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Paying too much for travel?
Hi recently my car broke down, and for about two weeks I had to travel in London by train. I just used my bank card to touch in and out. My question is what is the daily rate limits and caps. I understand it's more during peak hours. I did some research and found travelcards are £12 per day zones 1-6? Some of my daily…
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Contactless vs Travelcard from Luton to Olympia
Apologies if this is a really simple question, but I don't use trains that often! I am making a visit to the Food Show in Olympia this week, and I had intended at Luton to buy an all day travel card. i think these are about £20-30? But by chance I stumbled across a website that said it would be cheaper just to use a…
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Two together railcard
Our railcard is coming up for renewal. Are there any discount codes about? Thansk
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MSE News: Millions WILL be able to get 26-30...
The 26-30 Railcard will be put back on sale and made available to millions more people, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal - but it could be many months before you're able to get your hands on one if you missed out earlier this week...Read the full story: ''Revealed: Millions more WILL be able to get the 26-30 Railcard''…
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First Class Ticket Refund
Hello, Due to the bad weather a few weeks ago i was on an extremely overcrowded, packed train from Dewsbury to Manchester Piccadilly. I had purchased a first class ticket, however due to other train being cancelled and delays, there was only one service running per hour- the one in which i had booked on. Due to the…
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Virgin train offer
After reading the new newsletter, I've just been on the O2 Priority App. And there's no offers for Virgin Trains! I can wait until tomorrow, but there's nothing like queue jumping. Any idea why it isn't working? A mistake on MSE's behalf?
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How long does it take for payment for bus on card
Bought a weekly ticket last week, and Im sure it varies but wondered in general. A £1 card authorisation was taken straight away (but now doesn't show) its now a week later and payment hasn't been taken. Just wondered if this was normal behaviour. (the fact im trying to get a refund from them of course doesn't help!) This…
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MSE News: New 26-30 Railcard to be trialled...
A nationwide trial of the new 26-30 Railcard will start on Tuesday, but if you want to get one you'll have to go quick, as there are only 10,000 available...Read the full story: 'New 26-30 Railcard to be trialled nationwide - but there are only 10,000 up for grabs' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join…
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Manchester Piccadilly protest
I was on a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport Today. 11th March 12.16. 13.30 It left Manchester Oxford Road at about 13.00 when it came to a stop and stayed that way until 15.30 because of a protest on the track. They transfered everybody to a diesel train and took us the few meters to Piccadilly (not…
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Confiscated Scottish bus pass
Ok short as I can, my bus pass was due to run out a few days before end of March so back in Feb reapplied, last weekend card stopped working and bus driver confiscated it and refused to give me a temporary one so I had to pay. Contacted the card issuer to be told new card was sent a week before (it hadn't arrived due to no…
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MSE News: Consequential loss clause to be removed
A clause which aims to prevent passengers claiming consequential losses such as taxi and hotel costs from train firms is to be removed - but getting them to fork out for these expenses is unlikely to be easy...Read the full story: 'Consequential loss clause to be removed from train firms' rules' Click reply below to…
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Bedford Trains Season Ticket Refund
East Midlands trains have announced their new timetable for May 2018 which removes all peak trains stopping at bedford and luton instead replacing them with a bus. They've offered a 50% refund to season ticket holders who have to now use a connecting bus between wellingborough and bedford. So, my question is for those who…
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Where is The Green Party?
Just reading latest issue of AutoCar. Has an article about a Porsche sports car and a little town car on a trip to from south to north Wales. The city car did the trip 50 minutes quicker than the train and was 325% cheaper. The high powered Porsche was 1 hour quicker and 60% cheaper than the train. ..... and The Green…
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Disagreement with bus driver
Got into a disagreement with a bus driver- I accidently went down the wrong lane into a car park. the bus driver could have waited, it wasn't intentional. Anyhow, he cranked at gears to accelerated towards me. I reversed out but gave him an unfavourable hand signal while I did it. we wound down our windows and I called him…
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Delay Repay - checking train times
Worth checking this website if you want to know how late a train actually was. Also shows you what trains are most on time etc. Website isn't fancy but it's functional! http://www.recenttraintimes.co.uk
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Bikeability
I have tried to find a Bikeability course for my daughter to make sure she is adequately prepared for cycling on the roads. I went so far as to try to arrange a course. Her last school agreed to run a course, but it didn't happen. If there are independent courses I can't find them. Surely it shouldn't be hard to get a…
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Should I even travel or not?
I have to get to an appointment on Monday to Brighton. I am travelling from Norwich to London. Then getting the underground tube, and then the overground train to Brighton and then all the way back to Norwich. I am not sure if the trains will be cancelled and what the situation is like in London/Brighton. I am going to…
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West Midlands Railway - Delay Repay
I recently submitted a Delay Repay cancellation claim, using West Midlands Railway's online system, for a journey yesterday (Thursday) from Stafford to London Euston. This is what happened: My train left Stafford on time. At Rugby, no driver could be found, and the train was eventually cancelled. After waiting for a while,…
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Delay Repay: who to claim from
I had multiple train cancellations this morning and as three different companies run 'services' from my departure station to my destination, I am not sure which company to claim from. The first one I went for (cancelled), the next one (also cancelled), or the one after (also cancelled)? I bought my ticket at my departure…
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MSE News: Passengers to be able to pee for free
Toilets in all 18 Network Rail-managed stations will be free to use from next year...Read the full story: 'Passengers to be able to pee for free as major train stations scrap toilet charges' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
