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On the 8:40am Huyton to Liverpool cruising through the Edge Hill tunnels towards Lime Street. Second carraige from the front (facing backwards).

Hello everyone I'm Billy Blue's red Liverpool supporting son! I normally get the 9:02am from Huyton to work each morning. But today got out that little bit earlier for the 8:40am. So here it is. The first ever electric train (319 363) to stop at Huyton station, calling into platform 1...

You mean they will issue me a new Ranger and I will pay the difference plus a potential admin charge? And they will do this without me having to apply for another voucher (as there are no more vouchers for Saturday left now). Schoolboy error I know. Shouldn't have been in such a rush to buy...

The ones I bought are Day Rangers. What would you do personally would you panic buy something now before midnight or take your chances at Lime Street in the morning? I'm doing the LM route via New Street to Euston. Would cost me £20 odd as an Advance tonight but over £50 odd off peak in the...

I was supossed to be travelling to London tomorrow with my son for the weekend but unfortunately something's come up and he's unable to make it. I've decided to go alone but now have a problem with the train tickets since the ones I bought - London Midland Great Escape - were purchased with the...

Over the past few months I've noticed a serious increase of Northern Rail revenue inspectors not just at Liverpool Lime Street but also at Huyton and Wavertree in my area. In the past it was just once every few months but lately it seems to be a couple of times a week. They've cottoned on it's a...

That's what I was thinking. Everything we still be "legal" with that 13 minute gap and it could actually work out quite beneficial if our train from Liverpool into New Street ends up being delayed as the next direct one from New Street we'd be joining later down the track at Cheltenham anyway...

Right I've now booked the 13:52 from Cheltenham to Exeter. Arriving at Exeter @ 15:45 (tickets split at Temple Meads). Another question. The official minimum connection time at New Street is 12 minutes. There's a cheaper option of getting the 12:30 from New Street to Cheltenham (Nottingham to...

When attempting to book the tickets for the Cheltenham to Bristol leg I forgot to add a seat reservation so I deleted the selection except when I now search again all the tickets for every time train on that route have suddenly jumped up in price. Is it a problem with the cookies on my computer...

Thanks that's brilliant. I'll go ahead and book them tonight. Just one final question and I hope this doesn't sound too daft. I've decided to make the first interchange at Wolverhampton but since the fare from Liverpool to Wolverhampton is the same as that from Liverpool to Birmingham (ie...

Would the fact we travelled on Off Peak tickets for one particular leg earlier on in the journey (sandwiched between Advance tickets before and after) not complicate things if we missed an interchange and have to travel on a later train further down the line? Also regarding the first train...

Oh right that's news to me. I was always under the impression when you booked split tickets that if you missed one or more of your connections, due to the previous train being delayed, it was a case of hard luck and you would be liable to pay again. I just assumed that was the risk associated...

Thanks for the Wolverhampton tip. It's exactly the same price from there to Cheltenham as it is from Birmingham so we'll probably do that. Do you think getting the 10:34 from Liverpool on route #1 is safe because if it's cancelled we'd be stuffed. Whereas going the second route, if the first...

Hi we're holidaying in South Devon in late August. Check in at our holiday park near Exmouth opens at 4pm so we're looking at getting there between 4pm and 5pm ish so we can get settled and have something to eat before the evening entertainment starts at 7pm. To do so for the cheapest price...

Thanks for the replies guys. We've changed our plans and are now staying an extra night so will be going down on the Monday after work instead now. There's some cheap direct tickets from Lime Street with Virgin available that night so we might as well get one of those. Although I am still...