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GWR Advance ticket Online - distance selling rules?
Can you apply the 14 day distance buying rules when purchasing an advance ticket on line? I was planning to travel to London with my friend, her son and my grandson to visit the National History museum. My friend bought the tickets using her Family Rail card; I discovered today that I have to work on the day we planned to…
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Train 12 month season ticket - refund after 3 months then buy replacement?
Hi all, I am due to start work in London for a while so I will be buying a season ticket costing a whopping £5.5k from Newbury, but with the prices due to go up loads in January, I am wondering if I can buy a 12 month season ticket now but return it for a refund in December after 3-4 months use and then buy a brand new 12…
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Delay repay
Is there a website that allows you to confirm when particular trains arrived at certain stations? We were booked on the 16:00 departing Norwich (9th August) to go to the World Athletics Championships at Stratford. The train was cancelled so we had to catch the 16:30, but rather than being direct (like the 16:00) the later…
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Lands End to John O Groats
Hi I was wondering if anyone had ever gone from Lands End to John O Groats (Penazane to Wick) by train at all and if it's something worth doing as bucket list type thing.
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Commuting from Leicestershire to London - right forum?
Hi all, Unsure if this is the right forum for this kind of post..... I've been living in central London for over 6 years now and weighing up my future; move closer to home (in Leicestershire), look to buy in London (for an investment) or even take a break and travel. My question is, if I were to move back to Leicestershire…
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HS1 from Deal?
Hi, I have been lead to believe that it is possible to get from Deal to St Pancreas in about 45 minutes using HS1 but I cannot for the life of me find this option, all I am finding is the normal trains that take about 1.30-2.15? Does HS1 have a different site to check/book? Thanks
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Advance Ticketing Nonsense 2
I have just got off the phone to GWR about Advance ticketing. I have received some very cheap return tickets from Great Malvern to London. Outbound we travel via Birmingham, and on our return we travel back via Oxford. When I looked at the tickets, the outbound ticket gives a VTWC connection from Birmingham to London but…
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Advance Ticketing nonsense
Now that my three-year Senior Railcard is due for renewal, I give up on train travel. Virgin East Coast offer Advance Tickets KX to Aberdeen 24 weeks in advance. SouthWest Trains have a 12 week horizon. So I cannot book an advance ticket from Portsmouth to Aberdeen 24 weeks in advance. But who in their right mind commits…
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MSE News: Commuter train fares to rise by 3.6%
Commuters in England will see their season ticket costs rise by 3.6% next year, the highest rise in five years...Read the full story: 'Commuter train fares to rise by 3.6%' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Refused train ticket.
Hi I was refused a train ticket by a stations ticket office. I had enough money; a bank note and some small change and was keen to pay. The ticket office person told me to go to the local shops and get correct change for him. But I had less than 6 minutes before the train arrived. I was desperate because I had an…
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Emirates stadium tour
Hi all, I am taking my son to do the Arsenal Emirates stadium tour. We will be travelling by car from South Yorkshire, and I was hoping for some help with logistics in getting to the stadium. I was thinking of getting on the tube outside London and getting the tube in. He is only eight so am looking for the easiest way.…
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Decent helmet camera?
My wife will be looking at getting a bike soon & using it to get to work during the summer as a means of fitness & also cost saving. We'll be looking at helmet cameras but don't really know where to start, what's considered good on the market - brands, models etc. £150 or so would be the budget. Obviously she'll not be…
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looking for transport from hereford to sunderland
been looking at the fares and they are pretty extortionate at the moment.. and the bus times lm getting quoted are like 27 hours for a return journey.. l know its not going to be a short journey depending on the mode of transport but theres no way l can afford anywhere near 100 for a return journey (looking at advance…
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Please advise a country bumpkin on train travel from Hemel Hempstead to London :)
Morning all Family of 4 - two kids under 14. We're going away for a few days to Kings Langley and going to be doing the Harry Potter-thing in Leavesden and hoping to get the train in to London for the day after. Hoping to travel into London off-peak on the £40ish family travel card. Does anyone know if this is available to…
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Missed theatre show due to train cancellations
I'm not sure if this is the right forum or not, please let me know if not. Last night we missed a theatre show in London due to all trains being cancelled for two hours, there was no other feasible route to get us there. Unfortunately we didn't take See Tickets additional insurance but we did pay on credit card. Is there…
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Witness statement for a bus/pedestrian encounter
Wasn't entirely sure of the best place for this but as it involves a bus I've picked this board. 18 months ago I witnessed a situation where a pedestrian attempted to cross a road against the pedestrian lights and walked into the side of a bus. It was entirely his fault, and I gave a statement to the police to that effect…
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Changing zones on annual tube travelcard
I currently live in London zone 2 and paid £1,320 for an annual zones 1-2 travelcard that runs from 5/1/17 until 4/1/18. I did this because work runs one of those season ticket loan schemes so I could take advantage of the cheaper rate of buying a yearly pass rather than splashing out on individual monthly tickets out of…
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Cheap tickets to Hull
I am going to Hull in the next month - can anyone recommend the best and cheapest way to get there from London?
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Greater Anglia website
I've spent the last 2 hours trying to book return tickets to London Stratford on 3 consecutive days for the World Athletics Championships. I can select the journeys OK but it won't let me proceed to any sort of payment. I have an account with them and have not had problems before. (But only used infrequently). My wife has…
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Senior Railcard v Two Together Railcard
Hi, Can anyone confirm my suspicion that a "Two Together Railcard" would be cheaper for two seniors (who always travel together) than a pair of "Senior Railcards"? Just trying to see if there's a catch! Thanks
