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Southern season ticket holders on track for refunds worth £100s - can you claim?
Thousands of Southern Rail season ticket holders are on track to pocket a lump sum worth £100s after the rail operator agreed to refund passengers affected by "significant levels of disruption" last year...Read the full story: 'Southern season ticket holders on track for refunds worth £100s - can you claim?' Click reply…
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No wonder I hate rail journeys!
Is it just me or does everyone find train travel unnecessarily stressful? Here is what I have told Cross Country Trains after my journey to Devon and back. Hi, I recently took your train from Sheffield to Totnes and returned a few days later. The journey down on Monday 13/02 leaving Sheffield at 10.55 was awful, the…
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Return train ticket
I need to get to Gatwick from Manchester and I was looking at buying an advanced single but none got released so I need to buy a off peak return- the only problem is we are staying for a night in London on the return and will depart from Euston, can I do this on a return ticket from Gatwick? (some of the routes stop at…
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Train Travel Advice
I rarely if ever travel anywhere by train. But I need to go all the way down to sunny London (Kennington Road area) to be precise. Where would be the nearest station to get off at? Is it just as cheap to book online nowadays than go to the station and pay?
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ticket pricing issue London Kings X to Scarborough
I am doing the above journey on March 10th to return on March 13th. I have already dismissed Advance tickets because they are only about £1 cheaper than Super off peak. I tried looking at split tickets with 1 ticket from London to York and another from York to Scarborough. It wasn't any cheaper but I wasn't expecting to…
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Wrong station right ticket?
Took a train out of Liverpool street station yesterday but missed my stop so ended up going 2 zones further out than I wanted. Got the next available train back to my intended stop. If I had been challenged at any point by a ticket inspector I.e at the wrong station 2 zones up or getting off at the correct station but…
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Feltham Railway Station
Hi, if anybody is familiar/local to this station, can you please tell me how far it is to the bus stop (No.490) for Heathrow Airport - is it just a matter of yards and a couple of minutes? TIA
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Cheaper to buy a daily than a yearly season ticket. Harlow to Kings X
Is there a restriction in using an Anytime Day Return in the opposite direction first. The emphasis is “no time restrictions on when you can travel” The definition of an Anytime Day Return is “Anytime Day Return Anytime : fully flexible tickets with no time restrictions on when you can travel. Perfect for people who need…
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Train Season Ticket Extra Usage
Hi guys, I've recently gotten a new job in Leeds, but live in York,so have decided to commute by train using a Monthly Season ticket. My partner currently lives in Harrogate, which is conveniently on one of the York to Leeds lines. Would I be right in thinking that if I bought the season ticket for commuting to work, I…
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Train delay- can I claim?
I am not sure I qualify as if the trains hadn't been up the spout I'd have missed the earlier train due to my Featherstone from station A.......let me try and explain I had a journey planned. Station A, depart 11.50. Six min journey to station B, where I had to change. Station B departs 12.07arrives station C 12.30 To make…
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Train question - Advance tickets
Hello everyone, I'm a complete newbie to trains! Normally whenever I price up train tickets there in the £200's so when I saw I could get 2 adults and 1 child ticket from Newark to Kings X for £19 the night before we go to Disney I was buzzing :D .. I booked the outgoing the day the advance tickets came out, now the day I…
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Train fare fluctuations after booking what are my rights?
Sorry if this has been asked before Booking train tickets yesterday for a group of 5, at lunchtime they were £37 ('only 5 seats left at this price'!), by the time I booked in the evening they were up to £50. I booked thinking the prices were going up, but this morning they are back to £37. I realise we're not talking much…
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Oyster card top up
Trying to top up online but it says that it will be available tomorrow. Surely if I top it up now it should be available instantly? What about topping up at the station, is that available instantly?
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Monthly Season Ticket Refund Question
Hi all I'm on a 6th Month internship and it ends on April 8th I've been buying monthly season tickets and the current is due to end on Feb 11. I've got leave booked from Wed 15th Feb to Tuesday 21st Feb. I'm debating moving the leave forward so I take it from Mon 13th Feb to Mon 20th, so my season ticket will start on the…
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Anyone commute with a folding bike/train journey?
Hello, I am thinking of buying a folding bike to use on the train for going to and from work. My job was moved to a city 25 miles away last year and the traffic is a killer both ways (apart from during the school hols when it goes quiet). I used to work in my hometown so this has hit me hard (I get very stressed in…
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From Watford Junction to Bank daily work commute
Hi there, I'm new here so please be nice! I have recently been offered a job in Bank but I don't know if I will accept it due to how expensive travel is. I was wondering if anybody here can help me and share some tips. I will be going from Watford Junction to Euston and then the Northern line to Bank. I can't guarantee I…
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London Bus with a 13yo
Coming down from Scotland, I know about tapping in when using London buses and a contactless card, but how do you pay for a child?
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Rear bike lights coming off
I had a discussion about this before http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=63706335&postcount=35 and it's just happened again. Light fallen off, driven over and smashed. It wasn't a slot in one that I've had problems with before but had a strong rubber clip that held onto hooks on either side of the light. But…
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MSE News: Rail firms told to refund passengers who pay too much for tickets
Train companies are facing calls to refund passengers who pay over the odds for tickets...Read the full story: 'Rail firms told to refund passengers who pay too much for tickets' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum? Intro…
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Advance Train Tickets
Hi there, This is my first post on here, and the only reason I'm really bothering is because something about the amount I'm spending on train travel has been really getting on my nerves. To give a little background, I'm an 18 year old university student, living in Manchester however my family still live back in…
