USING LONDON AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency*	Departure Station
Bath	1 hr 20 mins	Every 30 mins	Paddington
Brighton	50 mins	Every 30 mins	Victoria
Dover	1 hr 40 mins	Every 30 mins	Victoria/ London Bridge
Ely	1 hr	Hourly	Kings Cross/ Liverpool St
Exeter	2 hr 40 mins	2 per hour	Paddington/ Waterloo
Cambridge	1 hr	Hourly	Kings Cross/ Liverpool St
Canterbury	1 ½ hours	2 per hour	Victoria
Hastings	1 ½ hours	Hourly	Victoria
Isle of Wight	2 hrs	Every 30 mins	Waterloo
Norwich	1 hr 50 mins	Every 30 mins	Liverpool St
Portsmouth	1 ½ hrs	3 per hour	Waterloo
Oxford	1 hr	Every 30 mins	Paddington
Salisbury	1 hr 25 mins	Hourly	Waterloo
Southampton	1 ¼ hrs	4 per hour	Waterloo
Stratford Upon Avon	2 ¼ hrs	Every 2 hours	Paddington

* Minimum frequency

Did you know London is the largest capital city in Europe with a population of almost 7 million people?

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USING YORK AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Harrogate or Knaresborough	30 minutes	Hourly
Leeds	45 minutes	2 or 3 per hour
Durham	50 minutes	2 per hour
Scarborough	45 minutes	Half hourly
Settle & Carlisle Line	Full Day Trip	Check
Manchester	1 ½ hrs	2 or 3 per hour
Hebden Bridge	1 ½ hrs	2 or 3 per hour

Did you know that George VI once said "the history of York is the history of England"?

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USING EDINBURGH AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Glasgow	50 minutes	2 per hour
Stirling	50 minutes	2 per hour
Perth	50 minutes	2 per hour
Oban	4 hours	4 per day
Aberdeen	2 ½ hours	Hourly

Did you know the city of Edinburgh is actually two cities in one - the Old Town and the New Town - separated by the famous Princes Street?

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USING GLASGOW AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Stirling	30 minutes	2 per hour Q
Perth	1 hour	Hourly Q
Oban	3 hours	3 per day Q
Fort William	3 ¾ hours	3 per day Q
Edinburgh	50 minutes	2 per hour Q
Ayr	1 hour	2 per hour C
Inverness	3 ½ hours	Every 2 hrs Q
Q= Glasgow Queen Street Station C= Glasgow Central Station

Did you know natives of Glasgow are known as Glaswegians?

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USING INVERNESS AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Kyle of Lochalsh	2 ½ hours	3 per day
Wick/Thurso	4 hours	3 per day
Aberdeen	2 ¼ hours	Every 2 hrs

Did you know is known as the "Capital of the Highlands"?

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USING CARDIFF AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Caerphilly	20 mins	Very Frequent
Trehafod	30 mins	Frequent
Pembroke, Tenby	3 hours	Infrequent/check
Shrewsbury (Abergavenny, Hereford)	1 ¾ hours (35min, 1 hour)	Hourly
Llandrindod Wells	3 hours	Infrequent/check
Bath Spa	1 hour	1 or 2 trains hourly

Did you know Cardiff is the capital of Wales and is the home of the new Welsh Parliament?

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USING MANCHESTER AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Liverpool	50 minutes	Every 30 min B
Chester	1 hour	Hourly P
Windermere (Lake District)	1 ¾ hours	Every 2 hours P
Blackpool	1 ¼ hours	2 per hour P
York	1 ½ hours	2 per hour P
Llandudno (N Wales Coast)	2 ¼ hours	Hourly P
Buxton (Peak District)	55 minutes	Hourly P
B= Both Manchester Victoria and Piccadilly P= Manchester Piccadilly

Did you know the world's most famous soccer team comes from Manchester?

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USING CHESTER AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Manchester	1 hour	Hourly
Liverpool	35 minutes	2 per hour
Llandudno	1 ¼ minutes	Hourly
Conwy	1 ½ hours	Every 2 hours
Central Wales Line	Full Day	Check
Shrewsbury	1 hour	Every 1 or 2 hrs
Blaenau Ffestiniog	2 hours	Infrequent

Did you know Chester is surrounded by a city wall built by the Romans?

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USING NORWICH AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Sheringham / Cromer (Nth Norfolk)	1 hour	Hourly
Lowestoft	40 minutes	Hourly
Great Yarmouth	30 minutes	Hourly
Cambridge (or Ely)	1 ½ hours (50 min)	Hourly

Did you know Lowestoft is the most easterly point in the British Isles?

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USING SHREWSBURY AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Cardiff	1 ¾ hours	Hourly
Aberystwth	1 ¾ hours	5 per day
Harlech/Ffestiniog/ Pwhelli	2 ¾ hrs to 3 ½ hrs	Check
Chester	1 hour	Every 1 or 2 hrs

Did you know Clive of India once lived in Shrewsbury and was an MP for Shrewsbury in 1760?

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USING BIRMINGHAM AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Hereford	1 ¾ hours	Hourly N
Cheltenham	45 mins	2 per hour N
Cardiff	2 hours	Hourly N
Stratford upon Avon	45 minutes	Hourly S,M
Worcester	55 minutes	2 per hour S,M,N
Stamford	1 hour 40 mins	Hourly N
Shrewsbury	1 hour	Every 30 mins N
Warwick	35 minutes	2 per hr S,M
N= Birmingham New Street M= Birmingham Moor S= Birmingham Snow Hillk

Did you know Birmingham was the birthplace of England's Industrial Revolution?

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USING EXETER AS YOUR HUB CITY:
Our suggestions include:

Destination	Journey Time	Frequency
Exmouth	25 mins	Every 30 mins
Barnstaple	1 ¼ hours	7 per day
Torquay/Paignton/ Dawlish	1 ¼ hours	1 or 2 per hour
Salisbury	1 ¾ hours	Every 2 hours
Penzance	3 ¼ hours	Approx hourly

Did you know Exeter's Guild Hall is reputedly the oldest municipal building in Britain?

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