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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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New bike or old?
I've been procrastinating for a while now, so I've decided to seek some other opinions/recommendations. I'm not a great fan of exercise, but appreciate it's importance, so decided it was time to rescue my bike from the damp cellar where it's be stuck for most of the last 6 years. There were quite a few bits of rust on it,…
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Southern Rail refunds
Just looking for advice.. I bought weekly rail ticket on southern rail today, (which needs a photo ID, as they record the ID number on the ticket). Somehow I lost it within half an hour :( At my destination I was told I would need to buy a new ticket, (even though I had a receipt & the card I paid for it with). More…
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Oyster Card Incomplete Journey
Hi everyone, Went to London Monday and at one station the barriers weren't working so we had to go through knowing it would be an incomplete journey. The problem is I know I have 8 weeks to claim it back but in order to get the refund once approved I need to use my card at a designated tube station. The thing is I don't…
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MSE News: Cheaper train fares on the way with planned ticket overhaul
Train travellers should be able to more easily pick the cheapest fares for their journey under proposals for a shake-up...Read the full story: 'Cheaper train fares on the way with planned ticket overhaul' 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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Which bike lights?
Evening Does anybody have any suggestions for which bike lights to buy? Looking for one front and one rear, ideally the rear would have both static and intermittent, just looking for static on the front. Also, any suggestions for where to buy cheap reflective top? not a full jacket but like a breathable vest type garment…
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Commuting to University via Train
Hi I am starting university in September and will have to commute from Norwich to Chelmsford one day a week as I am a part time student. I am trying to calculate how much it will leave me out of pocket and the picture is quite grim - train tickets cost min. £35.00 return trip and that is only when bought in advance and if…
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Need a new front wheel
Hello all. My partner has a pretty basic men's mountain bike with 26 inch wheels and 21speed gears. It has disc breaks. Someone has stolen the front wheel by removing the quick release mechanism and stealing both the wheel and the attachment from our front garden in the night. Obviously we need a new wheel, however we need…
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MSE News: Have you got an unused Oyster card lying around? You can claim part of £223
Transport for London is now sitting on £223m in unused Oyster card credit, its latest figures have revealed...Read the full story: 'Have you got an unused Oyster card lying around? You can claim part of £223m if so' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all…
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20% off at Chiltern Railways until 21.08.16 (Sunday)
Just a reminder if this has already been posted. E.g. £4.40 London to Birmingham. Travel until 4th September. T&Cs: https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/advance-fare-offer-ts-cs
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railcard minimum fare confusion
hi everyone, this is my first post on mse... ive lurked many times and been amazed at how knowledgeable you all are on matters such as this.. im so confused it is time to bite the bullet and sign up, hopefully i can help others around here too at some point. for the next 9 months we are going to be trying to pay our sons…
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What Do Cyclists Have Against Cycle Tracks ?
The other day whilst driving home during peak period came across 3 lycra fetishists without a single piece of hi viz between them riding along the single carriageway A road holding up a massive queue of vehicles that could not overtake. There is a proper tarmacced cycle track running along that road, the scene of many…
