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Does anyone else find this rather annoying? I can't use the newly installed machine at my local Northern station to pick up tickets because it is not TOD enabled. Northern don't have any TOD enabled machines, and they don't have an online ticket website (are they the only TOC in the country...

I am traveling from Thirsk to York, coming back the next day. The cheapest ticket by far appears to be a Grand Central only ticket, I realise they only have 3-4 services a day, that is fine. I will be traveling on a weekend where it says there are engineering works, and an amended timetable will...

I'm looking to buy an advance fare for a Leeds - Birmingham journey on a Saturday in March. I've found that this service which leaves Leeds at 11:11 is supposedly booked for a HST on Saturdays: 1V54 0700 Glasgow Central-Plymouth However, when I look at the seating map where you can select...

I was thinking about some of the various stopping services that exist, and I was wondering if anyone knew the rail service which calls at the most number of stations. It has to be a National Rail public service in the timetable - no London Underground or tram/metro services. I am discounting...

Just a quick question as I can't find the information on the Merseyrail website. What time Monday - Friday can the off-peak day saver be used from? Plus, can you get a YP discount? Thanks in advance

I have noticed a tendency for guards to not do the ticket check when they know a station has barriers, after passengers have boarded from such a station. I have noticed it the most on local Northern Rail/Transpennine services which I frequently travel on. I am not criticising any staff for...

I haven't traveled on a ATW 158 for a year or so, and after a trip between Shrewsbury - Chester with a 158 I won't be in a great hurry to travel again on one. I know they are supposed to be refurbished in the (relatvely) near future, but why has ATW let them get so bad? They are operating on...

Just heard on BBC news that police will increase their presence at transport hubs such as major railway stations and airports from tomorrow, in particular at the London terminals. This is allegedly due to the transport terror threat (not the standard UK threat level) being raised from...

Something interesting occurred to me when all the electronic boards at a UK station failed a few weeks ago! :roll: Has anyone ever considered the fact that in continental European countries platforms for the bulk of trains services are "fixed" and published months in advance? For example, I...

I travelled today from Wakefield Westgate to Leeds on the 15.13 service. I was expecting an IC225 but I was extremely suprised to see that an EMT HST was operating the service. The train was rather overcrowded perhaps due to a complete lack of seat resservations. It was a set led by class 43...

Please could someone have at look at this fare. It is for Saturday 5 December and is for one person with YP railcard discount. It needs to be a flexible ticket, not an advance, because it has to be valid for all trains. The off peak return is...

Took a trip on this line today between Leeds and Lancaster, it was the usual Northern 144. While bouncing around on the pacer I couldn't help thinking how much potential this service has, after all it links the WCML and an ECML branch. The passenger numbers were not huge and not many...

I like collecting TOC memorabilia and would like to obtain some wallets branded for specific TOCs. I only have National Rail wallets because that is all my local station will issue (Northern Rail don't have their own branded wallets). I would like them for any UK (or even foreign) TOC...

I am looking at this ticket for a friend who wants a day return for Blackpool North - Doncaster. He wants to travel via Leeds so wishes to catch the direct Northern service to Leeds and then catch a fast train to Doncaster. The Anytime return with YP railcard is £19.40 I have tried splitting...

I travel a lot Lancaster/Preston - Wigan/Warrington and it is a difficult route to monitor tickets as the time between stops is minimal and in particular, a ticket check on a large 9-car Pendolino is difficult and often not done. There are no barriers either and Virgin is anti-barrier so...

I had a really great day out and set myself a personal challenge of riding as many different TOCs as possible! Just thought some of you might be interested. I'm not really into 'spotting' as such but riding trains is a different matter:D Here's what I did: *bus* First TransPennine Express...