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travelling to blackheath, london
hi we are after advice please on cheap travel to Blackheath London from king's lynn, Norfolk if possible by train and most direct route please? we haven't been on a train for many years so not sure of best place to book.
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Bike rim tape
I'm replacing the inner tube on my daughters bike and the rim tape is causing me grief so I'm thinking of replacing it but how do you know what width to buy for a 20" wheel.
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Major fire at Nottingham Rail Station
Firefighters are tackling a huge blaze at Nottingham railway station. Ten fire crews are at the city centre station after the fire broke out at about 06:30 GMT. Flames have been seen and smoke has filled the station's foyer. The building has been evacuated and trains have been stopped from entering and leaving all…
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Good News for Cyclists
I'm sure all the cyclists here on Mse will be relieved to read this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42651568 Cycling does not negatively affect men's sexual health or urinary function, a study has found. :D
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Unlimited Rail Travel with Johnston Press (Northern Rail Only)
It's back - Unlimited Rail Travel with Johnston Press Newspaper Offer (Northern Rail only). £10.00 for one day or £17.50 for a weekend. https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/jpress https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/newspaper-offer/341-participating-papers-johnston-press Hop on and off all day long. Kids go half price* To…
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Cycling after healed broken wrist
Unfortunately my wrist has not gone back to the flexibility it should have after breaking it in February (Colles fracture) I have had physio but it just does not bend up the way properly and I recently tried cycling to work and it was uncomfortable (not painful) It is a fairly flat cycle of 5 miles, I have lost my fitness…
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20% off Cross Country train tickets
Cross Country are giving 20% discount codes on CrossCountry Advance train tickets to the first 50,000 people to register by 9am on Monday 22 January. You have to book tickets on the Cross Country website to get the discount. The discount's only available with e-Tickets on both first and second class travel, and can be…
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Disgraceful First Bus! Late bus caused docked wages!
My daughter was working, minimum wage, for a well known high street store for a Christmas job. She went out in good time to get her usual bus but it didn't come and it resulted in her being 15 mins late, her wages were reduced to reflect it. She wrote to First Bus to complain and asked if they would compensate her, a few…
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Bike tyres / inner tubes
I'm looking to buy a inner tube and tyre for my daughters mountain bike so if the tyre that's on the bike says (54-406) 20 x 1.95 can I replace it with a (50-406) 20 x 1.95 tyre. The inner tube I removed says 20 x 1.75/190/1.95 so can I replace it with a 20 x 1.75-2.125.
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Northern Rail - Court summons - Witness statement factually wrong
Hi there guys. As the title suggest I've received a court summons due to 'fare evasion'. To cut a long story short, I travelled from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly, I went out of the lift on Fairfield street with my son as we were late for a football match and wanted to jump on the tram. The reason I had a ticket…
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advice on complaint virgin west coast
Hi guys happy new year! We had the train journey to hell Christmas eve from Euston to Lancaster standing until Preston then we got seats only to be shifted when some new people got on insisting they were their seats! No proof of course! The train must have been at much more than legal and safe capacity as 10 first class…
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Commuting cost - south east
I'm looking for advice on train tickets for my commute; Folkestone to London. So far, even if I went in 3 days a week, it seems the annual season ticket would be cheapest. This seems crazy compared to buying only 3 return tickets. I am thinking of the annual highspeed & travelzones ticket (via a 0% credit card) but…
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Transpennine Express complaint
Hi all, I had booked an advanced ticket for a train earlier today but was unable to collect my ticket from the machine as I was in a rush and wouldn't have made the train had I tried to collect the ticket. I had a seat reservation and an email receipt on my phone for the ticket however the conductor was having none of it…
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swift collector app
For those that may use a swift card, has the recent app update since August since August been working correctly for you? The old one worked fine and the old addage if it ain't broke don't fix it comes to mind, I thought it maybe me, but I see lots of complaints about the app update. I have contacted NX buses and they pass…
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Delay repay advice
I bought tickets to visit a friend over Christmas, unfortunately on my way back I had 3 trains, the first was delayed by 20 mins, the second by 33 mins which caused me to miss my last train which had already been cancelled and changed to a replacement bus service and would have got me home over an hour late. As it was I…
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Edinburgh to Aldershot
3 adults (all 50+) need to get to Aldershot mid January for a funeral. Can anyone advise alternative ways of getting there. Fly to London then train? Is that much faster than train to London then train to Aldershot? I'm afraid none of us travel by train or to London so no idea of how long the journey will take or the cost.…
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MSE News: Want to get PAID to travel the UK and Europe by train?
If you're eligible for a 16-25 Railcard, National Rail's offering you the chance to get paid £10,000 to travel by train, in what's been dubbed "Britain's ultimate part-time job"...Read the full story: 'Want to get PAID to travel the UK and Europe by train? National Rail's hiring a new 'chief adventure officer'' Click reply…
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Quick Question - Rail season ticket Void Days & Punctuality discount
Hi All Quick question on Season Ticket refunds under the Passenger Charter compensation scheme - over the course of the last year of my annual season ticket, my train company had 23 Void Days and failed it's punctuality target triggering a 5% discount. My question - am I entitled to claim Void Day compensation AND the 5%…
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Joining short?
[FONT="]I want to travel from London to city A on a Sunday. I have discovered that an advance single from city B, via London, to city A on the same Sunday is much cheaper. The latter journey involves arriving at one London terminus and taking the tube to another London terminus for the second leg. So: I could buy the…
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Season Ticket - Xmas
Hey, I'm a public service worker and as such i dont have christmas off. i have bought a season ticket between theobald's grove and london zones 1-6 for dates 11th Dec 2017 - 19th Jan 2018. i was told this was 1month and 9 days of travel, which by my calculations includes xmas. it is xmas day and i need to get to work.…
