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I might be going to Chepstow and there's no advance tickets from Paddington at all, not even on the first train on the way out, this can't be demand, there's still plenty if I go via Birmingham. Anyone any idea why?

Southend United are playing at Morecambe tomorrow and have sold over 2,000 tickets, principally because of some auspicious results the previous Saturday. A significant minority of those travelling, myself included, will be travelling by train, most of us using the 9.40 Euston to Lancaster, for...

I'm looking to travel from London to Lancaster on Sat 2nd May and back on Sun 3rd May and was hoping to get cheap advance fares by booking well in advance. I got an email from TheTrainline saying the Sunday fares had just been released but the cheapest they could find was 41 pounds single...

I'm looking to travel from London to Morecambe (via Lancaster) on Sat 2nd May (the bank holiday weekend) returning on the Sunday. According to the Virgin Trains "Advance fares calendar" that weekend isn't available to book yet, but the following weekend and the Sunday after (17th) are. But...

Anyone know what's happening at Kingston? We're stuck outside Norbiton and the on train announcements aren't very audible. Nothing in the National Rail website yet. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- On twitter now, points problem but we're on the move and I think the guard has said...

I arrived at Westcliff station this morning and bought a single ticket to West Ham from the machine outside the station, where I would usually change to the Jubilee Line on PAYG Oyster to continue my journey home. Due to Engineering works the train went from Barking to Stratford (omitting...

Last Friday (for the third journey in a row) I had no free wi-fi travelling between London and Norwich on an advance 1st class ticket. It was announced in advance on the twitter feed, would this have been a good enough excuse to get the train before? Who at Norwich (or Liverpool St if...

I had to pick up the g/f last night at Bodmin from the last connecting service out of Paddington, the 19.03. There were problems around Reading and the service was 20 minutes late at Newbury and then somehow managed to lose even more time along the rest of the route. The guard apparently...

Last year I collected the Mother-in-Law from Bodmin Parkway to where she had travelled down in 1st class from Paddington. The doors in the rear carriage she was in weren't opened. Fortunately I saw her worried head poking out of the window and alerted the guard who rather flusteredly held the...

I'm off to Bristol tomorrow for the day on a Super Off Peak return. I can't seem to book "Bristol (All stations)" using the First Great Western website, but I might want to travel in to Temple Meads and out from Parkway (I'm going to Bristol Rovers, almost exactly half way between the two)...