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Hi all, I normally buy from Southern or the TOC I travelling with if buying an advance which is discounted on the TOC's own site.Yesterday I decided to take advantage of the £20 cashback from Raileasy pointed out by johnnycache. Raileasy's site first finds the fastest itineraries and then on...

Fresh from today's Metro, hand typed.

This story was on the front page of today's Metro today.

Hi, I'd like to make a journey soon, London to Oxford, going out from Marylebone and changing at Banbury, and would like to check that I haven't missed something obvious. I think I can do this with map CS. This would involve doubling back through King's Sutton, but its a member of the Banbury...

Hi, My other half needs to make an off-peak period return journey from London to Birmingham soon, but cannot commit to specific times, so we are planning to get a London Midlands only or Chiltern Trains only ticket to keep the price down. Can anyone advise on which of these TOCs is most...

Tibbs' recent thread on trains that have no more space for passengers got me thinking about another hypothetical question. I'm aware that all TOCs must sell the full range of walk-up tickets. If a TOC becomes aware of an unplanned disruption to a service, can they refuse to sell a walk-up...

Hi, As I understand it you can buy a London Travelcard from WebTIS by specifying a journey from a station in the zones to 0035 LONDON ZONES 1-6 I presume that even though the origin station is printed on the ticket, which station you choose makes no difference to the validity, as even with...

Found this on iPlayer today... Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails - Ian Hislop takes a look at the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and forced thousands of people onto the road. (R)...

I was wondering how many other people choose where to seat in the same manner I do... If I'm travelling on a train I think won't really fill up (rural, super off-peak etc) then I will seat at a table or in a seat where the adjacent seat is unoccupied. If I'm boarding a train that I know will...

Hi, I'm looking to go see if I can see some Olympic cycling on Saturday :D I hold an Oyster Z1-2 monthly travelcard and a 16-25 Railcard. I'd like to take a train out from Surrey Quays to West Byfleet in the morning (with a possible BoJ at Surbiton) and return back from Leatherhead to Kings...

Hi all, I have a quick routeing question. Is doubling back allowed if staying within the same routeing group? The journey in question is Bletchley to Euston, and I wish to travel to Milton Keynes, changing to a fast train there. Bletchley and Milton Keynes are both members of the Bletchley...

Hi, I recently booked a rail journey through Southern's website and went to collect it from a TVM (I can't remember where alas). After asking me to insert and remove my card, the TVM immediately printed the tickets without requesting my transaction reference number. Has this happened to...

Hi, My knowledge on excess fares isn't all too sharp, so I'd like to know if I've made some mistake or I have grounds to complain to Greater Anglia for the following which happened today at London Liverpool St station: I was at the LST booking office with a friend of mine. He had the...

Hi, A friend of mine has his 16-25 railcard loaded onto his Oyster card to reduce the daily cap. He was travelling PAYG on the DLR and a Serco employee did a ticket check. After swiping his card, they asked to see his 16-25 Railcard. Whenever I have had a ticket check on the DLR, I've never...

Hi, I'm a Y-P holder and would like to make a single journey from Cambridge to London Liverpool St in the morning peak. I'm assuming the usual ticket for this is SDS ANYTIME DAY S GRT ANG TRNSONLY to London Terminals, which is £12.55 with the railcard. Whilst browsing brfares.com I...

Hi, Living on the Jubilee line, I get a fair few TfL/LUL Customer Charter refund vouchers. In the past I have torn along the perforated tear line that seperates the voucher from the apology letter and taken the voucher to a ticket office without any problems. Recently, I was with a friend...

Hi, I read this article today in the London Evening Standard. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/transport/horror-on-the-553-commuter-dragged-200-feet-after-getting-hand-trapped-on-train-7807118.html Not excusing the passenger who tried to board as the doors were closing (!), I find it very...

Hi. This is first post, so please be gentle :) I'm interested in hearing all of your views on a journey I made about 3 years ago, that's bugged me ever since. I think I've remembered what happened correctly, but given the time since elapsed, may have remembered minor details incorrectly. I...