Recent content by ficedula

Yeah. As somebody who was stuck on this train (and therefore had about half of my planned day in York evaporate...) it felt like: -At basically all times, it felt like the passengers were very much not kept informed, which I feel reasonably sure was because the LNER staff on the train also...

Thanks for the advice all. We're keen to take the sleeper because spending a full 17 hour day travelling just to get there and immediately have to travel to a hotel and then go to sleep isn't especially appealing; we'd much rather spend a bit longer travelling but spend 8-9 hours of it asleep...

I'm currently planning a family holiday to Vienna next year, and I'd like to avoid flying if possible. It looks like it's actually reasonable to do the whole trip by train - first get to London, then Eurostar to Paris, then Nightjet sleeper to Vienna. Total journey time is quite long, but the...

My daughter is turning 16 soon, and I'm fairly sure I understand this correctly - but just to make sure! The family & friends railcard pages state: That seems fairly clear: even though a 16-year-old normally can't travel on child tickets, she can provided the tickets were purchased on a...

I was mainly using Raileasy because it gives me a higher number of time/ticket options visible at once on screen, which is nice for comparisons. Rather less useful if some of the data it's presenting me with isn't actually correct though! Thanks all for the information.

Huh; well, that simplifies my choice! I was looking on Raileasy which certainly make it look like the £61 flexible return isn't valid on those trains:

I'm potentially needing to get from Kings Cross to Grantham on the evening on the 28th. I have no idea which time I'll be coming back, so I'll need a flexible ticket. (If I do end up travelling, I'll also be travelling down from Grantham->Kings Cross in the morning, so a return). I can find an...

Certainly interested to hear how you get on - my mother is in a similar situation, of having an advance ticket (booked before the strikes were announced) for the 1st. Certainly sounds like the PRO requires the TOC to get her a taxi, but I imagine customer services aren't going to be keen to...

Realistically we might not know that until everything does shake down; however, just as one data point, my employer (not a very large one, but still) has told us that post-covid, we're all allowed to WFH part time, and 2 days per week in the office is acceptable. (This isn't just idle talk - new...

Well, the EMR form doesn't initially give you the chance to put any extra text in, so my initial claim was just for the Norwich train, 30 minute delay. Once they rejected that (just saying "we think you were only delayed 15 minutes") I appealed, which does give you a free text box to supply...

Travelled from Nottingham -> Grantham on Thursday. Originally intended to get the 20:34 Norwich train, but that was running late. The next train (and last of the day!) was the 20:51 to Boston. I asked the guard on on the Boston train if he knew whether his train would be leaving before the...

Thanks for the advice all! Will be trying this today, hopefully the guard either doesn't question it, or is happy to accept an itinerary as evidence it's a valid journey (which it seems fairly clear, it definitely is.) @kieron - Thanks for the suggestion of checking on BRfares: this suggests...

Vagueness probably not necessary, but just in case somebody from my local TOC is monitoring the forums and is annoyed by the potential savings, particularly given point (3) below... I commute between the station where I live (A) and the station closest to my office (B). If I want to get a...

I'm looking to book tickets from Market Harborough to (& back from) London International CIV for connection to a Eurostar trip this coming Easter. The Eurostar tickets are already booked, which is why I'd want the CIV tickets (plus the Eurostar site didn't to book through tickets for me, even...