Places to go


6 April 2025

The Eurostar service from St Pancras, just across the road from King’s Cross where trains from the north east arrive, has not entirely recovered from the pandemic.  No trains stop at Ebbsfleet or Ashford in Kent but that is no …

26 March 2025

here are countless benefits to travelling by train. It’s an eco-friendlier form of travel compared to driving or flying and can often be cheaper, quicker and more relaxing. But as with any form of travel, there are numerous mistakes that …

12 March 2025

Coming out of the Eurostar terminal at St. Pancras recently, I spotted a series of posters for London’s newest retail and leisure attraction at Battersea Power Station, an iconic building which once appeared on a Pink Floyd album called Animals …

13 January 2025

Week commencing 15th December was an auspicious one for public transport in the north east. The line from Newcastle to Ashington via Seaton Delaval opened, with further intermediate stations at Newsham, Blyth Bebside and Bedlington due to open later. Further, …

1 December 2024

If you have ever wondered what the railway network looks like in Northern Ireland, or how commuter railways in London combine with one another, or where the request stops are, the National Rail map of the United Kingdom is the …

1 November 2024

The station is just known as Llandrindod these days. The Wells is a misnomer with a single dripping tap in a park comprising the Wells. With a population of 5,500, it is not as grand as it was in Victorian …

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