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Cheapest way to travel London to Cardiff
Due to separating with my partner, I am having to move back home to Wales leaving my ex in London. We have a 9 month old daughter and my ex is keen to see her as often as he can. Ideally weekly ( he doesn’t mind travelling) or I think more realistically, every two weeks. He works in London and doesn’t drive so would be…
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Refund for taxi fare
I was on a train that broke down and the train company didn't send enough taxis to take all the passengers. They told some of us to find our own and then send the receipt in. This would be fine, but they're now saying I can't claim delay repay if they refund the taxi fare. This happened at a small station after midnight…
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Train ticket refund - not needing to travel now
I bought a return train ticket via trainline for my daughter to travel from uni in Leeds to home in Southampton for a few days. She has now announced that she's going to keep her car at uni so won't need the train tickets. Spoke to trainline who said I can only get a refund on the one journey because acsue the other other…
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Other options for a student travelling by rail to London for £5K?
My 21 y/o son will be commuting from Essex to London for a year. He will be taking a post graduate course at a London university, but I can't see any other option than paying the full whack of just over £5K for an annual Gold Card to cover the rail + Tube journey. Are there any other options e.g. discounts I've missed that…
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Validity of Rail Tickets received through Superbreak
Afternoon folks, hope this is the right forum to be posting in. Prior to SuperBreak going into administration I booked rail travel/ hotel stay and received rail tickets a few days before the company stopped trading. I lost the hotel part of my booking but am now trying to find out if the rail tickets are still valid?.…
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Trying to claim a partial refund
Dear All I would like to ask for your advice on my request to receive a partial refund of my rail season ticket. Last month I bought a season ticket for travel between the town I live and London Kings’ Cross. When I bought the ticket no mention was made that I would not be able to use it for travel into London over the…
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Left my bag on a London bus
Don't ask how/why but I left my bag on the bus in London. Unfortunately my tablet was in it along with some other things. Nothing of great value other than personal information on the device. I've changed the password on the linked gmail account and so that should help secure it but maybe I should erase all the data though…
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Buying a weekly rail ticket (16-17 saver)
I recently bought a 16-17 saver for my daughter who is going to college out of area. After also purchasing a photocard because it works out slightly cheaper to buy a weekly pass than individual tickets for the 3 days she's there, I asked for one to start next Monday, only to be told that I couldn't buy one that far in…
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Tfl oyster card and travelcards
I want to purchase a 7 day travel card on my oyster for the 11th of October but today when I try to purchase it online it says I have to activate it today and 3 days after why is this also if I purchase a new oyster card with the exact same travel card on it do I have to activate it today or if I order and have it…
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Unfair Admin Charge?
Hi All, I recently purchased a stagecoach annual pass but then decided to cancel it (approx. 10 mins later) before it was activated or anything. It was only after receiving my refund that I found out that Stagecoach takes a 10% admin charge off of cancellations, or a £10 admin fee depending on which is greater. I was of…
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Ipswich to southend airport cheapest train ticket
Hi guys looking to go to Southend on sea airport from Ipswich the cheapest but also least changes possible. The cheapest and most convenient I have found is Greater Anglia with an over 50 card Ipswich to shenfield and then to the airport £30 open return. Anyone know any better fare?? thanks (or bus)
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Nearest tube station to M3
Hello I'm travelling from Wiltshire to London by car and would like to travel on the underground to get around London. Does anyone know the nearest tube station to me with a reasonably priced car park that I could use, please? I'm only going for the day and can get there at about 10am. Many thanks.:)
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Train ticket question
I am looking to travel from Milton Keynes to London in December. It’s going to cost £30. However, there’s nowhere to park for more than 24 hours as the station car park is closed. Bletchley is the next station on the way and has decent parking but if I go from Bletchley, it’s going to cost £70! No idea why as it’s the next…
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Train Delays guide discussion
Hi all, We've written a new Train Delays guide for the website and we'd love your feedback. How did you find the info? Was it useful? Do you have any other tips you'd add? Thanks for your help! MSE Rebecca
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East Midlands Delay Repay
Has anyone claimed for a Delay Repay with East Midlands trains lately? They’ve changed the procedure and are now asking for the ‘ticket number’ and ‘ticket reference’. I’m assuming these are some of the numbers on the bottom right of my ticket, but I’n not sure which. The East Midlands Delay Repay pages mention clicking on…
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Electric scooter parking at train station
I think I have never seen any scooters left at my local station bike parking. Is it because they are easily nicked? I see people are using them in the area quite often as we have lots of empty cycle paths. If you don't want to take it on the train, what are the options?
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Essex train firm charges passengers in euros in bizarre glitch - MSE News
Some passengers have been charged in euros for train journeys between Essex and London due to a bizarre glitch with the train operator's ticket system...Read the full story: 'Essex train firm charges passengers in euros in bizarre glitch' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Advanced ticket train query
Morning All After about of advice really brought a advance ticket for Skegness to Grantham next week. Train leaves Skegness at 11:15 arriving in Grantham at 12:48Here’s were the query comes in. Ok due to finish a job in Boston which is closer to Grantham that morning. Rather than travel back to Skegness would I be ok to…
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London underground, which ticket?
To keep it simple, this is all in one day. Paddington to Baker Street Baker Street to Paddington This is all on the same line - Bakerloo line - both stations in zone 1. 1 adult and 1 child (12), the tricky part - tickets. I tried looking and baffled, an example use con-tactless card:…
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Reclaim for incomplete TfL journeys - guide discussion
Hi all, We've written a new guide on How to reclaim for incomplete TfL journeys and would love your feedback. How did you find the info? Was it useful? Do you have any other tips you'd add? Thanks for your help! MSE Jenny
