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Wedding Trains (No, not those ones!)

Friday, 25 May, 2012

This is a momentus occasion folks. I’m delighted to finally introduce Mrs Jools’ debut appearance here on Trains on the Brain, in which she enthuses about train and railway-themed weddings, a subject close to her heart! Source: shopruche.blogspot.com via Kirsty on Pinterest Railways have an inherent romance about them, so it’s no surprise that [...]

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The Northern Belle Day Train Review

Tuesday, 22 May, 2012

No matter how you look at it, there’s something ineffably strange about taking a day trip on the Orient Express. We’re heading to Edinburgh Waverley, our local station, to sit on the Northern Belle train for four hours to be stuffed like a foie gras goose en route to York, where we’ll stroll around listlessly [...]

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Train Fares, Tickety Splits, Coco Pops & Ketchup

Friday, 18 May, 2012

A while back I asked the vexed question of just why it is so hard to find good deals for European train tickets online. It’s a subject which is dear to the hearts of the enterprising folks at clued-up rail ticketing agents Loco2, so their Executive Director Kate Andrews has gamely stepped up to the [...]