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Seat Reservation - No specific seat(s) reserved What's that mean?
I've just picked up my tickets for a journey on Monday morning. I have my outbound ticket; a seat reservation on the first leg (all OK) and a seat reservation coupon for the second leg which says "Coach * No specific seat(s) reserved". I know this is a service that doesn't usually offer reservations anyway so what's the…
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Advanced Tickets
I’ve been trying to find cheap advanced tickets for a return journey Skipton to Newcastle. Having tried numerous dates over the next three months there don’t seem to be any significant reductions. The best I seem to find are about £40 compared to normal prices about £50. Have advanced tickets been hiked up so they really…
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Trains, The Meaning of "Break of Journey Allowed"
let's say I purchased a return ticket from Reading to Bristol and the terms state break of journey allowed, does this mean once I have been to Bristol, I can also stop at Bath, have a look around the city then get back on the train to Reading?
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Season ticket refund - can't work out if these calculations are correct? Help appreciated
Hello, Would be very grateful if anyone can please help shed some light on the calculations below. I've been trying to get to the bottom of this since 2020! It got lost in the Trainline's systems during the mass of season ticket cancellations at the start of the pandemic. The calculations don't look quite right to me, but…
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Refusal of Taxi fare due to cancelled trains
During the storms a few weeks ago, I was travelling from Hednesford to Bham, train was stopped and we sat there for 30 minutes, driver told us to get buses of which non existed, I returned to find no train and had to get an uber at 8 oclock at night, 2 weeks into my surgery recovery for a hernia. I live in Bournville, with…
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Fares for London bus and tube passengers to jump by the biggest amount in a decade
Londoners who use the tube and bus will have to pay more, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced today. Single tube fares will rise by 10p in Zone 1 and between 10p and 30p across the rest of the underground network. Read the full story: Fares for London bus and tube passengers to jump by the biggest amount in a decade If…
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Trainline Family and Friends railcard problem
I recently bought a 3 year Family and Friends railcard through the Trainline using their 30% off deal. I knew it was a digital railcard and that it could only be accessed through their app, but what I didn’t realise is that only the account holder can access it. Essentially this means that the second adult named on the…
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Fined £408 by Magistrates court for not presenting £4.20 train ticket
I have received a letter from Manchester Magistrates Court advising I need to pay £408 by the 25th February or I could risk arrest and imprisonment. This is for not paying a £20 train fine I had received in September 2021. I had not paid this as I was appealing this I I had been fined unjustly. Previously to receiving the…
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Cycle to Work - Wet Clothes?
Hello, Talks about now returning to the office, so in an effort to avoid busy trains and get fit, I am going to cycle to work. Each journey will take me just over an hour and on main roads all the way. What do people to with their wet & dirty clothes when you get to work? I am thinking they will get damp and smelly if left…
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Delay Repay Question
Hi, This is actually two questions about two separate journeys, the outward leg and the return leg. On Friday, three of us (2 adults 1 child), bought a return ticket from Manchester to Newark and took a route with one change, planning to change at Leeds. When we got to Leeds, at 6.15pm, all trains to Newark were cancelled.…
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Not getting on the train?
Hi, we booked 4 return advance tickets through Trainline early December 2021 for travel this weekend to see family. 20 yr old son tested positive for Covid this morning 🙁 but we won’t travel without him as he has a long term underlying health condition that may deteriorate because of Covid and want to be with him.…
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Direct trains between Manchester and Bristol
Pre-pandemic I used to travel occasionally between Manchester and Bristol, always on direct trains (and usually they were very busy). Now there doesn't seem to be any direct trains at all. Anyone know why?
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Train journey with multiple providers changed date
Hi there, I have a booking to get on a LNER train on Friday, however because of the weather they have told me to travel on Thursday. Part of my journey to get into London is through greater anglia, would they accept my Friday ticket as well? I paid for the ticket with both providers through LNER.
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Can ANYONE help with UBER.
Hi all, Mods, I couldn't find the best location for this - so pls move if necessary. I don't live in an area covered by Uber, but I did use the app for taxi's when in London. About 18months ago, I started getting calls from Uber drivers and Uber Eats when I hadn't ordered food/cabs, when I wasn't even in London. I went…
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Rotherhithe tunnel exemption
Hi does anybody know how to get a vehicle plate excluded from the rotherhithe as the van I drive is so small that it is inside the sizes and weight . They issue PCN's and will cancel them once you go though the process , however as a 6 day user that need to use it 6 days a week currently going around via Tower bridge and…
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Potential Off peak ticket rail changes
Can’t read the full article but there is a potential change to the off peak times to replace the cliff edge change at around 9.30 to a sliding scale. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/off-peak-fares-leave-the-station-as-rail-firms-eye-ticketing-shake-up-g3g6d05lp Personally I’m not in favour - I use this and a railcard to…
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What are the best resources searching for best value train & coach tickets?
I want to search by month for the cheapest available tickets rather than by a specific out and in day or time. Any suggestions of resources to do this?
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Best rail card
My daughter will be 18 in October. She currently travels by train to her 6th form college and at the moment uses the 16-17 rail card. My issue is that a full price ticket is approx £11.00 and she needs to be there for 9.00am, soo no other rail card will work. I feel that she will be penalised financially simply because she…
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New Rule H2 Highway Code - giving way to pedestrians
It's always been the case that, if turning into a junction, you have to give way to pedestrians who have already started crossing the road at that junction. Mostly I cycle, rather than drive, and that rule has seemed fine. But now, new Rule H2 states: "Rule H2 - Rule for drivers, motorcyclists, horse drawn vehicles, horse…
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Flexi-Season Ticket - How to get an 'activated' journey reset if train is cancelled?
I have a First Great Western Flexible season ticket. The ticket gives 8 journeys and each one is 'activated' as you go though the barriers as you enter the station. Before the barriers there isn't much info on the train status (they just say the time they are due or expected, not if there is a major issue). So twice I have…
