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Bailliff enforcing their charges?
Hi, My daughter received a fine for not travelling with a valid train ticket. She was taken to Court and was fined £182.00. She moved around a bit so didn't know about this until April this year. She then received a letter from Philips (bailiff? debt recovery?) with whom she entered into an arrangement to pay £65.00 per…
train tickets
Hiya, I am a student and travelling home is getting quite expensive. I am at leeds university but live in kent. Usually it costs me £45.50 or over for a return ticket. I have looked at two singles but doesn't cost me any less, wondering if you would be able to help me or any sites you recomend? I want to leave on the 23rd…
Train season ticket to "Manchester CTZL" and free rides on the Metrolink
Does anybody know whether if I got a season ticket from my local station to "Manchester CTZL", would I be able to use the metrolink within the city centre for free, the same as you can for one off tickets? The info on the metrolink site only looks to talk about purchasing tickets and using on the same day.
Refused a ticket on the train this morning
Morning, I took my usual trip this morning on Virgin between Preston and Lancaster. As usual, the conductor came round and I asked him for a return ticket to Lancaster. He refused me and said that you cannot get a return ticket on a train. I asked 'since when' and he told me for the last two years they haven't issued…
The Mirror £1 coach offer?
I see the Mirror are doing the £1 coach travel offer again but does anyone know if you have to collect codes or vouchers? Is there a website link for the offer?
advice on northern rail parking fine please
Sleeper train
I recently travelled on the sleeper in to Euston from Perth. On boarding the train we were advised that there were no lounge car facilities as it had broken down. I e-mailed Scotrail on my return and advised them that I felt they had failed to provide the service I had paid quite a lot of monet for. They replied that due…
Pedestrian Vs Motorbike...
Greetings ... Any advice on this would be terrific.... In March this year I had a pedestrian run out in front of my bike. She was waved across by a bus driver who had blocked the pedestrian crossing... as she was out jogging and clearly didn't want to interrupt her progress she sprinted ( and I mean sprinted hard ) to get…
Trains more expensive near Christmas?
Hi, I'm hoping to go down to wales on the train with my housemate to stay the xmas week(or so) with my parents. I Usually have no problem with trains and that, but i was wondering, as i've never travelled anywhere near Christmas, does anyone know/experienced that they put the fares up closer to Christmas? As i've just…
really cheap train tickets (sheffield to norwich and other routes £1)
Official MSE Insert: If you've arrived from Google, our fully researched Cheap Train Tickets guide may also be helpful. Back to the original post... Hey, megabus.com have got some kind of partnership with southwest trains and east midlands trains meaning you can get tickets available on some train routes starting at £1.…
Every Little Helps... Megabus or Megatrain
Tesco Clubcard vouchers can now be used to purchase Megabus or Megatrain tickets. £5.00 worth of Clubcard vouchers buys £10.00 worth of Megabus or Megatrain tickets. Effectively halves the price of what are already cheap tickets. More detail on Tesco's website.
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