-
Urgent help needed with tickets just booked please!!
Can someone please help with my query, I'm getting so stressed! I have just booked 2 tickets for myself and my daughter on First Great Western's site. As the price had gone down and there were only 4 tickets left, I just purchased the ones coming back from Falmouth to Sandy, where we live. My intention was to buy the…
-
Day travelcard from Woking 'doesn't exist'
I live in Woking. Tomorrow I am travelling to London Waterloo, and then around London for the day, and returning home in the evening. When living in Kent I would always purchase myself a day travelcard which included a return journey to my destination, and then bus & tube travel around London. I have been to Woking station…
-
First class with TP Express
Can someone advise what you get complimentary food and drink wise on the Manchester to Edinburgh route. I will be travelling on a Sunday PM and returning Monday AM.
-
First Advance Single ticket help please
This might sound like a silly question, but I am looking - as I do every year (& always come on here for help!) - for return tickets to Falmouth in Cornwall. I have been looking every day as we are going in mid September and I see that the First Advance Single ticket for returning is about £17 cheaper each than the First…
-
train fare help
Daughter has just found out she needs to travel from East Croydon to Rye on Friday 28 August. And return Monday 31st This particular journey never seems to have cheap fare -I know as we've relatives in Hastings and it always costs an arm and a leg to visit, even booking 12 weeks in advance. So I missing an obvious trick to…
-
Interest-free season ticket loans - how do they work tax-wise?
Sorry if this is really basic, but I haven't been able to find a straight-forward answer to this which isn't several years out of date, or focusses on the employer rather than the employee. Basically, I am hopefully about to take a new job which will require me to commute, and trying to figure out whether the salary on…
-
Train travel: Return from nearer station
I am thinking of booking a Super Off-Peak Return (day return) from Hertfordshire to Exeter St Davids next weekend. I would like to know if I can return from Tiverton Parkway. Can anyone advise please?
-
Off peak, return next day train ticket query
Hello I'm trying to find the cheapest way to do the following this weekend: Fri 24th July: 2 adult off peak train tickets from Royston, Herts to London Kings Cross, then tube tickets to North Greenwich, then back to Euston area. Sat 25th July: 1 adult returning from Euston to Kings Cross, then back to Royston, Herts. 2nd…
-
off peak ticket restrictions
Hi. I need a little help please I commute from Tunbridge wells to London once a week at peak times one way (coach back) A peak single at 7.16am (Tunbridge Wells to London) costs £20.60. However an off-peak return leaving London at 0.15am and 'returning' back to London at 7.16am costs less and according to National Rail is…
-
Increase bus frequency for Bus number 117
This bus goes to and fro from Staines to West Middlesex Hospital. This is a busy and crowded route. Bus number 117 comes once in 20 mins which is not sufficient to meet the needs of so many people especially school children and office goers. Moreover Oyster card does not work on trains beyond Feltham, and so most people…
-
London Travel- help!
I know it's only July but I need to get organised to know what I'm doing due to various medical conditions so here goes. So I'm going to London in December. I thought an Oyster card might be useful but my travel plans are complicated! So here goes- suggestions would be good please! Journey 1- St Pancras to Richmond.…
-
Train Fare Appeal Denied
Hello, I recently had an issue with showing a train ticket on a train, because i didnt pick up all parts from the printing machine in a rush to board the train. I've sent off an appeal showing evidence that i bought the ticket through credit card statement but they are still refusing my appeal. I'm quite frustrated as they…
-
"Cyclists Prohibited"
I noticed recently on the A19 (Durham and North Yorks) that "Cyclists Prohibited" notices have appeared on a number slip-roads. What's the legal basis for this? Who, if anyone, has obtained an order - or whatever - to ban cyclists? How are such orders obtained and are they valid? Interestingly, there are no signs to show…
-
Help with Two Together & Senior railcards plse
I'm sure I must be missing something but perhaps someone could help please? Myself and my daughter will be travelling to Cornwall at the end of August as usual. Last year we purchased a Two Together railcard which saved some money. This year, I thought I could apply for a Senior railcard too as I'm 61 and use them both,…
-
MSE News: Train delayed? You can now request cash compensation
Passengers claiming compensation for delays and disruption in Great Britain can now request cash compensation... Read the full story: Train delayed? You can now request cash compensation Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to…
-
Trainline.com and the tube strike
I never travel to London, and live just south of Sheffield, so any talk of tube strikes on the news obviously passed me by. Anyway, I had cause to travel to the south coast for a job interview last week, which involved a change from Kings Cross to Victoria. I booked a return ticket with Trainline.com. On the morning I was…
-
even North Korea has better bike lanes than us
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/14/north-korea-bike-lane-pyongyang
-
Carrera Subway 1 £186.10 + Quidco
Hi saw this deal on HotUKD, using promo code, seems a good price, i'm after a cheapish but decentish bike to poodle around with my wife and 6 year old daughter. Been to Halfords to get measured up 20" fits well, am poised to order just wanted to see peoples thoughts as i'm rather clueless when it comes to bikes,(recently…
-
Trains: Start and finish of peak times
Hi I have been tasked with reducing travel costs at the company I work for. I would like to understand when off peak and peak travel times stop and start, for various routes and operators. I hoped that I'd find it collated somewhere. If I search each route and journey, I can see which train is peak and off peak but I need…
-
HELP! Stops between Euston and Glasgow central, leaving in an hour
Hi, I'm putting my son on the 11.30 at Euston, he gets off at Glasgow Central. Hopefully at 4.31. I was hoping to find details of where the train stops so he can keep an eye on where he is on the journey. But, my googling is in vain. I know I will be able to find out at Euston, but if I could find out now it would be…