Public transport & cycling

Archives for May 2014

Can't sell my brand new bike
I received a Kalkhoff Voyager 27gears hydraulic breaks bike as a gift but its way too big for me so I want to sell it. On the website 50cycles.com its worth £500. I don't want that much for it, but I can't work out the best place to sell it at all. Ebay not getting any bids, preloved not interested... any idea for a quick…
MSE News: Planning to hit the rails this summer? Seven ways to bag cheap tickets
Trains are convenient, but they can be pricey. So here are MoneySavingExpert.com's tricks to slash costs... Read the full story: Planning to hit the rails this summer? Seven ways to bag cheap train tickets Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works,…
Car Parking at Rugby Station
Just posting in case this is of use to anyone else... we just had a long weekend in London and left the car at Rugby Station. Parked at Railway Terrace - surface level, nearest to the station, partially monitored by CCTV and near to houses so should be fairly safe. Car park was virtually empty when we arrived on Sunday…
Train Tickets
Hi all, I'm going from Oxford to Glasgow on the 5th June. I'm going to come back via Durham for the weekend, so was going to book it in 3 legs - OXF-GLC, GLC-DHM, DHM-OXF. However, when I first looked at just a straight OXF-GLC return, I had the option of an 'off peak single' at £44.90 each way. As soon as I remove the…
Third Party Ticket dealers - RSH, trainline etc....
In "Rail" magazine Issue 746 Barry Doe ( well known commentator on rail fares) has an article headed:- "Steer clear of third party firms when booking tickets" This follows problems with Red Spotted Hanky, who just seem to be ignoring customer's complaints to them. He has already advised against using trainline.com and has…
Trainline.com Complaint
I'll try and make this short! Few weeks back I booked two single advance tickets. One to Cardiff to Manchester and one Manchester to Cardiff. I booked both of these via their app. However, the latter made a error and booked me another Cardiff to Manchester instead of Manchester to Cardiff. So on the day of the booking, I…
Cheapest way to travel to London daily???
hello, What is the cheapest way to travel to London, if you are in zone 4. Will be using train to waterloo, then tube for a couple of stops. Then the journey will be returned home. I have seen oyster card single is £3.80, however what is considered a single fair? is it simply the train journey to waterloo, or does it…
Change to Groupsave
Just in case you hadn't noticed, Groupsave 4 has been abolished, and now Groupsave applies to any group of 3 to 9 passengers travelling together, and provides one third off. Details here http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/pr354fdc0a0400020101fea1769fbf60.aspx This happened on May 18.
Anyone know WATFORD JUNCTION Railway Station very well?
I've looked online and found a layout, but firsthand knowledge would be nice to have. Can you get from Platforms 6,7,8 or 9 (I believe this is where you arrive if travelling from Birmingham) to Platforms 1,2,3 or 4 (which I think are for the London Overground to Wembley etc.) without going through a ticket barrier? My…
Taxi V tube
Relatives are arriving at Heathrow on Mon and will be a bit pushed to get to Euston for a train connection. They were going to get the tube but now think a taxi would be quicker ( 8pm ish, Mon). Would it be quicker? And if so, what would the fare be approx? There are 2 of them plus luggage.
Boxhill 1 - Fat Cyclist 0
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/10842025/Amateur-cyclists-celebrations-that-were-his-downfall.html
Pensioner train tral
My mother and her friend both age 78 have booked to go to Blackpool from Liverpool on 17th June for 3 days, she insists they want to go by train....have checked prices and it comes back at £38.00....anyone know how to get discount for pensioners ?
Warped MTB Discs?
Hi all, Currently getting back into some off road cycling again on my mountain bike and hitting a few problems on my disc brakes (first bike with them) It's a GT Avalanche with shimano hydraulic calipers (M445 IIRC) Anyway, i do a bit of downhill but nothing too intense and i'm on the heavy side at approx 185lbs I've…
cancelled flight
Hi Just a quick message and I totally understand if you can't reply, but I thought I might as well give it a go. Basically, mum and dad's flight was cancelled after they actually boarded. Flight was supposed to fly at 11.35am, 5 hours later, sat on flight, and they have to get off....technical problems. They offered…
Southern 15% off complete con
Southern Rail are emailing customers with the message: "Your next trip could get off to an even better start - with an exclusive 15% discount on the standard station price of many Off-Peak tickets when you book online by 1st June." Don't be conned this offer is so full of exclusions you will almost certainly be better to…
Money back on travel when event cancelled. Can anyone advise?
Hi, My son and I were all set to go to a charity football match in Bolton tomorrow. I received an e-mail this morning to sat that the unfortunately the event has been cancelled. :mad: The facility to get the money back on the actual tickets is easy (although as it was a charity game I would have happily let them keep…
Contesting a penalty train fare
Hi, I recently had to pay a penalty fare as I couldn't find the return portion of my ticket whilst on the train (I had the outbound part proving it was a day return price paid, but the actual return portion had fallen down inside the lining of my bag and I only found it later at home as there was only about 5 minutes left…
Train costs
I am wondering if anyone can help me I am travelling from Wigan North Western to Higham (this is the nearest railway station I can find nearest to Shorne in kent. Travelling out on Monday 2nd June and returning day after cheapest train fare I can find £43.00 going out and. £16 coming back but the train coming back is…
Saving on season ticket
Hi, I am about to book my expensive season ticket for year. Has anyone found out a way to save when buying a season ticket? I don't want to travel half the way by car, i am already planning to cycle (Hire/own) inside London. Let me know if there are anything else.
Super Off-peak Day Travelcard - advise please
Hi all, hope this is the best place to ask. Going down to London for the cup final in a week and a bit one of the offers for the train includes a Super Off-peak Day Travelcard will this get me to Wembley? I can't really find any info on what it covers Cheers

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