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Help me! Tickets cancelled due to strike and where do I stand!
hi there, I need some advice on where I stand with the rail strikes. I booked a ticket for London to Liverpool for the 5th April to get there early in the morning. Unfortunately now the train has been cancelled. The alternative route the Trainline has given will get me there after my meeting. I can't afford to stay in a…
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Notice of intention to prosecute from Kings Cross Station London
Good afternoon, I received a Notice of intention to prosecute from Kings Cross Railway station. I purchased a regular ticket on line but wasn't able to print it, so when I arrived to St Pancras station I asked the officer to open the gate showing him my booking reference in order to print the ticket at the machine right in…
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Northern Delay Repay website - password field not encrypted?
I've made several claims and was about to make another one for a cancelled train when I realised that, when I type into the password field, it is not encrypted: Has it always been this like? It's a secure connection (verified by Amazon apparently) and looks like the legit website but all other websites I've used that…
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Rail fare rises March 2024
According to the news rail fares will rise by “up to 4.9%”. My monthly season ticket with London Northwestern Railway will rise from £636.30 to £677.50. I calculate that at more than a 6% increase. Who do I complain to? Any ideas? How is this allowed if the fare increases are capped at 4.9%?
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Booking Advance Train Tickets
We are planning a trip in late June, so I have started to check prices on a couple of rail operators’ apps, including LNER as they operate services over the longest section of our route. I'm still being offered Anytime tickets, except when I use the Trainline app. There, the outbound tickets are shown as discounted and…
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Configuration of private hire vehicles
I’m sure one of you clever people will have the answer to this we are in discussions with a company about their mpv / people carrier vehicles and they are telling me that conference seating ie knee to knee instead of front facing, common is private hire licensing is managed at local council level who decide which vehicle…
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GWR Train Fares
Hi, Has anyone else experienced a massive price hike from GWR recently that's way above the advertise 4.9% in the press? I would often travel return from Plymouth To London for around £79. I am currently being quoted for the same departure and return times on a Monday £109.50. If I am to travel on any other day than Monday…
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Options available to me on strike days
I have train tickets booked to travel with GWR from Worcester to London Paddington on Saturday 6th April returning on Sunday 7th. At the time of writing there is to be a strike on GWR trains on the Saturday (but I assume some sort of service on the Sunday for the return). Am I able to use my Outwards ticket on other…
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Senior railcard validity
Have gone all through the railcard site and can’t find the answer to this. Can the senior railcard be used on the ‘valid until’ date itself? My current one says valid until 21st March, I’ve not yet got a new one and want to travel on 21st.
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Return advance train tickets
I am going to purchase Glasgow to Manchester airport advance train tickets for june. They are due to come online soon but wondered if I should wait until the return journeys come up for sale? Or buy a single at the cheaper price and hope that the return tickets are the same. Any advice
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Stop this attempt to abolish flexible & affordable rail tickets in the UK.
Currently LNER (which operates trains on the London/Edinburgh route) is undertaking a "pilot scheme" which they are trying to portray as a "simplification of fares". However, they are trying to abolish something which has been a fundamental feature of UK rail travel for decades - the "off-peak" ticket. This is a ticket…
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London Trip
Not been since 2016 (?)Going to concert at O2 at the end of April. (a couple over 60) Travel on the train from Crewe/Stoke/Stafford (preferably) on Monday mid morning (?) returning Wednesday afternoon. Move around London on the tube (probably)Bit of sightseeing .... and concert on Tuesday night What are the most economical…
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cheaper train travel
(assuming they arent on strike) is there a way of finding cheaper rail travel, it seem horrendously overpriced, Spain was much cheaper lol any tips?
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Free bus for accompaigner disabled child to school
Hello, I live in Swansea, my son is 10 yrs old and has mild autism. He needs to go to school by bus and the mother needs to bring him school and back, he takes 2 bus to go and 2 bus back. I obtained a free bus pass based on his disability. However the mother brings him to school and then need to go back alone and same she…
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Trip.com railcard offer in dollars?
There's a Trip.com offer on the site for discounted railcards but it seems the price is in US dollars when you click through? Surely there will be an exchange rate charge if I try to use this?
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Automated stupidity of Delay/Repay
I've submitted delay/repay claims for my wife and myself several times without any trouble. Just following the prompts and uploading both tickets. Last week we travelled on the same delayed train but boarded at different stations. When I submitted the tickets I got a message back saying one claim had been rejected as I…
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Refund when return train cancelled?
We bought return train tickets to visit my folks over Christmas (they were actually returns and not two singles). The journey there went smoothly but our return train was cancelled, as was the next train and most other trains showing on the board. We would have had to wait over an hour for a not-cancelled train, and the…
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£1.75 flat fares for London buses that cross into the Home Counties
I can't find anything about this on the tfl site. I want to go from Zone 3 to the most northwesterly part of Borehamwood (Rossington Avenue), which is maybe a mile inside Hertfordshire. As I'll be tapping on via debit card, I can't see how the system would know you've crossed the boundary as you don't tap off. But what…
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Getting an ebike / electric bike
What do I need to look out for picking a bike? I need one thats good for riding up a hill , my budget is approximately £1000 . There is so many to choose from and I seriously am not sure whats important to have in a good one. Battery life and km range fair enough but how can I tell its a powerful one and whats too heavy.…
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Heated body-warmer or jacket.
Help please. My D.H is a postie. He reaps the benefits of working outside in Spring,Summer and most Autumn. However come Winter once cold it’s difficult to warm up . Can anyone recommend a lightweight heated body-warmer or jacket please?. Preferably under £30. Thank you in anticipation.
