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Have you travelled today by train if so post a message of what station you went from and what station you were going to, also you can put what train company the service was run by.

I travelled today on the Wigan Northwestern Northern Rail Service from St.Helens Central and also from Wigan North Western to Preston run by Virgin Trains.

Get them posts in and thanks for reading!

just my normal Martins Heron - Winnersh Triangle Return on South West Trains.

Held up outside Wokingham this morning thanks to FGW.

Basingstoke - Waterloo & back. Was delayed by about 2 minutes on the way in (5 or so at basingstoke, made up ~3 on the way in) by "signalling difficulties" at Eastleigh. The train back (1650 to Yeovil) had the heating set to Inferno. The most remarkable bit about the whole journey was that I had to drive through about 4 lakes on the way from my house to the station in the morning.

The same journey I do every weekday morning:

06:44 southeastern service from Whitstable to London Victoria. Late again! When's that TSR at Swanley going?

Tonight, it'll be the 16:42 from Victoria to Dover Priory, changing at Faversham to pick up the Ramsgate train.

and held up again outside Wokingham thanks to FGW. When are they going to learn to operate their services to time?

On Northern Ireland Railways Larne line between Downshire and Whiteabbey for my normal week at college. I don't like these early morning forward journeys. So many pupils. The train I was on was 450 class set consist 8451-8791-8781 'Belfast Castle'.

ziggyshadowdust wrote:On Northern Ireland Railways Larne line between Downshire and Whiteabbey for my normal week at college. I don't like these early morning forward journeys. So many pupils. The train I was on was 450 class set consist 8451-8791-8781 'Belfast Castle'.

They do sound good though!

Since this thread was yesterday, yesterday I did:

0554 Loughborough to Leicester (London St Pancras) HST EMT
0616 Leicester to Birmingham New Street 170 XC
0727 Birmingham New Street to Codsall 170 LM.

Not a usual journey for me by any means (at that time at least!) but I had to get to work in Wolverhampton from Loughborough, via a stop at home to get changed!

allypally wrote:Since this thread was yesterday, yesterday I did:

0554 Loughborough to Leicester (London St Pancras) HST EMT
0616 Leicester to Birmingham New Street 170 XC
0727 Birmingham New Street to Codsall 170 LM.

Not a usual journey for me by any means (at that time at least!) but I had to get to work in Wolverhampton from Loughborough, via a stop at home to get changed!

Ouch thats an early start, although I always love watching the sunrise whilst on a train.

Thats if you were still on a train at sunrise!

Ali

If anyones interested my leisure trip today consisted of ...

09:57 Sheffield to Swinton (Northern)
12:20 Swinton to Doncaster (Northern)
13:42 Doncaster to Sheffield (FTPE)
14:18 Sheffield to Barnsley (Northern)
15:01 Barnsley to Chapeltown (Northern)
15:38 Chapeltown to Sheffield (Northern)

In the last week since I last had access to the internet, due to my phone packing up and obviously being away from home, I have done....

20 Jan
12.32 Langley Mill - Sheffield (Northern) Class 158
14.27 Sheffield - London St Pancras (EMT) Class 222
21.15 London Euston - Inverness (First ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper) Class 90/67

22 Jan
09.19 Inverness - Dalwhinnie (First ScotRail) Class 170
12.25 Dalwhinnie - Inverness (First ScotRail) Class 170

23 Jan
10.38 Inverness - Alness (First ScotRail) Class 158
15.44 Alness - Inverness (First ScotRail) Class 158

24 Jan
10.58 Inverness - Nairn (First ScotRail) Class 158
13.52 Nairn - Inverness (First ScotRail) Class 170

26 Jan
20.38 Inverness - London Euston (First ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper) Class 67/90

27 Jan
09.55 London St Pancras - Sheffield (EMT) HST
13.05 Sheffield - Langley Mill (Northern) Class 158

Great week, well worth putting a few extra pounds away and booking in advance and going first class on the 4 main routes.

Jambrose1512 wrote:In the last week since I last had access to the internet, due to my phone packing up and obviously being away from home, I have done....

20 Jan
12.32 Langley Mill - Sheffield (Northern) Class 158
14.27 Sheffield - London St Pancras (EMT) Class 222
21.15 London Euston - Inverness (First ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper) Class 90/67

22 Jan
09.19 Inverness - Dalwhinnie (First ScotRail) Class 170
12.25 Dalwhinnie - Inverness (First ScotRail) Class 170

23 Jan
10.38 Inverness - Alness (First ScotRail) Class 158
15.44 Alness - Inverness (First ScotRail) Class 158

24 Jan
10.58 Inverness - Nairn (First ScotRail) Class 158
13.52 Nairn - Inverness (First ScotRail) Class 170

26 Jan
20.38 Inverness - London Euston (First ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper) Class 67/90

27 Jan
09.55 London St Pancras - Sheffield (EMT) HST
13.05 Sheffield - Langley Mill (Northern) Class 158

Great week, well worth putting a few extra pounds away and booking in advance and going first class on the 4 main routes.

We must have crossed paths as I was in Inverness on the night of the 21st, arriving on the NXEC HST from Kings X and leaving on the 9 o'clock Kyle train!

Ali

08:45 Sheffield - Doncaster (Northern 2x153)
09:43 Doncaster - Newcastle (NXEC 225)

18:10 Newcastle - Doncaster (NXEC 225)
19:42 Doncaster - Sheffield (FTPX 185)

Yes, I went to the Newcastle v Sunderland game . Went first class too only £23.50 return

Glenn

AlistairW wrote:

Jambrose1512 wrote:In the last week since I last had access to the internet, due to my phone packing up and obviously being away from home, I have done....

20 Jan
12.32 Langley Mill - Sheffield (Northern) Class 158
14.27 Sheffield - London St Pancras (EMT) Class 222
21.15 London Euston - Inverness (First ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper) Class 90/67

22 Jan
09.19 Inverness - Dalwhinnie (First ScotRail) Class 170
12.25 Dalwhinnie - Inverness (First ScotRail) Class 170

23 Jan
10.38 Inverness - Alness (First ScotRail) Class 158
15.44 Alness - Inverness (First ScotRail) Class 158

24 Jan
10.58 Inverness - Nairn (First ScotRail) Class 158
13.52 Nairn - Inverness (First ScotRail) Class 170

26 Jan
20.38 Inverness - London Euston (First ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper) Class 67/90

27 Jan
09.55 London St Pancras - Sheffield (EMT) HST
13.05 Sheffield - Langley Mill (Northern) Class 158

Great week, well worth putting a few extra pounds away and booking in advance and going first class on the 4 main routes.

We must have crossed paths as I was in Inverness on the night of the 21st, arriving on the NXEC HST from Kings X and leaving on the 9 o'clock Kyle train!

Ali

I think I may well have been in the pub by the time you arrived on the NXEC HST, I had been to Loch Ness in the afternoon in blinding sunlight, (yes your reading that right) and I was in need of the more darker surrounding of the Castle Tavern. Di you visit any of the delightful drinking holes on your brief visit?

Well, here is my usual day for work:

07:15 Warrington Central to Manchester Piccadilly - EMT Class 158 (Usually 2 cars)
8:14 Manchester Piccadilly to East Didsbury - Northern Rail Class 323

and then return

17:35 East Didsbury to Manchester Piccadilly - TransPennine Express Class 185
or
17:55 East Didsbury to Manchester Piccadilly - Northern Rail Class 323

then

18:07 Manchester Piccadilly to Warrington Central - EMT Class 158 (2 cars and so overcrowded you stand while others get left on the platform)
or
18:37 Manchester Piccadilly to Warrington Central - Transpennine Express Class 185 (usually quite full with 3 cars)