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Cheap train ticket....train cancelled.
Hi, I bought an advanced train ticket for a specific train. Got to the station to find the train cancelled. No staff here as its too early. Do I get on to the next available train? Will I get a penality fare? Thanks
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Network Railcard
Hi, Would anyone know of any 'special offer' promotions available for the purchase of a basic 'Network Railcard' please? From time to time as indeed at the present moment there are promotional offers for the 'Family & Friends' and 'Two-together type' (£20 instead of £30) but I've never seen any for the basic Network…
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virgin trains sale
Does anyone know when next virgin train sale is.
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Backdated Oyster Card bill - advice needed
I have auto top up on my Oyster card set to automatically top up my card with £40 when the balance drops below £10. My travel pattern results in an auto top up payment about once a month. TFL promote this as a handy way to not have to remember about topping up - just forget about it and go. I've been doing it this way for…
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buying 2 seats for yourself - train
Sounds a bit like one of those weekly money moral dilemma things but here goes. Was speaking to a friend earlier. He's an international student, so came to university here with tonnes of luggage. He was explaining how he'd bought/reserved 2 seats on the train for himself so he could put his luggage next to him in case…
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Southern Rail Profiteering
Hi , My local train company Souther Rail are proposing shutting the majority of South Coast ticket offices thereby forcing people to use their website and the platform ticket machines; however neither of these options offers the best/cheapest tickets. Southern have in fact this year quietly removed the cheapest tickets…
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Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets
Official MSE Insert: If you've arrived from Google, our fully researched Cheap Train Tickets guide may be helpful. Back to the original post... Has anyone been able to actual get any of these tickets? I am trying to arrange for 2 adults and 3 children to travel to London for a couple of days in July. Received the special…
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Do Off-Peak train prices change depending when you buy them?
Hi all, Looking to get a train ticket to Swansea from London Paddington (First Great Western), going out on a Saturday and returning on the Sunday (so an Off-Peak return). The trip isn't until May. Do the prices get more expensive the closer I get to the trip? Or because these are off-peak, are they fixed? I don't want to…
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London underground inhuman
The underground in London during peak hours is so jammed, that even when trains go every 30 seconds, people are crammed in to the edges. What can be done to carry more people into the centre of London?
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Carrera Sulcata
Looking to get a mountain bike for the local forest access roads (mostly hardcore, red ash and a bit of mud) and was thinking of a Carrera Sulcata. The only reviews I can find are on the Halfords site itself. Does anyone have any experience of them and recommend getting one?
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60+ London Oyster card
Has anybody read anything from the new London Mayor's manifestos if they plan to abolish the 60+ London Oyster Card? Boris Johnson re-introduced them when he was elected but have the new candidates promised that they will carry on or abandon them? I need my card and I would hate to lose this privilege.
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Season ticket and fare rules
Hello all. I was wondering if someone knowledgeable about these things could give me some quick guidance. I'll try and keep this simple! From next month I will be travelling every day from Kensal Green in London to Apsley in Hertfordshire, as in I will be leaving London in the morning. I will be travelling from KG via the…
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Train refund vouchers - use at station
Bit of advice please after receiving some vouchers due to a cancelled journey. If I use these at the local train station will the future bookings have all the journey options and be of the same price as websites such as the Virgin train? Cheers
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Cost Of Train To Peterhead
Does anyone know how much it would cost to travel to Peterhead from Manchester (return) by train please.
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Get Your Free Abellio Greater Anglia Smartcard! (AGA Rail)
YOUR SEASON TICKET JUST GOT SMARTER Welcome to the Abellio Greater Anglia Smart Ticketing page! CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR AGA SMARTCARD We have now launched smart ticketing on selected routes to London Liverpool Street. Customers can now purchase Monthly and Annual Season Tickets from stations on the Cambridge and Southend…
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Public Transport on Good Friday
does any one know if pubic transport run on Good Friday, I need to get to Ipswich from Colchester on that day..:T
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Travelling via London & saving £55
A National Rail search for a return journey from Weymouth to Birmingham showed a fare of £95, using South West Trains & Cross Country. I then searched for the same journey via London & got a fare of £40. It may take an hour longer but I am £55 better off. Plus as I bought my tickets through Virgin via the Topcashback site…
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MPs discuss flexible ticketing for rail transport
On Thursday 10 March from 5pm, MPs will discuss flexible ticketing for rail transport. James Cartlidge, Conservative MP for South Suffolk, will lead the debate. Watch the discussion on Parliament TV. Further information The House of Commons Library have produced a research briefing to inform this debate, titled Rail fares…
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Virgin Trains West Coast have a three day sale - ends 3 March 2016
Virgin Trains West Coast have a three day sale - ends 3 March 2016. E.g. London - Birmingham - £4, London - Manchester - £10, Glasgow - London - £14. Travel period - 18 March - 2 May 2016 inclusive
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VR West Coast - advice please.
Hello, sorry if this has been asked elsewhere. I'm looking to travel from Glasgow to Birmingham in June - south Saturday, north Sunday, travelling on VR west coast. VR seem to release their dates on a day by day basis - am I as well as just buying singles as the dates become available, or wait until both dates are…