I tried the £10 Uber Grape British Rail steam train experience — here's what to expect
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BBC News
14 hours ago
- BBC News
Buses to run to the abandoned Wiltshire village of Imber
Nearly 40 routemaster buses will be travelling around Salisbury Plain on Saturday, taking people to the abandoned village of by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the village is only opened on certain days of the year as it is a training year, about 4,000 people took the Imberbus trip, which raised £35,000 for village is now abandoned after residents were evicted in 1943 to allow the military to use it for training in World War Two. It has remained empty since. The annual Imberbus day has been going since 2009, when it started with four buses. It now includes vintage and modern red routemaster buses which are donated by companies for the day. Crews from all over the country also donate their the Imberbus will only run on Saturday, Imber village has other open days during the year where visitors have to find their own way there. Michael Meilton is one of those overseeing the operation and said buses will start at 9:30 BST from Warminster, but also go to some nearby will be buses leaving Warminster Station every 10 to 15 minutes and returning from Imber until 17:30 will have its church open to see as well as the also going to Tilshead, Chitterne, New Zealand Farm Camp, West Lavington, Market Lavington and Brazen Bottom are on at least twice an hour too, with alternative parking at Chitterne. Tea and cake is available in most of the villages, with historical displays in a couple too and an exhibition on at The Athenaeum in Meilton said some travel to multiple villages to test the all the are no in advance tickets - people need to turn up and pay on the day, with cash being the best option. Card payments are only available at Warminster will cost £10 for adults and £2 for children. "What's so special is seeing the faces of people who have taken their son or grandson for a ride on the bus to Imber," added Mr Meilton.
The Sun
4 days ago
- The Sun
Bemused commuter slapped with 15 train tickets after taking bike on train
A BEMUSED rail user was issued with 15 tickets to take his bicycle on a day return trip. The man, who usually gets a digital day return, had to buy the physical version because of his cycle. He watched amazed as a machine spat out four split-fare singles, eight bike vouchers, two seat reservations and a collection receipt. And his tickets, which cost £43.60 through Trainline, were not checked once on the Bristol to Exeter return. He posted a picture of the stack online, captioned: 'What a perfectly streamlined system. 'Turns out if you bring a bike then you travel like it's 1985.' The man, who did not want to be named, added: 'I found it ridiculous but not surprising. 'This is quintessential British Rail network inefficiency. 'We are miles behind the rest of Europe and even Australia with this sort of thing.' Others replied with snaps of their own ticket collections. Some called for more contactless systems across the UK. Great Western Railway said booking tickets through third parties automatically generated separate tickets and reservations for each part of a journey. A spokesman said: 'Each one serves an important purpose in ensuring a customer has a valid ticket for each part of the trip. 'Purchasing tickets directly through our channels, or on our app, would result in fewer individual documents.' Watch the shocking moment cow puts Irish Rail services to a HALT during morning rush 1
Evening Standard
5 days ago
- Evening Standard
I tried the £10 Uber Grape British Rail steam train experience — here's what to expect
Turns out, a surprising amount. After getting a boring old electric train to East Grinstead (booked via the Uber app, which now does train tickets and often for cheaper than Trainline), we were met by classic Routemaster buses. The kind you used to be able to jump on and off of — cute for snapping pics, but a terrifying prospect if you imagine trying to do that during London rush hour today.
