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I was awoken by the driver who had spotted me. I don't know what I'd have done if I'd been on my own in an empty train

Just to update. I went on my journeys (3) last week and both me and my bike managed to alight at the correct stations All the staff were very helpful and staff were indeed present when boarding the late night train. Each time I was asked if I had reserved a place but none of the staff...

From the Conditions of Carriage: "You may start, or break and resume, a journey (in either direction in the case of a return ticket) at any intermediate station, as long as the ticket you hold is valid for the trains you want to use. You may also end your journey (in either direction in the...

Happened to me: Fell asleep on a night train and woke up in darkness in sidings :oops: Spent almost an entire journey from Shrewsbury to Swansea with the drunk man sat next to me sleeping on my shoulder. Got told off by a guard for taking the mickey (well, the ruder version of that) by...

I suspect most of the problems with seats come from the way some booking sites issue them automatically even for walk on fares. If you are buying advance tickets for a journey where you will be travelling with a bike and involving a company which offers or insists upon cycle reservations you...

It is particularly annoying if you want a cycle reservation with an SVH Off-Peak Single which only Virgin seem able to sell online. As one of the few companies which insists upon cycle reservations they really should be able to issue them online.

Hi all, I travel quite a bit with my bike but that is normally with the easy going Northern and Merseyrail. Anyway, I have 2 journeys I need to make using Virgin services and I've got cycle reservations. My understanding is that the Pendolinos require bikes to be loaded and locked in place...

No but you were being unfairly cynical about my motives. I clearly asked about a situation where somebody had missed the connection for the last train on which their ticket would be valid but not the last train which would allow them to get home for the night. It was most certainly not an...

Okay, from a brief reading of the conditions of carriage I didn't see the requirement for the train company to make arrangements with other train companies, merely that the other companies have an obligation to help if they can. So what is the procedure if a passenger has missed a connection...

Hi all, I hope this should be a quick one. If a connection is missed (despite having left the appropriate connection time) on a journey involving a train company or route specific Advance ticket (or multiple split Advance tickets) and the last such train has departed, is the passenger...

"Why not just purchase non-Railcard discounted PlusBus tickets with your discounted rail tickets? That way you still enjoy the cheap fares offered by the PlusBus scheme whilst maintaining the flexibility you require at the beginning or the end of the journey?" Thanks, that is a pragmatic...

Okay, but are the railcard restrictions applicable to a bus ticket? We have already established that the plusbus ticket is a bus/tram ticket and the requirement to carry the railcard used to purchase the discounted ticket arises from the specific plusbus rules not from generic railway ones which...

Ah, thanks Jajawa. How did I miss that? I note that being able to produce the railcard isn't the same as having to travel together at all times. For example, a pair of friends could travel from the station by bus to one of their houses, with the other later returning to her own house by bus...

If possible I would like an answer regarding the specific scenario I mentioned (ie. plusbus). The answer may well be the same for London discounted tickets but it may well be different. The obvious difference might be that a Plusbus is a separate ticket albeit one which requires possession of a...

You can purchase Two PLUSBUS tickets with a Two Together Railcard and (obviously) valid rail tickets. Once purchased would the PLUSBUS tickets have to be used by two individuals travelling together or does that only apply to the train journey? Would passengers have to board and alight at the...