berney’s back in business
Revolutionising the Harrogate experience
Friday 17th Janurary 2020 Last month’s timetable change saw a greatly improved train service for Harrogate with LNER introducing direct trains to and from London Kings Cross every two hours; … Continue Reading Revolutionising the Harrogate experience
Two different train journeys
Friday 10th January 2020 I took a couple of train journeys today to catch up on two recent rail industry developments. First up was SWR’s newly refurbished Class 442 trains … Continue Reading Two different train journeys
Power failure empowers staff
Wednesday 18th December 2019 There’s never a good time to have a complete signal failure at East Croydon but for the power to go down just as the evening peak … Continue Reading Power failure empowers staff
Bristol Fast to Warrington West
Monday 16th December 2019 One of two brand new stations opened for business on the rail network yesterday, Warrington West; so I took a ride there today to take a … Continue Reading Bristol Fast to Warrington West
TfL reaches Reading
Thursday 28th November 2019 The rail industry’s fond of slipping in new developments before they’re officially due to start; they call it a ‘preview service’. It’s just happened again on … Continue Reading TfL reaches Reading
AZUMA reaches Lincoln
Monday 21st October 2019 LNER’s flagship AZUMA trains started running between Lincoln and London Kings Cross today. They’re journeys which previously just ran between Newark North Gate and Kings Cross … Continue Reading AZUMA reaches Lincoln
A south Suffolk saunter
Friday 26th July 2019 I incorporated Wednesday’s ride on Buckland Buses’ splendid 1929 Dennis on route 250 between Aldeburgh and Thropeness into an enjoyable couple of days saunter around the … Continue Reading A south Suffolk saunter
Three Staffordshire bus rides
Tuesday 9th July 2019 Welcome to a fourth day of travelling to tick off various ‘to do’ routes, destinations, new buses and trains which began with an early start from … Continue Reading Three Staffordshire bus rides
Devon’s top circular bus and train tour is back
Sunday 7th July 2019 Here’s a great way to spend five hours on a summer Sunday: enjoy one of the best circular journeys in Devon, if not the whole of … Continue Reading Devon’s top circular bus and train tour is back
New sleeper turns into a bad dream
Tuesday 25th June 2019 There’s something seriously amiss with Caledonian Sleeper’s train service. I’ve blogged about the new Mark 5 coaches a couple of times recently (here and here) highlighting … Continue Reading New sleeper turns into a bad dream
LEJOG: As it happened
This is the story of how a journey on the Longest Day of the year from Lands End to John O’Groats by ground public transport (that’s bus and train) unfolded … Continue Reading LEJOG: As it happened
LEJOG: The plan
Wednesday 19th June 2019 To celebrate a year of blogging and the upcoming Longest Day of the year I’m heading down to Cornwall on GWR’s Night Riviera sleeper train tonight … Continue Reading LEJOG: The plan
All steamed up in Ongar
Sunday 9th June 2019 The Epping Ongar Railway is having one of its popular steam weekends this weekend and I took a ride to the end of the Central Line … Continue Reading All steamed up in Ongar
A day in Stranraer and The Rhins
Thursday 6th June 2019 It may not rank as high as the West Highland Line, the Kyle of Lochalsh Line or the Far North Line in the great Scottish Scenic … Continue Reading A day in Stranraer and The Rhins
