Recent content by rww100

I believe Capenhurst is valid via Liverpool and Newton-le-Willows due to being no more than 3 miles longer than the shortest route according to the distances given by the National Rail Timetable: Capenhurst to Manchester Piccadilly via Liverpool and Newton-le-Willows: 45 miles (<=46.5 miles, so...

Was there previously a valid "Not Underground" route to Blackfriars from Cambridge that didn't involve going via City Thameslink? That's what I had suspected. The logical thing would have been to remove these old tickets when adding the new London Thameslink ones. If the trouble was made to...

Normally when buying tickets at Cambridge for travel to London Terminals I ask for tickets to King's Cross if I want Any Permitted tickets, and I ask for tickets to Liverpool Street only if I want Greater Anglia tickets only. However, yesterday I needed to get to Blackfriars so decided the...

I simply assumed that a season would be less expensive than buying walk-up returns, but it looks like that's not necessarily the case, particularly with the summer relaxation of the railcard restrictions, which I also managed to overlook! Prompted by your suggestion, I have managed to find...

Thanks for bringing that up - looks like I didn't read it very carefully! With that in mind, there is the following ticket combination via Zone 1, which meets Condition 19b as the LM service calls at Bushey: Zone 1-8 Travelcard (£51.30) Bushey (BSH) - Kings Langley (KGL) 7DS (£24.10)...

Hello All, I am helping a friend find a season ticket (or combination thereof) for a commute they will soon be commencing from Acton Town [LU] to Kings Langley (KGL). They will travel every weekday and will need to arrive at KGL by 9am, returning at around 6pm. They have the following...

This probably isn't going to help you today, but if you had a London Midland Only Off-Peak Return, there is no evening peak restriction, and if you had a LM Super Off-Peak Return you could leave as late as 15:46, getting you to Liverpool for 19:16, which is a couple of hours earlier than the...

If walk-up tickets are required, you can save a little on what has already been mentioned with the following: £20.30 Rugeley Trent Valley to Chester Off-Peak Return (Break of Journey permitted, and valid via Birmingham New Street). £27.10 Chester to Bangor (Gwynedd) Off-Peak Return...

Any chance of being able to specify 'via' points, as well as alternative routes at some point? One example I've just tried is Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston. Firstly I notice that using the correct three-character station code 'LIV', the system searches for tickets from London...

If you are happy to have an advance ticket, the above combination would be hard to beat I think with current prices at £9.65 including railcard discount: Liverpool Stns - Watford Jn Advance (London Midland only) £8.60 Watford Jn - Wembley Central Oyster PAYG £1.05 Note that to get the...

If it were me, I would change at CLJ and walk from West Brompton saving the Zone 1 fare. In the time taken to wait for a District Line train from Wimbledon, travel the distance via Earls Court and Gloucester Road and negotiate your way through the crowds of tourists visiting the museums at South...

Great! Thanks for all the help guys :)

I'm sure I searched for this earlier and found it to be a lot more expensive - must have forgotten to add the railcard discount! :oops: We're actually travelling from the Wirral, so are willing to travel via Chester as well depending on times. Having looked at the Routeing Guide, am I right in...

Thanks for the tip - have always just gone along Euston Road in the past, not realising there was a shorter and quieter alternative. What is the advantage of buying a ticket to Kensington Olympia instead?

I've managed to bag last-minute Olympics tickets for Saturday afternoon (11 August), so am now in the processing of planning travel arrangements. There are two of us travelling, and we both have railcards. We plan to leave in the morning, and come back in the evening. With uncertainty...