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Chaps, I'm planning to travel from Chester or Crewe to London on 29th December at around 7am. Can I check that if I just turn up this will be an OFF PEAK fare - the Virgin Trains website is implying that it is - but I thought I should check. So in other words, are the expensive tickets...

Sorry - just to clarify this will be Friday into Saturday or Saturday into Sunday. Best, James.

Chaps, If I get a standard £68.80 return from Crewe to Ebbsfleet or a £76 to Maidstone East can I break my OUTWARD journey in London? I am thinking of going Crewe to London and spending at least the day, or maybe an overnight stay in London, and then going onto Ebbsfleet or Maidstone East at a...

Hello, Virgin do a Off Peak Day Travelcard on a Saturday from stations such as Crewe to London. (£34.60). I can only seem to find one train that it is allowed on this weekend, I know it's quota controlled, but often different websites will show much higher availability. - Anyone know...

Hi guys, I'm thinking of going from Crainlarich to Mallaig next week and possibly catching the sleeper for one of the legs up or down - probably up at 7:54am. The timetable says reservations are compulsory, the website says they aren't. I want to pick a day when the weather is decent...

Hi. I am being driven from Walsall to Wolves. Seeing a friend. Cheers.

Chaps, Here's a complex one - what's the cheapest way of doing the following single journeys? Birmingham New Street to Witton (or maybe Aston - does it make a difference?). then Witton to Walsall then Wolverhampton to Ruabon So I'm doing all these journeys TODAY and all as...

Lovely - thanks for all the tips.

Hello all, Looking to spend a week in October using the 8 in 15 day Freedom of Scotland Rover. Not interested in the central belt, looking more into the Crianlarich to Oban/Mallaig Lines, Kyle of L and Inverness to Wick lines, and maybe over to Aberdeen. Keen really on scenery and...

I have an issue with this 30 second door policy. To me it's very simple, just advertise every train as leaving one minute beforehand. So it's advertised as leaving at 22:11, at 22:11.00 you can reasonably close the doors and the thirty seconds you need to do all your checks can take place. The...

Wonderful - does anyone know how to activate this ticket on the Virgin Trains....?

Hi friends, Sorry, I have a Day Travelcard from 12th March in front of me. My mistake was that it is from Crewe to London and not from Chester to London and it says VIRGIN TRNS ONLY". Does the Chester ticket say something different? If it does, that would suggest that I could use the Chester...

Do you see my dilemma? With debate here, I wonder whether the guard on a boring Saturday night will agree it's valid - especially as it so explicitly states it's valid (even on the ticket), VT Trains only! But surely the whole point of the Crewe to Chester shuttle is to give Chester...

Hi guys. So many of you will be aware of Virgin's Saturday Only £34.60 ticket that allows you travel to London and back in a day and a Z1-6 Travelcard. Trying to get it is very difficult. Firstly, can someone tell me how to find it on Virgin's own site - I can't and the customer service...

I feel this thread is quite a historic one after the endless endless debates about AB BC what if A is late advance ticket options! Someone should sticky it or give it it's own plaque or something!

Say what you like about London Midland, (and I have a few opinions!) but I am very interested/impressed by their Twitter use - seemingly searching for complaints in real time, then firing through a response or apology or piece of advice, including very specific information about a users platform...

Hi guys, Couple of quick ones - any suggestions on splitting on this route to get the fare under £14.80? Also, if you buy a standard Manchester to Ruabon Off Peak ticket at £14.80, are you allowed to - Break and Resume your journey - Get off earlier - say at Chester? Thanks, James

This thread sums up this forum. Good natured, entertaining, kind and helpful. Well done all - very amusing and entertaining - and a happy ending! You guys are so helpful!

Very sad news. I used it only the other day and was again amazed at how clean, tidy and comfortable the standard class was. I think the engineering work tipped them over the edge at the weekend. The last six months have had times where you don't know what service is going to run, where it's...