Recent content by Abteilung

Oh Blimey, what have I started? Anyway here's a rather ironic post script to my original post. After a bit of thought I noticed that the 2nd train starts at Manchester Piccadilly, if I join it there the fare is very good value, £19.50, also the train from Lancaster to Manchester advance fare...

Thanks Yorkie for the prompt reply, I've actually now trawled through previous posts and the terms of carriage. Perhaps I should have done this before I posted so thanks for your patience. My interpretation is that condition 19 is meant to satify the users of a train where they split the...

Wow, thanks for the quick replies, what an active forum! Unfortunately I've got some contradiction in the replies though. My thought was that to protect myself I would buy the 2 tickets from Cross Country. OK, so 2 separate journeys, but if Virgin screwed up I could claim I'm a loyal customer...

Hi there, my first post so please be gentle! I'll be travelling from Lancaster to Reading on Monday April 19th 2010. I think the cheapest way is 2 advance tickets, only valid on particular trains, 2 different train companies. The connection at Wolverhampton is tight, 10 minutes, what happens...