Recent content by Geochemwill

I was on the receiving end of Piccadilly Platform 14 platform dispatchers a few weeks ago when attempting to board a Northern service to Lea Green with my bike and one other cyclist and there was someone sat in in the bike area who took some convincing to move. There were lots of other seats...

A couple of years ago, I was delayed by over 60min, but less than 120min, in both both directions travelling on a Northern complimentary return ticket and received another complimentary return ticket. When I queried this with a Northern customer services, I was advised that was the maximum they...

I was onboard the 0721 to Buxton last Saturday which departed from platform 12

Thank you all for this information, good to know I am not alone with feeling frustrated by poor/miscommunication and unsure where to turn to. I wrote to tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk on Tuesday, but unlike Northern didn’t receive any auto-reply, so I hope this email address (found in the...

After checking, I have seen there was a Northern service MCO-PRE dep 0937 (for Blackpool North), however I would then have needed to change at Preston onto another non-Northern service (likely Avanti West Coast, since I would have missed the TPE) and changed again at Oxenholme, but would still...

On 5 July 2023 I was booked on Northern direct service Manchester Oxford Road (MCO) to Staveley (SVL) departing 0853 arriving 1034, with route “AP Northern only”. When I arrived at MCO I discovered the train was cancelled. I immediately visited the (Northern staffed) ticket office, showed my...

Thank you for this info @dutchflyer and @Alfonso, it’s a trip I’ve wanted to do for some time but only now starting to make plans. I’ve already read/watched online but was struggling with the current status. I’ll certainly check out those three resources.

Considering the recent earthquake in south eastern Turkey/Syria, I’m struggling to find out the impact on infrastructure outside of that immediate region. I’m planning a trip from Ankara to Lake Van then from Kars back to Ankara in mid May and haven't seen anything conclusive whether these...

How about Martins bakery shops? According to their website there are 24 of them within Greater Manchester.

I reached Sarajevo by coach from Dubrovnik (via a couple of days in Mostar) and then visited Travnik before heading to Split. I believe Split and Dubrovnik have far more flights from UK compared with Sarajevo.

Thank you, I couldn’t get the link from the website to work on my iPad, but this is reassuring and it does indeed seem a much better service than feared, although I’m sure we can expect some last minute cancellations. Now timetables are being updated, I hope it will become clearer whether...

I’ve got an advance single Manchester to Windermere on the 23rd, for an event on the 25th. Clearly that service is not happening anymore, but I’m hoping there is at least some service on the Lakes Line and I can use my ticket to travel on 22nd or 24th. Northern website seems to imply I must...

Thank you, I’ll do my best to reach MCO early enough to ask to the ticket office to endorse my ticket so I can board the earlier Northern train to Preston and then at Preston will go to ticket office to endorse ticket to allow me to travel to Carlisle. I only paid £10.10 for the ticket and have...

I bought the ticket from TPE (to get the Nectar points!)

Thank you! Option ii would be preferable but I guess staff at MCO would not be able to authorise for the Avanti leg, given it’s a Northern station, so in the case I reach Preston earlier, would I need to also speak with Avanti staff at Preston also?