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Train Delay Compensation
Last evening I had the misfortune to be delayed on my Virgin train journey from London Euston to Wigan by a total of 4.5 hours. I was due at Wigan around 11.15pm and actually arrived there around 3.45am. This was due to chaos caused by a signal failure at Wembley, then when the train actually did leave the station, around…
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Absurd Oyster Top-up Process
My son starts college next week, which is in London, Zone 5. In order to get there, he will need to take the bus, so we need top up his Oyster card. As we do not live in London, there are no tube stations near-by and certainly no shops that do top-ups. So, we decided to attempt to top-up on line. He will not be travelling…
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Family and Friends Railcard
If I have a family and friends railcard can I travel with just my girlfriend as long as I also buy a child ticket or does the child have to be with me? Just wondered as obviously the rail company still gets the child fare so would i be breaching the terms in doing this?
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Train from Newcastle to Berwick on tweed
Im wanting to travel on a Saturday morning to Berwick upon tweed from Newcastle. I've only use trains twice before but this journey they are having a bus replacement so takes an hour longer than it should. Now they are wanting to charge me 26 quid for the journey which would be around £10 -15 on the Friday after 5pm. I…
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Train from Manchester to Whitby, any tips etc?
Hi Has any one any tips etc to for the cheapest way for a family of four (two adults and two children) to travel from Manchester to Whitby, not going till May next year so plenty of time to look for prices etc Regards
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Rail season tickets for Children
My daughter commutes to school from Ashford, Kent to London on a daily basis. She has another year at school but turns 16 next month, at which point she will become an "Adult" in the eyes of Southern Rail. Her season ticket will double to in excess of £6500. There does not seem to be any way around this but has anyone…
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Driver hits cyclist, left for dead. Let off in court.
I just saw this depressing news article in which a driver hit a cyclist, left him for dead (conveniently avoiding the breathalyser)... and was let off with a suspended sentence, £85 fine, 4-month curfew, and a 20-month driving ban. So... other than having a few early nights, he's basically been let off. By sheer luck, the…
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Does anyone have experience of the lightweight tow ball mounted cycle carriers?
I'm looking for a towball mounted carrier for 2/3 bikes (futureproofing), and these lightweight ones seem to be a much cheaper / easier to store option than the bigger ones. Has anyone got one or experience of the 2 different types? I'm wary that I'll need to get a lightbar anyway, and that it's going to be pretty flimsy…
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Booking for January 2017
Hi folks Can anyone please tell me when I will be able to book a train for mid January? Sites seem to offer tickets only to late November. Have googled this but couldn't find an answer. Would it make a difference if I went to a train station to book? Thanks
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Prosecution for unpaid penalty fare?
Hi, hoping someone might be able to help. Back in June I was given a £20 penalty fare for travelling without my season ticket, which I'd accidentally left at work without realising. I paid £10 on the spot and was told I'd easily get it back by appealing. I then received a reminder letter and a final reminder within a…
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Rentalcars.com & Hertz car rental
I have rented a car from Hertz via Rentalcars.com website It supposed to be £32 in total. RentalCars has charged me £32 and the next day Hertz has charged me £21. How come?
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Trainline showing different prices on their app from online?
Can anyone explain why these prices are different please?
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Getting a 16-25 Railcard with e-careers?
Has anyone managed to do this? I recently got an e-careers deal, and this got me an NUS card. I took a look at the 16-25 railcard site, mine recently expired, and you can extend it as a mature student (I'm over 25) but the requirements are: I have the NUS card. I'm not sure about getting e-careers to complete the mature…
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Need advice: Surrey -> London
Hi MSE community I have moved to UK 1 year ago and I have been living quite central for this year. I have purchased myself season ticket from TFL for zone 1-2 and that perfectly suited my needs. Now it's time to buy a new one and at the same time I am moving to Surrey (very close to Surbiton train station). I am trying to…
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Trainline?
I have found a good price fare with Trainline, but before I book (first time) are there any negatives that I should look out for? Many thanks Carmen
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Road bike users, help me with hand positioning
OK, excuse my ignorance, I am a complete beginner. After years of mountain biking and after lots of umming and ahhing I have decided to buy a road bike. I tried a couple out in a bike shop at the weekend and really struggle with the hand position. The sales assistant tells me that most of the time you will ride with your…
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Taking TFL or Metroline to court
So basically for over a year and a half now I am using two buses of Metroline's. About 20 complaints been sent out and nothing has been reaolved. Buses not showing uo at the starting station, buses leaving early, running more than 10m late,. Totally unreliable service and I am pretty much fed up with this. All they keep…
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Buying train tickets with cash
Hi everyone, Just wondering if this is possible... I'd like to stop carrying my credit/debit card around all the time, but still get a train. It's about a 10 minute journey and at the times I travel there is no ticket office either end, just a machine that only takes cards. Apart from walking up the train to find the…
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Parking within M25 and travel into Central London...?
Hi any Moneysaving advice appreciated Every few months a group of us (3 or 4) travel into London for an overnight trip using train from Peterborough to Kings Cross, we always book well in advance and get a specific train in and out to reduce costs. However its getting so expensive for us so I was thinking one of us could…
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Changing First Advance tickets with Great Western
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