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Network Railcard and Travelcard for London Zone 1 with kids?
In the Easter holidays I need to be in London on a weekday before 11.30am due to a booking made by a friend. I have a Network railcard which discounts my trip somewhat but it's still pretty expensive! One thing I've noticed is that to add a Travelcard (which I would like to use) costs a lot more, presumably because they…
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Electric bikes - steep hills
Hi all, My partner and I are thinking about buying a pair of electric bikes. There is one very steep hill that we'd use regularly. It's a very twisty country road. Does this look achievable and, if so, what sort of bikes should we be looking at? Thanks
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Using the london underground with 2 kids for a single journey help?
Have not been to London for donkeys years so have no idea how it works anymore, but we are needing to make a journey from northwick park to wembley park underground and back in one day. What is the best way for us to do this if anyone could make sense of it all for me please? A visitor oyster card seems very expensive to…
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Delay repay on trains
Hi all my son who is 23 high functioning Autistic. He is fanatical about trains and I’ll often take trips around the country, even up as far as Scotland. It has come to my attention that over 2 months last year he was putting in for delay repay. But the trains he was putting in for the was not the ones he was delayed on.…
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Key considerations for comparing car vs public transport
In deciding whether to commute 2-3 times a week by car or public transport, what are the key important factors to consider? I have outlined a few considerations below but want to see if I’m missing anything as I’ve never commuted by car before. Commute is from North London to an office near Heathrow Airport. Option A - car…
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Hardly dare ask again, but please help us.
Last year, myself and wife, (80's, both rollator's, wife disabled) were given advice from MSE members, how we should cross London from Waterloo to Marylebone by bus. (def not underground due to a fall on escalator years ago). We knew we had to exit Waterloo, down slope, walk under the road via tunnel and seek Bay J for Bus…
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Railcard fine
Trying to get some advice about an issue my son has. I purchased a young persons railcard for him, he bought a ticket using the railcard to travel to work but when asked to show the railcard during his journey couldn't login to the app as he had forgotten the password. The inspector took his name and address. This happened…
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Rail Fare increase starting 5th march
How can we check the rail fare price? I search online in thetrainline, the price after 5th march is the same. Does the price change effect from 5th March?
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Tfl weekly cap
Hi I am visiting London for a week on Friday and I've had a look and I know they do a daily cap on contactless cards. I have seen they also do weekly caps. However the weekly cap looks like it's from Monday to Sunday so this would not work for me would it. Ideally would like to avoid paying for Oyster card but might have…
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Trainline Refunds - lack of
I booked 2 journeys through Trainline both of which were disrupted by delay or lack of seating, in 1 case by 10.5 hours, and in both cases Trainline has said it is not responsible and referred me to the train operator. In both cases again the train operators have referred me back to Trainline. Catch 22!
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Train commute from York to Leeds: what's the cheapest deal?
Hi there everyone! I will move to York in a couple of weeks, and I was trying to figure out the cheapest way to commute to Leeds via train. I'm used to commute within West Yorkshire - using the Mcard - but since York is North Yorkshire, that option is no longer available. I can get an annual corporate season ticket,…
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Avanti delay
Hello all i recently bought a return ticket, paying for the flexibility of two train companies. on my return journey, the two fast avanti trains were cancelled which meant I had to catch the slower, non-avanti train and set off earlier than anticipated to get back on time. It effectively took out my options. can I claim…
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Oyster 60+ and train travel from Victoria to Gatwick airport
I will very soon be eligible for a 60 + card but not for a couple more weeks. In a chance conversation with someone who had the card, I was told that it allows travel from Victoria to Gatwick Airport (Southern Rail not Gatwick Express) but, on the return journey, it is necessary to pay for a ticket as far as East Croydon.…
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London underground with kids
Quick question on going on the tube with kids. I understand that my 3 and 5 year old can travel for free with a paying adult, but how does it that working in practice? Do I just tap myself in and walk through the barriers with them, or do you have to go through one of the manned gates? Not sure if they have sensors that…
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Do i have a case?
I was left stranded at an airport on a rail strike day at 19.30 in the evening. No means of getting home that day so i booked a taxi and a hotel. Northern Rail are refusing to reimburse me stating and i quote. Thank you for contacting Northern. I am writing in response to correspondence received 2nd February regarding your…
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Oyster Card refund
I have an Oyster Card. I don't live in London and haven't used it for 4 years. There is over £10 on the card. I don't plan to go to London. I was hoping to obtain a refund. The customer services phone line asked me to go online. I went online, created an account but was unable to register the Oyster Card as I have not made…
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Greater Anglia £10 London deals.
Copied from a local Facebook group CHEAP TRAIN TICKETS!! >>>In case of interest for work or half term - £10 return tickets for any train arriving in London after 10.00am until 26th March. Children can travel for £2Greater Anglia has a sale on. They call it ‘Hare Fares’.Book using the Greater Anglia app (not Trainline).…
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Megatrain and EMR
Does anyone know if East Midlands has stopped offering Megatrain deals? Searching Chesterfield to St Pancras now suggests a bus from either Sheffield or Mansfield. It's a shame if they have, as it was a good way to make longer train rides more affordable, at times of the day when the train's are fairly empty.
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Delay Repay
New licence conditions were issued by ORR which took effect rom 01/04/2022. These required Train operating companies to publish data about these payments every three months and feature it prominently alongside existing Delay Repay stuff on their websites. As of today Cross Country haven't done it and GWR has just put up…
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On line train booking - recommendations?
Sorry to be a less inexperienced rail user. Planning to travel within the UK a fair bit for hiking and bike packing. Next trip involves travel which is over 3 months away so the tickets are not yet out. (Perhaps even industrial action may have ended by then). However, testing with some earlier dates using various sites…
