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St Pancras to Hounslow?
Hi all Quick question re London Transport fares as the options confuse the living daylights out of me. I'm going to London on Friday. I'm staying in Hounslow but I'm going to a rugby match in Richmond. I know I can get a tube straight from St Pancras where my train arrives to Hounslow Central. I will also need to go from…
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Bike crash with car- need advice please
Hello Last saturday morning I was out cycling on my own when a lady pulled out in front of me and i crashed into her car, smashed through her windscreen and landed on a heap on the floor. I had no major injury beyond a sore neck and back and a cut finger. I got up and the lady gave me and the bike a lift home. We have…
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ipswich to Birmingham cheapest way??
Hi guys going to Birmingham for Christmas markets and wonder what would be the cheapest way. I don't have a rail card. Anyone travelled this way lately??
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SouthWest Trains Tax Avoidance?
I've notice on my credit card statement for a journey booked with SW Trains that the country of origin for the payment is listed as Luxembourg. In SWT's terms and conditions I see that they are using Trainline for payments at a Luxembourg address https://www.buytickets.southwesttrains.co.uk/terms.aspx Tickets are zero…
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Euston to Watford Junction.
Yet another journey I need to make on Sunday and again Monday, offpeak return, Euston to Watford Junction. I have a senior railcard added onto my oystercard. Does anyone know if its cheaper to just buy a normal offpeak day return with railcard(£7.20) or would it be cheaper to use the oystercard with railcard, which I…
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London to Balcombe
I will be travelling from Balcombe to London, off peak, on Friday 9th Oct leaving Balcombe any time between 3-7pm I am getting conflicting results when I try to find out which trains I am allowed to travel on off peak. Please could someone with more knowledge than me give me any advice? Are all trains valid or just certain…
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London to Bexleyheath
I am visiting a relation on Tuesday 13th Oct and need to travel to Bexleyheath from central London and return the same day, off peak. My easiest station to start from is London Bridge but with all the reconstruction work going on there I'm not sure whether I have to go to Charing Cross instead? I can't work it out from the…
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MSE News: Today's the day to bag the cheapest Christmas train tickets
To get cheap train tickets sadly involves tactics - one of those is timing it right, and now's the moment for Xmas... Read the full story: Today's the day to bag the cheapest Christmas 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, read our…
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Train Ticket Purchase Saving Ideas (non split-ticketing)
Split ticketing doesn't work for me, since my journey is only 30mins and is a direct journey from one station to the next. I either purchase travel after off-peak or during peak, but not during the two boundaries (8:30am is when off-peak kicks in for my journey). Right now I either: - buy an off-peak return ticket which is…
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Bike Cycling help
Hi All I am looking at the idea of getting another Bike for commuting to work about 2 miles each way and riding to the gym 3 miles aswell as just riding for lesuire. The reason I said again is because Last year I bought a bike from Halford it was apollo one and cost £170 and it got buckled wheels broke breaks within 2…
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London trip with 15 yo - Oyster or travelcard
Off to London with our 15 yo, for 4 days in Nov. We will be travelling in zones 1 + 2 only We have a F+F railcard What is the chepaest option for getting around?
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Reclaim for incomplete TfL journeys - guide discussion
Hi all, We've written a new guide on How to reclaim for incomplete TfL journeys and would love your feedback. How did you find the info? Was it useful? Do you have any other tips you'd add? Thanks for your help! MSE Jenny
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Advice after bus harassment?
Hi MSE-ers. Last week on the bus, I tried to intervene when a man was shouting at a woman and her kids, and using racist language. He proceeded to shout at me for a bit too, then got off the bus. I reported it to the bus company who said they'd look at the CCTV but I thought that was that. A couple of days later, he…
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ticket splitting
I am trying to book 3 adults tickets to Liverpool using ticketysplit but can't seem to see where you increase the number of adults from 1 to 3. Help please?
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confused on cheapest way from uxbridge to coulsdon south or caterham
Hi, I've been looking at the oyster calculator and i'm a little confused... If you put in a single journey of uxbridge to coulsdon south you get either £2.60 or [£4 on peak]. But if you break the journey up into what it is using the calculator you get: 1. uxbridge to london bridge 2. london bridge to coulsdon south Total…
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Taxi refund
Hi there I applied to Abellio Greater Anglia for a refund for my taxi fare to an airport as part of the delay repay scheme because on my journey there, there was a points failure. If I had stayed on the train I would have missed my flight (three other passengers shared the taxi with me). I have just received a letter…
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London Underground Tube Refunds
Has anyone used ClaimMyRefund to claim service delay refunds on the tube? What is your experience, please? I think the idea behind it is great and would love to sign up, but I'm a little wary of handing over my username and the password for my Oyster account. I know my credit card info is not revealed, but anyone with the…
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When will advanced tickets be available for 22 Dec?
travelling from Dunblane to Manchester airport on the 22nd. There is one ticket at around £20 but it involves loads of changes. Others are much higher and make a return more viable. Are advanced tickets not available yet?
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Rail Card Problem
My husband and I , both pensioners, travelled from Darlington-Glasgow on Cross Country last week.We had treated ourselves to return 1st class tickets bought cheaply in advance with rail cards.And yes, you have guessed, we had forgotten our cards.The ticket collector made us pay £152 extra on the fare to Glasgow and then a…
