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Riddle me this - Avantix Traveller shows advance tickets on NOT - BPN from only VWC and XC, neither of which are operators one would rationally use to get to BPN. Why don't TPE or EMT offer an advance here? Also, when are TPE's advance release dates? Planning a trip to Pleasure Beach for my...

I understand that when the 185s were ordered, an option was left to build an extra centre-car for each train (and an additional 9 complete 4-car 185s possibly). This option expired, not least since the engines are no longer in production. My question is, what's to stop Siemens building a...

http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/EMTrains/PromoApplication?cugid=CHR00002&utm_source=RFV&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=CUG_discount&utm_content=xmas_non_London&utm_campaign=Christmas_Email Not quite as good as FGW's from a few years back but still a good little promo.

Arrived at St Pancras tonight with my 1st Advance in hand, ready to catch the 2200 which is booked an HST. At the last minute, the 2200 becomes a 5-car Meridian. Question 1 - why? there are loads of HSTs parked up just outside London! Question 2- First Class is now full of Standard Class...

Okay, I'm not sure if there's a thread answering all my questions, but I couldn't find anything. As we all know, London Overground and London Midland have ordered new-build 172s to replace their 150 fleets. This will case a cascade of DMUs, with First Great Western and Northern being the...

I'm planning a weekend away with my girlfriend. The trip could cost as little as £20 with Standard Advances or £50 with Fist Advances and Weekend Supplements (which in fairness is still less than the £60ish 2 Standard Off-Peak returns would cost). Trying to justify the added expense in my...

My brother and I are getting a train to our grandmother's in Norfolk on Christmas Eve, and there are some very tasty £11 trains we can get through Megatrain. My question is, if we get off at Thetford, what can actually be done to stop us? It's an unmanned station (at the time of day we'd be...

Just a quick note - if you're a college or university student you can get an extra 10% off all CrossCountry Advance ticket purchases on CrossCountry Trains' website. Combined with Railcard discount, this will reduce your ticket price by up to 40.4%. Possibly a nice bit of a discount for frequent...

I've booked some tickets online, if I go to a station will they be able to issue an excess for Plusbus? Thanks!

I'm planning to go from Sheffield --> Uttoxeter on Saturday to go to Alton Towers, but rather than return to Sheffield I want to go to Nottingham. The cheapest way I have worked out to do this is by using a single Sheffield - Nottingham (with a break of journey in Derby), and a day return...

Can somebody explain why tickets from Sheffield to Mansfield are valid through Nottingham, yet trains from Sheffield to Kirkby-in-Ashfield are only valid via Worksop, when in fact Kirkby is two stops closer to Nottingham than Mansfield?

I'm a big fan of adding 'the human touch' to things, and conductors on board trains are the people that really do this - and one of the ways of pushing this forward to passengers is to put an actual voice over the microphone every so often. I heard this once and thought it was a pretty good...

Simply - is this happening or not? And if so, when? Will they be refurbed (effectively becoming Meridians) or will they remain different internally to the rest of the EMT fleet?

First of all - I'm a bit of a n00b with all this. Although I absolutely adore travelling by train and I've always had a passing interest, I don't consider myself to be an enthusiast. I have, for many years now, been making use of the former Central Citylink service that runs between Liverpool...