WIN INTER -CITY TICKE TS

WELCOME to the RAIL Inter-City Crossword. We offer you the chance to win either a pair of First Class tickets or a standard family ticket valid on one of the participating operators. Send your completed crossword and contact details to: R836 Inter-City Crossword, RAIL Magazine, Media House, Lynchwood, Peterborough Business Park, Peterborough PE2 6EA. First correct answer out of the hat wins the prize. Good luck! Closing date for entries is October 13 2017.

Clues Across

1 It takes very little to turn 7 into a rail enthusiast! (6) 5 GWR on unusual route? That’s not right! (5) 8 Greek priestess regularly breaks into Driving Van Trailer to uncover a chunk of earth (5)

9_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Centrale - station on the Venice-Udine railway (7)

10 and 11 Across and 26 Across One of three geographical divisions into which rail punctuality figures are arranged (4-8, 4) 11 See 10 Across 13 He travels in Minster-Rye train (5) 14 and 20 Down Tall grouse can be unpleasant if drinking on late-night trains (5, 5) 19 Traction maintenance depot located in Liverpool (8)

21 At 25, above public transportation service (4) 23 Continue to tease at Great Western railway station (7)

24 Is Cockney talking about our Nigel or a fence rail with a triangular cross-section? (5) 25 To eat at a station in Germany (5) 26 See 10 Across

Clues Down

2 First lady is trapped by GNER behaving strangely, but she will get her own back (7) 3 A white station in London, perhaps (4) 4 This publication invites in alien to sell goods (6)

5 Keep some sort of a weather eye open for ground-dwelling bird (8)

6 BR Class 47 named after a hunter in ancient Greece (5)

7 ORR and GEC combine to produce a man employed in 4 (6)

8 A signal post with one or more semaphore arms (4)

12 Is brother attached to public school at Staffordshire village where railway once served mining areas? (8)

15 BR and me go a strange way to place a restraint (7) 16 See 17 Down 17 and 16 Down GWR Class 57 somehow sent to fortress (6, 6)

18 Vessels spotted in Canons ParkStanmore service (4) 20 See 14 Across 22 Father of Isambard (4)