Search results

I'm currently looking at going to Wetherby for a job interview, however haven't agreed a date/time with the prospective employer yet. I know Wetherby doesn't have a train station, so figure I'll have to get a bus from York/Harrogate/Leeds. Does anybody know which of these is best in terms of...

I'd suggest that Bletchley doesn't need 6 platforms. It's always struck me as rather odd that the Bedford-Bletchley trains get put on Platform 6 which only has access to the footbridge via concrete stairs, when Platform 5 is almost never used and shares a lift with Platform 4. I know it used...

Would that be the case even if you collected the ticket and then took it to the ticket office and requested a refund? Are refund requests referred back to the original ticket seller, or will a ToC handle it internally? Also, just out of interest, if anybody has bought a ticket with the...

I was on a Scotrail 170 from Glasgow to Dundee the other evening and there was a dodgy connection which meant that when the announcement was played all you got was deafening feedback, so it was turned off just before Stirling. That then meant that the screens were out of sync as well. I also...

Thanks for the info, that's good to know. On the way down I managed the walk across Glasgow in about 15-20 minutes at a leisurely pace, including going out of the wrong door at GLQ and stopping at Greggs for some lunch, so my main concern was making sure I had a backup plan in case the inbound...

My maths makes it £46.20 (being 66% of the full fare, i.e. 100% - 34%). Does that seem about right?

I'm looking at travelling back from Milton Keynes Central to Dundee this weekend, via Glasgow. As the connection I'm hoping to make is only 28 minutes (I understand the advised connection time is 30 mins, even though it actually takes much less), and the next train from to Dundee isn't for 2...

I'm glad I chose to travel via the WCML now, else I'd have been caught up in it! Instead I'm currently near Tamworth and should get to my destination on time :).

When I travel through London I'll typically get a train earlier than the advised one. I do this as on occasion it's been tight crossing London in the allocated time and I like the opportunity to grab something to eat on my journey. I don't travel much earlier, it's usually within an hour of the...

Most of my journeys are from St Neots to Dundee on "EC & Connections" first advance tickets, and I'll pretty much always sit in first class on the FCC leg from St Neots to Peterborough as well as the leg from Peterborough to Dundee. However I have found I forget to sit in first class if...

I thought it was. Presumably people will draw the same initial conclusion I did until I actually read the article - that the security guards are to be given the power of a constable (which made me wonder how on earth they'd manage it!)

Aren't these the sort of powers council safety wardens have, as opposed to police powers (even those of a PCSO)?

I've just had a thought, if the OP needs the cash, could they buy a ticket for as close to £180 as possible (such as an SOS KYL-KGX at £179.50) with the vouchers and then request a refund in cash, paying the £10 admin fee? I know the payment type would show on the ticket as a warrant/rail...

Thanks for the info. Interestingly the East Coast website offers via central London as a viable option after about 9am (with the search set to avoid Bedford). It now looks as if the meeting will be in the afternoon, so I won't need to travel in the times defined as "peak" (even though the...

It looks like I might have to travel to Guildford next week from my parents house. I've been looking at how best to get there, and think it could be via Bletchley and Clapham Junction on the hourly MK - East Croydon service (probably the 08:17). I don't think I'll be able to get a lift to...

I did once see a conductor on a rail replacement bus, back in the days of BR. I don't think I've seen one since though, with most bus drivers not bothering to check ticket validity.

If I am remembering the IC70 seats correctly, I don't actually like them (at least in standard class). The cost was a consideration in my plan to travel with Virgin. An off-peak return from Dundee - Milton Keynes is about £10 cheaper than one to St Neots with East Coast (with a YP Railcard)...

If I wasn't travelling down from Dundee first I'd probably be tempted, but an ~8 1/2 hour journey in between two probably hectic weeks doesn't seem fun. I might have to give it a go in future though if it's possible, when I can do it as a pure leisure trip. I have however done the East Coast...

Thanks for the info. The last time I travelled on a Voyager was a VXC service in September 2007, I haven't yet travelled on a Pendolino though, so figured I ought to before I move back down south in a few months. I normally travel to St Neots with East Coast (usually an HST Dundee-Peterborough...

I've had a search and can't find anywhere that shows which Virgin services are Voyager operated and which ones are Pendolino operated. I'm looking at travelling on the 16:40 or 17:40 departures from Glasgow Central to Euston (getting off at MKC) on a Saturday and would ideally like to have a go...