Question about UK

To book a train I think it's easiest to just try looking on the national rail website (www.nationalrail.co.uk).

Or if you are after cheap fares, try megatrain.co.uk which has some quite cheap fares to some places, don't know if they go to scotland or not.

Hope this helps

My wife was from Uk but ....................................................... :(

U might reach black pool lol and there is alot of lovely donkeys to take a pictuers lovely place eeeeh

Please bring back a parmo for me,

pleeeeeeeeeeeease.

On the train front GNER to Edinburgh 4.5 hours from Kings X, fastest by far, apart from plane

mr paul, im from UK so i know and agree exactly with what ur saying, i just think its sad :(

Brandylady, I'll be back in sunny Darlington then...joy lol

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Boro? Didn't Gazza spend some time there?

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how long you gonna be in the UK for???

I go back to Boro on 17th June :( just for 1 week mind :)

I think they lost the contract last year

Thank you all for the information. So I will simply take the plane. How helpful this website is, only if religious fights were not going on here all the times :)

You may see some nice scenery, but you'd be better off taking time for a proper sight-seeing trip rather than watching it fly by at 100mph+ !!!

Or you could take the National Express coach trip and marvel at all of our beautiful motorways! :D

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

Go to http://www.thetrainline.com.

I agree that the trains are totally rubbish but if it's scenery gazing you're after, you'll get plenty of that.

Try booking from station to station rather than the complete journey. It's sometimes cheaper that way too.

Good luck:)

So should I leave this idea, or as Timbo said, take GNER or virgin first class? Actually I am asking this to know if the train passes through any beautiful sceneries and coastal areas or it's not just worth it?

Thanks.

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"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

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why some of us think like we do about our Motherland....

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Happyday...don't get me started lol

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

and Qatar Airways is a partner with BMI too.....sighss...full of info me!!

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

nice to see evryone so fond of the good old UK!

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and im flying from Bahrain to Heathrow and then flying up to Leeds.

Cant be bothered with all that twatting about with the tube to kings cross then another train nightmare up to leeds...Easier to fly. Its a code share flight by Gulf air, operated by BMI.

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My advice is to take the shuttle (flight).. Its easier. The trains take too long..Also the train fares can be extremely expensive.

Mr rob, please stop, u making me home sick!!! or should that be sick to go home!!

I have taken the sleeper train from Edinburgh to london and it is great.

The best rail service on that route is GNER (great north eastern railways) they are fast and always on time

and the HP one is Hogwart Express, going from King's cross station, platform 9 and 3/4 :P

LOL!

If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.

Rest assured, if Harry Potter HAD taken a British train, he would have ended up on Hogwarts' council estate, drinking cheap cider on the park bench and starting fights with grannies!

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

Sorry mate, but it's a long accepted fact by the British that ALL of our train companies are crap! lol

[Doh! beaten to it by Supernurse!]

They're cramped, smelly and over-priced. Depending on the time of day, you'll either be crushed in with commuters, left standing in the hallway by the toilet door, or getting dribbled on by some loud obnoxious drunkard.

If you can afford it, go 1st class with Virgin - but it's not cheap!

If you want to book tickets or check timetables, try www.nationalrail.co.uk - if you need any more help, feel free to ask :)

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

All the rail companies are crap and a ripoff, they're all much of a muchness....probably cheaper to fly!!

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)