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I often use the 1105 from Kings Cross to Leeds on Mondays and the HST stock has become a mixture of Virgin and very old East Midlands stock. I usually book Coach H and this is an ex East Midlands coach which has not been re-furbished internally so it has the low backed seats, no electrics...

Just received this From National Rail Enquiries......... "We're offering 20% off the cost of a 1-year Railcard when bought online by 28th March. Choose from a 16-25, Family & Friends, Senior, Two Together or Disabled Persons Railcard and start saving 1/3 off most* rail fares across Great...

I’m trying to establish the route reliability on what will be a regular commute from Westbury (Wilts) to Paddington. I can see the overall Public Performance Measure (PPM) results for GwR, but where do I find the route specific PPM figures? Could someone point me in the right direction please...

I regularly travel Standard Class from Ilkley to London Kings Cross and know, 12 weeks in advance, when I want to travel - so I book Advance Singles as soon as they are released. With the recent fare increases I have been paying £9.55 with a Railcard for an Advance Single. I now find the £9.55...

I was using Real Time Trains earlier and came across this special service running later today. I was interested in the unusual motive power, and the origin and destination, not to mention the speed! :http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/S73184/2015/12/24/advanced Nice one ! Merry Christmas. :lol:

I'm trying to book 3 adult returns from Paddington to Newport South Wales (PAD - NWP). I can find the Groupsave tickets on the GwR web site, but I would like to use the local station booking office as I have enough Delay/Repay vouchers to pay for the fares, but the gentleman in the booking...

A group of friends are doing a Round Robin, Leeds, Preston, Carlisle, Leeds on 15th December, and they are very keen to experience a tilting Pendolino on the West Coast leg. With a following wind they can just make the 1053 (9S47) class 390 off platform 3 at Carlisle which comes from Euston...

Here's the initial publicity from First Great Western regarding their re-badging. It will be interesting to know what their" sardined" pax think about this. I also wonder what IKB would have thought of it ! More importantly - what do you think of it ? The statement .......

We were discussing which Websites and Apps we used when a group of us met in Wakefield last night. These are changing by the day so I thought I’d kick off a thread by listing some of the Websites and Apps I currently use, and would be interested to hear of other Members' favourites. I did...

I am shortly due to renew my Senior Railcard for 3 years and wondered whether anyone was aware of any current discount codes. I've found SEN10 for a 10% discount on a 1 year Snr Railcard, but nothing for the 3 year version.

I currently travel on a Wed from Ilkley to Kings Cross every week, booking Advance Singles 12 weeks ahead. I’ve noticed that until recently I was able to arrive Kings Cross at 11:59 on an £8.60 advance single using a Senior Railcard. I can no longer find these tickets and the earliest I can...

I have used the quarter mile posts for many years to calculate the speed of the train I'm travelling on. In this digital age, I thought there must be an app I could use to do this instantly. Having had a quick squirt around "Tinternet" I have found a couple which should work on my Android...

I'll be travelling from Ilkley via Leeds to Derby in a couple of weeks on the 11:11 weekday departure from Leeds (IV54) which is an HST. I'll be returning from Derby to Leeds on the 14:44 IS47 which is a Voyager. I've looked at both the Cross Country and East Coast web sites to book the...

There's a £59 rtn offer on their website today to Paris or Brussels, limited to 10,000 singles/5,000 rtns Here's the link: -...

Eurostar are having a sale starting Thursday Morning - 5th September. £59 rtn (normally £69). They are calling it Eurostar Express, with 50,000 returns (100,000 singles) on the Paris route and 25,000 returns (50,000 singles) on the Brussels route. If it's similar to their other bookings...

The fire alarms went off at Peterborough at about 1:30. All areas were evacuated with the exception of plats 4 & 5. I'm travelling from Leeds to Norwich and the 13:31 PBO to NRW sensibly was sent off 5 mins early.

I'll be travelling back from France in June on Eurostar to St Pancras and then on to Leeds using East Coast from KGX, on separate advance purchase tickets. The connection in London works well giving me 35 minutes to transfer from Eurostar to Kings Cross, which I know is more than adequate...

I'd appreciate some fare advice please. I have a pal - adult no railcards, who now needs to travel from ILK to KGX at relatively short notice. He can travel out anytime on Saturday 23rd Feb or early on Sunday 24th and return on Monday 25th Feb between 09.35 and 14.35. I've tried...

Interesting documentary about the long distance commuters from the Highlands on the Caledonian Sleeper. You'll be able to catch up with this on i player. The prog is called "Lives in a landscape - The longest Commute" broadcast at 15.30 8th Jan. 30 minutes in length. It's available as a...

Hello - I'd appreciate your advice please re the best/cheapest way to do this journey. I'll be travelling from Ilkley (ILK) to Lenzie (LNZ) (Std or 1st) RTN I don't need to be flexible - I can do ADV SGL tickets. Out on Fri 8th March depart about 8am from ILK going via Settle Carlisle (APP)...