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EMR advised passengers on my train last week that they were removing reservations on many services deter for passengers from the Euston blockade.

Avanti advise that a staff meeting is taking place at Euston on Monday so make of that what you will.

Hello all, I’m planning to book First and Standard Advance tickets for a group in June on the direct 7:16 Euston to Blackpool North and 11:51 return services via the West Midlands. Avanti have released Advance tickets on weekday services commencing 2 June but the above 2 services aren’t yet...

I travelled on the same Great Northern Kings Lynn Service as the Queen a few years ago and was directed to the rear first class compartment as her party occupied entirety of the front behind the driver. Booked exclusivity of a first class coach on a mainline rail operator out of London a few...

Hello all, This is interesting. I’ve not travelled regularly since 2020 with Avanti in First and will do so in a month using flexible various medium distance First tickets. Looking at Advance First prices for friends recently, it seems clear to me that Avanti have made a recent corporate...

A friend booked 2 First Class Advance tickets on the virgin Trains website in early January, from Nuneaton to Lancaster on Saturday ninth February. The original booking was on the 20:03 Virgin to Crewe, 21:05 Virgin to Preston and then a Rail replacement coach to Lancaster at 22:30 operated by...

How about this Suzanne? Need to specify via Narborough to show up these hidden cheap Advance fares from/to Leicester, which books one onto the non-reservable XC trains. Leicester 06:43 to Preston 09:51. £13.20. Preston 10:41 to Glasgow Central 13:01. £14.50. Glasgow Central 17:08 to...

Apart from the origin and destination, all other text is unreadable including Advance 1st, reserved trains, use of Disabled rail card etc.

I collected 5 sets of First Advance tickets, each for 3 passengers, from an EMT collection machine earlier. The collection receipt for each is fairly clear, showing issuing station and TOD ref, but the actual tickets in the new design are almost faded and unreadable. What's the best protocol...

Interesting debate. I always sit in K on Pendolinos as I prefer the privacy of not sitting opposite another FC passenger, being served first plus J & H can be fully reserved. I've always avoided the rearmost 3 seats near the kitchen, which are never laid out. On my usual peak breakfast train...

I witnessed this on Monday, when the TM on the 1043 EUS-EDB made several announcements that there was no unreserved Standard seating with only coach K in 1st being unreserved for 1st Class only. Perhaps this was a one off 9 car as one would expect these very busy xx43s to be diagramed 11 car...

On Fri 21 April, a 1st Advance on the 0715 is only £32. EMT 1st Class is notoriously expensive at peak times with little or no 1st Advance quotas available on some trains such as the 0801. Breakfast only available on 4 trains although it's very good.

I do Kings Cross to Cambridge often and always get the First Off Peak Day return which is good value with my DSB railcard. Just the benefit of a compartment and being able to spread out on a table of 4, plus I often have need to stop at Stevenage so get the added benefits of Virgin 1st Class...

I prefer to sit in coach K as on peak services i get my preferred meal choice plus quickest exit on arrival at Euston. K is the unreserved coach in 1st, although 2 seats (7 & 8) are reservable. Makes sense as on 9 car sets, H & J are reservable so Virgin need to have a proportion of unreserved...

Thanks all for the helpful responses. They're going to see Leicester play in Seville so direct flights are now pricey. Arriving into Terminal 1 Madrid. Seat61 was very informative and indeed the Renfe site is very fiddly. I've found the Loco2 site easy to check prices and according to...

4 friends have booked flights to Madrid, arriving 21 Feb at 10:15, returning 23 Feb at 17:50. They want to go from Madrid to Seville Santa Justa station on the high speed rail route. Any advice on how to book the most cost effective rail tickets would be appreciated, plus any advice for...

Hi Suzanne, A £3.10 Advance is available on the 1248 connecting onto the Bournemouth train at New St arriving 1413. I can't get Trainline-powered booking engines to display this ticket as they force one onto an earlier connection at New St but Webtis booking engines such as Chiltern...

I had the pleasure of using it after a recent visit to the area. It's hidden on platform 3 close to the stairs. A small room with a few chairs and the usual selection of minimal EMT freebies - tea/coffee and water. Snacks were noticeably absent or I wasn't looking hard enough! On the...

Thanks for that. Can you provide the journey times for the 1645 & 1650 services? Judging by what you've said, the 1645 has 2+1 seating and the 1650 2+2? As both are non reservable, would the 4 of us have a better chance of getting 1st seats on the 1645 (not knowing the number of 1st seats on...

Similarly, the TM earlier was giving London to Liverpool customers Weekend First upgrades to Nuneston for £15, as their machines have the new prices. They advised the new prices would come into effect next weekend. The First Class Host clearly wasn't very happy at having to do more work in...