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Tuesday 19th April Having finished at work at 1545, I went to Fulwell Station to pick up a double class 455, 5724 and one other to go to Wimbledon, arriving on time at 1616. The plan was to take a D-stock to Upminster, having seen train 067 the day before was a D-stock and a quick check of the...

All Line Rover Report March 2016 Day 1: Sunday 13th March It was finally time again for another ALR. Once again not everything went to plan, but it was probably my best yet, but my favourite journey was the Skye Circular on my first ALR. Starting from Three Bridges again, my first train...

Hi all, On my All Line Rover I would like to make one seat reservation, that is on a Virgin Train on 13th March from Euston to Crewe, I bought my ALR today from a South West Trains ticket office and called Virgin telesales to get a reservation in any of seat A45-48 for the 0810 from Euston...

Another ALR for me, this time 13th to 19th March. Sunday: Three Bridges-Victoria-Euston-Crewe-Shrewsbury-Swansea-Cardiff Monday: Cardiff-Ebbw-Cardiff-Bridgend-Maesteg-Gloucester-Reading-Gatwick Tuesday: Three Bridges-Brighton-Ashford-Stratford-Norwich-Sheringham-Norwich-Great Yarmouth...

Hi all, What is the arrangement for tickets bring used between Oxford Parkway and Oxford, Oxford Bus Company are saying that rail tickets are not valid on their services. I was hoping to do a loop of Marylebone-Oxford Pky-Oxford-Reading on my All Line Rover next month. Has anyone done this or...

Hi all, What is the 1329 Fishguard to Cardiff booked for? Also, is it usually busy? Was thinking about doing it on my next ALR.

Hi all, quick question about the 319s up north. When I last went there they did Man Airport to Liverpool trains, what else do they do now? Hoping to get one or two after a run on the Todmorden curve.

The delayed 1726 East Croydon to Brighton was a pair of 319s tonight. Is that normal now?

Hi all, There is currently a twitter conversation on SW Trains with a passenger with a London to Banbury ticket wanting to start his journey at Twickenham. SW say he needs an extra Twickenham to Reading ticket, but I just put in BR fares London Waterloo to Banbury and it gave me the fares from...

Hi all This Saturday I am travelling to Chichester by a mixture of bus and train. I am always trying to save money. A simple off peak day return from Crawley to Chichester with GC discount is £10.10. If I purchased a Haywards Heath to Chichester off peak day return with GC discount at...

Hi all, One Friday I am contemplating after work to go on the 1818 Marylebone to Oxford Parkway on the class 68, then connecting bus to Oxford for the 2001 to Reading then the 2034 to Gatwick Airport. I have a Haywards Heath to Zones 2-6 Annual Gold Card, so am covered south of Redhill on the...

Hi all Today my sister was travelling from Three Bridges to Brighton, she paid the £12.40 for the off-peak day return, route Any Permitted, the only ticket available. She used Thameslink both ways. I then looked at fares from Gatwick and found a £9.50 approx. Thameslink only off peak day...

Hi all, On my train home tonight, the conductor threatened penalty fares for travelling in first class. I thought Southern did weekend first, but then went onto the website and it had been removed. Anyone have any further info on this? Seems a bit quiet and sneaky to me. If it's true, thank...

Day 1: Saturday 12th September Having been a year since my last ALR, I wanted to get some more out of this one. I was ready to start it, however I wanted to go to Hull for a specific reason on the 19th September, so the first day of my holiday would be on the buses. With the recent Discovery...

Hi all, Is the 1655 Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool today booked a class 319?

I have now all but finalised my all line rover plan. I will post a link to it this evening. The outline is (home stations are Three Bridges/Crawley or Gatwick Airport) Day 1: Up to St Pancras, over to Kings Cross for Chieftain to Inverness Day 2: To Kyle, Armadale, Mallaig and Glasgow Day 3...

Hi all, Today on the Shepperton line there has been two odd workings, The 0751 from Clapham Junction was an 8 car 450 according to my manager, it seemed to be swapped at Waterloo for the 455s I am stuck with now at 1135, before forming the 1209 to Portsmouth via Basingstoke. Is this a new...

Hi all, I am in the process of planning my second ALR. On Sunday 13th, I will travel on the 1145 London to Inverness and stay overnight in Inverness (any recommendations for close proximity and decent price) On Monday 14th, I plan to take the 0855 out to Kyle (am I likely to get a seat in...

South West Trains seem to have changed their Ts and Cs of their free weekend tickets, which is a real blow, as they don't have an all network ticket like Southern now (they haven't done a Rainbow Day in ages). I'm now not sure what to do when I renew in November. I have currently a Haywards...

Hi all, On my regular 1740 Clapham to Crawley tonight the conductor said super off peak tickets were not valid, however wasn't there a case a little while ago on here about the fact that a Poole to East Croydon was valid starting South, Southerns conductors haven't been great lately, like on...