Operator: Trenitalia Leonardo Express Headcode: N/A Route: ROM-FCO Class: 2nd Class Seat: N/A Date: Wednesday 11th January 2023 With my (Not Quite) All the Small Things trip across Europe coming to a close, it was time to head from the centre of the Italian capital to its main airport to get home the easy way, … Continue reading ROM-FCO Leonardo Express
A couple of weeks ago I took an impromptu trip to the West Midlands to have a ‘railday’ and try out some new trains. West Midlands Trains (WMT) began introducing the class 196 to services between Birmingham New Street and Shrewsbury back in October, and they now operate the majority of services on the route.
Having spent the night in Glasgow, we were back at the shiny and new Queen Street station bright and early ready to continue our journey north to Fort William. Covering almost two thirds of the picturesque West Highland Line, the journey was due to take us just shy of 4 hours along what has been voted the top rail journey in the world.
Deep in the London Docklands and down the road from the O2 Arena are the only two locations worldwide where you can fly with Emirates for £3.50. Unfortunately, this doesn’t get you a flight on their signature A380s or even their B777s, however it does get you a one-way ‘flight’ on the Emirates branded cable car officially known as the Emirates Air Line and unofficially known as London’s dangleway!
On the final Saturday in January, I decided to have an impromptu ‘railday’ and so headed to Pennines to explore the region with a South Pennines Day Ranger. This ranger ticket costs just £25.20 for adults or £16.65 with most railcards and allows unlimited standard class travel on most operators within a region bounded by Bradford (Interchange), Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield.
I’ve recently had a few conversations with friends who enjoy travelling and realised that there are various travel tips and tricks I am aware that others aren’t. A couple of people have encouraged me to do a blog of these various tips and so below are five of my favourite tips and tricks that I have discovered whilst travelling.
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