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Shorter journey - £14 - https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=SKM&dest=HOH&rte=1000&tkt=SDS Longer journey - calling at Stoke Mandeville(!) on the way - £13.40 - https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=AYS&dest=HOH&rte=1000&tkt=SDS

Thanks all. That's disappointing. When I said "horrible" - I was thinking the 2-3 seating 165s: old, dirty, noisy, vibrating, no tables, barely anywere to even put a coffee down, no seat power, etc. etc.

Hi, We are thinking of moving from London to Beaconsfield, one of the (small) downsides as a London commuter would be that the trains to Beaconsfield are so old and horrible. Does this forum know when they will be replaced with something new? Thanks,

If I wanted to ‘wave someone off’ on an Avanti Pendolino service exEUS, is there a legit way to do this? Can I buy a platform ticket? Eg help them on board with their heavy bags

Slightly confused as to the Welsh timetable now e.g. this Tuesday 13th, GWR website will let me reserve for the 1748 Paddington to Swansea Yet this service doesn't seem to exist? The only 1748 I can see terminates at Bristol Parkway...

Yes, thanks, I was more wondering what the consequences of this are, if someone attempts to travel to Paddington with an insufficient balance?

I see from this FOI request, there a £0.00 minimum balance required to touch-in at Heathrow Express platforms: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-0638-2223 What would happen when one touches out Paddington? Would the Oyster card...

Not sure I follow - scanning an eTicket is akin to a guard spoiling the return portion of a paper ticket. Unless people are stupid enough to attempt to rescan an eTicket that has already been used on a previous day.

In theory this is not permitted, however 99% of the time you will probably be okay. There was the case of the Durham Professor in 2010... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11420790

D'oh! Of course. Those were the days - I certainly miss hopping back and forth up to Manchester on ~£30-£40 (railcard) 1st APs with almost a guaranteed table of 4 to myself! Lovely VT.

Thanks - but why not simply insert U between G and H?

Full ticket check in standard class on Avanti, Euston to Manchester this afternoon. Lad near me presented an advance for a later service, claimed the gateline staff told him it was okay. TM said he was on the gateline himself and they would not have said that. After 2 minutes of arguing back...

Good question - is there a specific reason why U comes before G today?

Refurbished Pendos both ways today for the first time. Impressions mostly good. But they're removed the carriage letter sticks from the glass vestibule doors. It confused even the catering staff this morning! I ordered a coffee to coach U, and he brought it through U to G (11-car Pendo, G is...

Just had a claim approved and payment initiated yesterday from 10 days ago, FYI