#uktrain

As a big fan of travelling by train, I kept a spreadsheet of all my rail journeys. In 2013, I travelled 17,843.95 miles in 391 journeys.

Longest single journey: 306 miles and 29 chains, Leeds to Arbroath

Shortest single journey: 59 chains (0.74 miles) Saltaire-Shipley

Most miles in a day: 14 September 2013: 638 miles and 43 chains: Guiseley-Leeds-Montrose-York-Leeds

Earliest train caught: 0425 Leeds-Manchester Airport (going to the airport to go to Slovenia)

Latest train caught: 2316 Leeds-Guiseley

Journeys by train operating company:

Northern 203

East Coast 72

Southeastern 59

Transpennine Express 17

East Midlands Trains 10

CrossCountry 7

Grand Central 7

First Capital Connect 4

London Overground 3

Arriva Trains Wales 2

Merseyrail 2

Southern 2

First Capital Connect/Southeastern 1

South West Trains 1

Virgin Trains 1

Stations used the most (number of arrivals and departures):

Leeds 212

Guiseley 121

London Kings Cross 51

London St Pancras International 45

Canterbury West 33

Bradford Interchange 28

Shipley 26

Faversham 23

Bradford Forster Square 19

Doncaster 19

Halifax 19

Sowerby Bridge 19

Stations used the least (one journey, either a departure or an arrival):

Baildon

City Thameslink

Elephant and Castle

Farringdon

Highbury and Islington

Hoxton

Liverpool James Street

London Euston

London Waterloo

Manchester Oxford Road

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Long journey ahead of me, haven't had any breakfast so opted for lunch on the train.

1 x Syrah 2009 Domaine Peirere Languedoc-Rousillon 37.5cl at £8.50 1 x Beef Lasagne at £6.95

The only good thing about this meal is the wine.

The food was luke warm, swimming in grease and barely edible. But needs must! Captive audience and not that much choice.