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    Newtongrange to Oxford via London, avoiding a counted place reservation

    Hello all, I'd appreciate some advice on valid routes for a journey from Newtongrange (NEG) to Oxford (OXF) on 21st March. I wish to travel through London and avoid having a counted place reservation on the journey from London to Oxford, so that I can have time for a decent lunch at...
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    Combining Rover and Advance: what happens if a connection is missed?

    Hello all, I plan to make full use of a Northern Rail newspaper rover in a couple of weeks. Can anyone help me clarify the following?... On Sunday 9th October I plan to take the 1708 Leeds to Preston service, arriving in Preston at 1848, using the Northern rover. From there I'll take...
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    Manchester to Edinburgh via Settle?

    Hello all Life will take me to Manchester next month (May 16/17), from Edinburgh. I don't know when on the 17th I will leave so I'll buy a flexible ticket. I'm wondering if I can take a more interesting route back to Edinburgh than the direct service. In particular if the weather is nice I...
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    Missing VTEC tickets, replacements taking a long time to appear

    Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but here goes.. In mid-February I bought a Advance single tickets for a round trip from Sunderland to London with a TwoTogether card, through the VTEC website and opted to have them posted. Two days later they arrived but one of the...
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    Edinburgh-London 24-25/3

    Hi all, Bit of a long shot I know but thought I'd try... I'm looking for a better value fare than the £135.50 Super Off-Peak return for: Edinburgh - London round trip. Must arrive in London by 1800 on 24/3/16. Ideally depart at 0900 on 25/3/16. No railcard. Can be a bit flexible...
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    York this weekend 27/28 Feb

    Is anyone going to York this weekend to see the Flying Scotsman? Hotel rooms are thin on the ground and those with rooms are charging exorbitant rates. I can only guess it's linked to the arrival of the Flying Scotsman.
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    Advance tickets: breaks of journey on unspecified connecting services

    I stumbled across this site a while ago and found it to be most useful, not least as I live on the Borders line and got some very good value fares! Playing around with VTEC website last autumn I found that I could get a very good Advance deal on a journey from Newcraighall to Hellifield via...

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