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Attractions and venues that offer a discount when you arrive by public transport
Seen a few of these types of offers recently so thought it might be good to compile a bit of a list. The best known is probably the National Rail 2 for 1 scheme which is well documented on MSE's Deals pages here. But less well known are the deals available at London attractions (including the Tower of London and Hampton…
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Public Transport & Cycling Sticky
🚴♀️ Handy Forum threads from this board: * Beginners guide to cycle commuting * MoneySaving for cyclists discussion 🚂 Other relevant content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Cheap train and coach deals * MoneySaving tips for cyclists * Cheap train tickets * Train season ticket calculator * Train delays * Oyster card refunds…
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Trainpal Question
Just purchased 3 year Family and Friends Railcard via the Trainpal advice for £60. Hopeful to get some use off this over the next few years. Questions are I use the trainline app for a lot of local trips and the option to use railcard for even cheaper fares is available. Can I add the railcard to my trainline app.…
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Train Cancelled but TfW claim a replacement bus was provided
I was due to travel on the last train for the evening from my local station. When I arrived 20 minutes early it was showing as 'delayed' on the station screen. I checked on the TfW app which showed that it hadn't left it's originating station some hour's journey away. The screen and app continued to show it as 'delayed'…
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Railcards rarely checked on Avanti
I have just been to Glasgow and back. My ticket was checked 4 or 5 times across both journeys but I was only asked to show the Senior Railcard once. In comparison, journeys with the same Railcard on Network South East or Anglia often trap me at the ticket barrier. Anyone else had similar experience on Avanti or other…
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Bike tyres bulge out of rims
I have a cheap bike bought from Halfords about 10 years. It’s not used a lot. I pumped the tyres up to 3 bars and I noticed that both had a bit of the tyre not seated properly in the rim. The tyres say maximum pressure is 60 psi so 3 bar is within spec. Is it possible that the tyre beads have stretched? Do I just need new…
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Visitor Oyster Cards - how do they work?
Hi - can anyone explain to me how these work? I bought two Visitor Oyster Cards pre-loaded with £10 credit each for a recent day trip to London. The TfL website suggests that £15 credit should be enough to start if visiting London for two days, so I believed £10 each was sufficient for our trip as believed there is a…
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Bus tips & tricks
I'd love to hear some of your tips and tricks for bus travel. Here are a few of mine (bearing in mind that I'm a Londoner): * A kid told me that he always looks out for the brand new buses by checking their reg plate, because the new ones in his area of South London are equipped with charging ports. He'll wait until a new…
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Warning on revenue inspection with apple pay and express transport.
The gist is that if you have one card on your apple pay set as the express transport card and a different as your default apple pay card, when you meet a revenue inspection you need to change over the card that is checked in your apple pay to the card used for your express transport. Otherwise you risk a default charge or…
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Train Ncle to Manchester
2 pensioners looking to travel Newcastle upon Tyne to Manchester, we have a 2 together railcard and will be travelling Wed 27th May am, back Thursday pm, staying overnight in city centre. I am finding online booking totally baffling, and cannot find any tel no to speak to anyone. Does anyone know of a ticket place that…
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Rail travel
Hi Just looking for ways to save money on the train. My local buses are very cheap and good but going further I need the train. For example reading to burton on trent return is about £90 That's on cross country network Is there anyway I could reduce the cost of that journey for example?
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Trainpal - train cancellation part of the journey
My lad has booked a trip through trainpal: Lancaster to Norwich this Sunday. The Manchester Picadilly to Peterborough East Midlands train has been cancelled for that leg of the journey. I understand that he could use his ticket for the next East Mids train, but there isn't one that day. There is a train from Manchester…
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Seat reservations on Avanti West coast
I have just booked Advance tickets with seat reservations from Euston to Glasgow. I wanted table seats because of the long journey but had to pay a higher price to get them. I haven't had that before. If I were to board the train and find that someone else had claimed my seat, would I be able to insist? In the past I…
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Railcard Q&A to Railcard support
In case this helps anyone. I recently had to get a Network Railcard at short notice, so bought it at the station. So I asked Railcard website (online using contact form) the following Q&A * Q: Can I get my station-issued railcard added to my online account (for renewal tracking/replacement if lost) * A: No, we don't have…
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How to change default payment card for Oyster card
OH's Oyster card wouldn't work this morning so I've been tasked with working out why. Turns out it was trying to debit to a card that is no longer active. I've gone in and sorted out the issue and paid for a chunk of credit, but it gave the message at the end of the transaction that future transactions will be debited to…
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Uber one
My wife rarely uses Uber, this year she was charged for Uber one even though she signed up for it by mistake. Is it possible to get a refund? I have cancelled it for next year she has not used Uber since she signed up.
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Railway Repay delay claim. How much can I claim
Greeting! So I bough an open return from Manchester to Norwich for 140.90 The first trip was Manchester to Norwich And the return trip was Norwich to Manchester The first trip was to comprise of 4 changes 1st trip was Manchester - Doncaster With train company TPE 2nd trip was Doncaster to Peterbrough with train company AWC…
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Avanti/Trainline Refund
Hi everyone This should be straightforward but isn't. I bought a (non-refundable) ticket from Trainline for Avanti West Coast travel Euston to Brum. Train cancelled, alternatives too full so couldn't travel, want refund as not my fault. Trainline says claim from Avanti and Avanti…you know the rest. What to do please?
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Known Train Delay
If the day before a person knows there is a delay and has to reroute to get to the destination, do you think it's acceptable to get an earlier train to arrive at the destination at the planned time, even though ticket isn't valid on that train?
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Advance ticket alterations
Hi. I often travel by train and try to book well in advance for long journeys so go for the cheaper advance option. I usually book through Cross Country but it seems since they introduced their app (which imo doesnt work very well) they also seem to have altered the rules. I used to be able to amend the train to another…
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Ticket advice for an anxious commuter
Start a new job next week, after a long period of unemployment, that requires 2 days in the office. I've been remote for so long, commuting feels like something from a bygone era so would be great to get some advice to relieve my anxiety. I've downloaded the TrainSplit and ScotRail apps as I understand Trainline charges a…
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Avanti west coast trains - can't collect tickets from machine
Hi folks, I bought 2 x advance single train tickets last month but have since lost the credit card that was used to buy them which presumably means I can't collect them from the ticket collection machine at the station. I have read online that another debit/card card may work but the nearest station is very far and so so I…
