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My son needs a season ticket. Falkirk - Edinburgh
My 18yr old son has just secured his first job. He needs to travel from Falkirk to Edinburgh for the next 4yrs. Has anyone had any experience with season tickets? The advice on here seems to be season tickets down south not Scotland. My next-door neighbour thinks if he has a Santander account he'll get a discount. Advice…
Boundary of zone 6 border on route from London Waterloo to Bournemouth
I need to buy an advance train ticket from the boundary of zone 6 to Bournemouth as I have an Oyster 60+ card. Can anyone tell me from which station the ticket should be? I can't specify 'boundary of zone 6' when I buy online. thanks
Split ticketing on train
Split ticketing has some disadvantages. Recently went from Exeter to Alnmouth. Saved £30 but ended up with 8 rickets for 8 consecutive legs on the same train. Each ticket having a different reseved seat! Train was 58 mins late so entitled to delay repay. Unfortunately delay occurred on last three legs so was only able to…
Underground contactless I nnfare price help
Need to go from - Oxford Circus - South Kensington SINGLE (2 adults) -- £2.70 each?? - South Kensington - London Bridge RETURN (1 adult) __ £5.40?? Both journeys require 1 change; I'd have to change at Green Park to get from Oxford Circus to South Ken, and change at Westminster to get from South Ken to London Bridge &…
Queries re. ticket bought via LNER App
When Mum visits me by train, she usually buys her own tickets at her local station - (1) into London, and (2) from London to me. She has a senior railcard and gets a card ticket that goes through the ticket machines in London / the underground. We are investigating whether I can get her ticket for her, via the LNER App,…
Trip.com - two together railcard
Last year, I bought an online two together railcard using Tesco Clubcard. Both of us had the railcard app on our phones, was provided with a code and the railcard was visible on both phones on the Railcard app. This year I was tempted by the trip.com £12 offer, I was lucky enough to get one of the 50 offered yesterday.…
RMT tube strikes July 2023 - dates
Most of the news articles, including the BBC, say that there will be strikes on the tubes from 23 July - 28 July, with it not yet confirmed "which groups of workers will strike on which day, nor whether the action will last for a solid six days." However, some of the papers, including the Guardian and the i paper, say that…
Cycle To Work Schemes
Hi everyone, if this isn't the right place to write what I'm about to post then any Admins feel free to move or delete, etc. This is about a possible word of warning for employees either in or considering signing up to hire a bicycle under the Government's "Cycle to Work" scheme. My previous employer joined a scheme and I…
Free travel in your birthday month - West of England
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-65690176 Starts July 2023 and runs to 30 June 2024. Website to apply doesn't appear to be live yet!
Northern Rail - Magistrate summons - Am I in the wrong?
In November I was travelling to uni from Skipton to Leeds. Uni starts at 10am so I like to get a train which gets into Leeds around 09:30 to allow me time to walk to the venue. I booked an advanced single that morning for the 08:43 train. This was the faster train which came from Carlisle. It was announced there was a…
London taxi cost ?
How much would a taxi fare be King’s Cross to Paddington please ?
Question regarding use of tickets bought with a senior railcard to exit ticket barriers
I have only had the above since March so haven't used it many times yet. I have noticed though that, on arrival at my destination, the ticket barrier doesn't fully accept my actual ticket. It flashes orange not red but the gates don't open. I have had to show my ticket to a staff member who has then let me through. I have…
Charged twice (2 x £91.80) on the Trainline!
Hi Today I had to book a last minute trip for tomorrow. To my horror I have been charged twice on the Trainline after I tried booking an off peak return that should have cost £91.80. But the page timed out and I had to start again. The timeout happens a lot because I am dyslexic and can;t rush but I have never been charged…
Taxi/cab price comparison?
I'm going to a wedding in West London, and need a cab back to Surrey -- about 20 miles, just after midnight. Is there an easy way to find the cheapest cab firm? Or do I have to ring round and get individual quotes?I've never used Uber -- it looks like you can reserve a cab, but can't see how much it will actually cost in…
Any cheap way to commute by tube?
I work in Zone 1 and plan to get into the office for at least 4 days per week in peak hours. I am using a National Rail season ticket at £85.70 per month which covers most of the North London Line and the Thameslink route between Finsbury Park / West Hampstead / Herne Hill, which is extremely good value as I'm using this…
Ferry Travel Price Difference Query - Can I Do This?
Hi - We are taking a short break to Ireland as foot passengers. To book a return short break ticket is £84. To book 2 'offer' day return tickets for the same dates (but not come back on the returns) £45. Same ferries -Same travel times. Big difference in price - Can i actually do this- new to ferry travel or will there be…
ASLEF overtime ban 3rd - 8th July
Good afternoon, I have rail tickets for a long journey in the above week. North West to the Kent coast. I'm not of an age or temperament to hang about on rail stations in hope of a train and battle it out for a seat etc. My view is an overtime ban is worse than a full strike - at least with a strike you know what the deal…
Discount on train tickets
We all want cheaper train travel, and rail companies want to close the traditional ticket offices, to help make this happen GWR has an advertising campaign that states savings of over 50% on advance tickets. The poster states Book direct with GWR and save Save over 50% on advance tickets and don’t pay booking fees when you…
Avanti overcharging
I just started to buy some tickets on the Avanti West Coast website, and noticed that the fares were unreasonably high. I had planned this journey in advance and so knew that exactly the same tickets, at exactly the same date and time, were priced lower on the National Rail site and offered for sale at the lower fare by…
railcard app is broken
My phone just reported "this app is too old, no longer supported" Checking the app , my digital card had gone. Requesting a new code from website, gets the error "b9e272db" After waiting 35 mins on hold I was told "it's OK we know about it" I pointed out it was very far from OK ....long and the short, they are sending a…

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