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    First Class Fare Calculation

    So would I be better off now buying a standard class ALR instead of a first class one, and buying an excess ticket for FC journey. if getting an excess to FC does it have to be bought at ticket office or on train.
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    Rail strikes discussion

    The problem is £50000 a year salary +10% increase =£55000 for a pensioner £9627 a year now +1o% increase = £10589. pensioners pay same for fuel, food, and lots of other things. I saved a lot for my pension to have a decent life afterwards. between the figures above you see the problem. the...
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    Rail strikes discussion

    Why are people running down pensioners? we get our pension. we have worked hard all our lives. We pay taxes at the same rate as anyone else. i hope that when you all reach your retirement age you enjoy it to the full. so please stop bashing pensioners its not helpful we need money to live as well.
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    Rail strikes discussion

    all pensions, state and private are all taxed at the normal tax rates. i really love my pass pass it gets older people out of the house, I also have a senior railcard a i do love trains aswell.
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    BBC reporting that Agency staff could cover strikes under law change

    Just as the railway in a lot of places have new trains better timetables now than 50 years ago when I was a lad the unions just want to destroy it, Whatever the outcome of this action, there will be real cuts in jobs thats modernisation. people who worked in retail, banks etc all thought they...
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    delay repay allowances

    I think I read somewhere that delay repay is calculated using Working time tables and not public timetables their is a slight difference between the two.
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    Elizabeth line ticketing

    Can I travel in Elizabeth line with an All Line rail rover ticket?
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    Trivia: cathedrals, abbeys and castles which can be seen from trains

    Colchester Castle from train toward Ipswich. St Botolphs Priory Colchester, from formerly St Botolphs station now Colchester Town. Bury St Edmunds Cathedral after leaving station towards Cambridge and Ely.
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    Timing of Engneering Works

    Having lived all my life on the GEML there is engineering work nearly every weekend! A lot worse now with loads oF RRB and extended journey times and people queueing for buses. When I was a teenager Single line working was used and most engineering was on Saturday nights and had t0 be completed...
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    Trains told to get rid of torrent of 'Tannoy spam'

    been travelling round devon last week. Ist ] please do not feed the pigeons on the station. 2nd endless announcements about Tactile tiles on the platform there isn't any. Both at Exeter st Davids.
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    March fare increases - where to find them?

    The reason an anglia ranger ticket went up so much, is that it hadn't gone up for several years! An all line rail rover can be bought at station ticket offices up to one year in advance. I bought my 2 for the September with Railcard fares at last saturdays fares. 3 weeks ago bought 2 8 in 15...
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    All Line Rail Rovers

    Please can someone if they can give me the prices of 7day and 14 day tickets First and Standard class. Also when does the New tickets start and can I buy tickets in advance before the increase?
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    Do I have to put an All Line Rover through a ticket barrier?

    D0 I have to put an ALR in at Automatic ticket barrier. Have had one swallowed up by machine once before!
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    GWR ask passengers to arrive 15 mins before departure

    Having been at travelling by rail for a long time now on All line rovers at least 3 a year and others. Why do TOCs not let you on trains in some cases till the last minute before departure? I have seen people being hurried along, with children, luggage , wheelchairs lots of people for the train...
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    Why is Conwy a request stop?

    London to Holyhead Inter-city trains used to stop at Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan then non stop across Angelsey to Holyhead..
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    All line rover on buses?

    With an ALL line rail rover ticket are you allowed to travel on buses which can be travelled on on local rail rover tickets?
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    Trivia - Stations named after people

    Gainsborough Line is Marks Tey to Sudbury[Suffolk] off GEML. Thomas Gainsborough [Artist] born 46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, which is now a museum.
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    Travelling on GWR and crosscoutry

    My wife and I will be travelling around the South west on rover tickets for 14 days. I cant find anything on the above Toc's above about the rules about seat reservations. 1] Do I have to get a reservation/allocation on every train I get. 2]Do I have I have to book in advance or when we travel...
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    8 In 15 Rover where train doesn’t stop

    Thank you. hadn't thought of that. how do I get a seat reservation for the whole journey london to penzance.?
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    8 In 15 Rover where train doesn’t stop

    Thank you for the above. just one thing how do i obtain a seat reservations o n a train that doesn't stop there, we will be travelling to penzance. Would it be best to buy tickets at station in advance and all at once, don't think I can do it online. thanks for any help>

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