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1 trip 2 prices
Friend is coming with husband who stays in a travelogue in Enfield lock. She will be taking the train from Enfield Lock train station to Tottenham Hale then transferring to the tube into central London. National rail says the fare from Enfield lock to Tottenham hale is £4.20 yet TFL say it's £2.60. Who is right? Thanks
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Advance train ticket/flight delay
I have won flights from Gatwick next year and I'm looking at train tickets to get to and from the airport, the advanced purchase rate is around £100 cheaper than an off peak return. The question I have is we fly back in at around 10am and I was looking at booking an advanced train for 2pm to give time in case of delay/no…
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Lost Train Ticket
Looking for a bit of advice as to where I can direct my issue with this one. Purchased a return ticket from Flint to Blackpool over the weekend. When coming back from Blackpool, my partner had mislaid the ticket for the return leg. I had email confirmation on my of the original purchase from trainline.com but the lady at…
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Rail ticket lunacy
Apologies if this has been discussed before but I was very surprised to discover this cheap ticket option today: Went to my local station today: "Off peak return to Kings Cross please." "that will be £46." "Have you got any cheaper tickets?" "Yes, buy a return ticket to Dartford and it is only £36.20" " I don't want to go…
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Claim for delayed train journey
Hi all, went to London a couple of weeks ago and because of engineering works the return journey took over an hour longer than expected. The engineering works wasn't announced when I bought the tickets 2 weeks previous so I filed a claim when I got home. The claim was turned down, abellio said the journey was not delayed…
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Booking advanced train ticket
I'm returning from Malta to the UK on Dec 19th and want to advance book a ticket from Gatwick airport to Kingston-on-Thames. I've never done this before and having looked at the options I'm still confused. It seems you have to book a specific time of train and having once spent almost 2 hours at Gatwick waiting for baggage…
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Gatwick - Grantham. Same route different operators?
Gatwick - Grantham. Same route but different operators? Can I use my off peak return ticket from Gatwick to Grantham for any off peak service? There are many variations of direct routes from Gatwick to Grantham. Can I use any of them? Just brought an off peak return from Grantham to Gatwick for travel out on 10 Nov, return…
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train fare to edinburgh
Hi, Im planning to travel up to edinburgh from leeds on 4th november. an advance single from leeds is £80, however if travel to preston its £11 and from there £26 for another ticket to edinburgh costing me £37. How can this make sense? orange
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Season Ticket Questions
Hi all, I got a new job in London I'm starting soon, first time properly commuting so I'll be joining the masses forced to pay inflated train fares :( Looking for some advice as I know there's some really savvy and knowledgeable people on this forum. I'll be working in Westminster. I have several questions, as its all a…
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MSE News: Compensation to be made compulsory for train delays of over 15 minutes
The DfT has unveiled its 'Delay Repay 15' scheme that'll pay compensation for delays of more than 15 minutes...Read the full story: 'Compensation to be made compulsory for train delays of over 15 minutes' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works,…
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Train Ticket Question
I need a single ticket from Victoria to Polegate on Friday 30th December. A single is £29ish whereas a day return (from Polegate to Victoria) is £11ish, can I buy the day return and just use the return part or will it know I didn't use the outward part and not let me come back?
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Minefield Rail Fares
What a corruption our British Rail fares and it's subsidiaries are. Booking a simple return from Truro to Taunton in December is £61.00. With some 'Ducking and Diving', I got the fare down to £34.70 and, a free 1st class ticket on one of my journeys! Amazing! It shouldn't be this way, The UK not only has some of the most…
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Best gadget for cycling route mapping
Hi all, excuse my ignorance here, I am not very tech savvy. I have started road cycling and want a gadget like a Sat nav so that I can plot or upload my route and it will give me directions. I know there are smart phone apps but I have a very old very basic smart phone with no memory so that's no good. Ideas please? I…
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Please make my season ticket cheaper
My station is zone 8 swanley My season ticket should be £3040 ish, per year Are there any ways at all to make it cheaper? This will be the forth year im paying that and I'm only 22
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Some lorries could be banned from London because of danger to cyclists.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37515940 could get interesting.
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Undercover police cyclists
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2016/sep/16/undercover-bike-cops-launch-best-ever-cycle-safety-scheme-in-birmingham "" In many cases drivers just aren’t looking out for cyclists. He said: “The last two drivers we pulled over, we asked: ‘do you know how far away you were from the cyclist’, and they said…
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Rail Refund Charges
Does anyone know the justification for the charges for getting a refund on unused train tickets? (I didn't collect the tickets from the ticket collection machine). Just applied for a refund for a £27 journey bought using The Trainline. After the £10 charge (standard across the industry apparently) for each ticket for a…
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Shudehill to St Helens
Hi Can anyone advise on the best way to get from Shudehill Interchange to Linkway West, St Helens, as don't know the area at all, thanks
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20% off Railcards (online purchase)
Save 20% on various Railcards (16-25, Family & Friends, Two Together, Senior and Disabled Persons) when you buy online from now until 28th March. Use promotional code CHILTERN20. More details can be found here.
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coach card query
Hiya just bought a coach card but can't get it to work on the national express website. re there restrictions on time does anybody know? Had thought it applied at all times. thanks anyway
