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I currently live in London zone 2 and paid £1,320 for an annual zones 1-2 travelcard that runs from 5/1/17 until 4/1/18. I did this because work runs one of those season ticket loan schemes so I could take advantage of the cheaper rate of buying a yearly pass rather than splashing out on...

Me and a couple of mates are considering flying to Barcelona in July, spending a few days there then heading down to PortAventura for a couple of days there then on to Benicassim for the music festival and finally on to Alicante for the flight home. Just wondering if anyone knows the...

I'm a Scotsman living in London and I always plan my trips home far enough in advance that I get the best deals (often £40 return for standard class or less than £40 single in first class) I usually put the ticket alert on trainline and wait for the email but then actually buy the ticket from...

Wasn't there talk of a new non-stopping route to be built between the two cities? Still baffles me that the quickest route between them goes up the back way through Falkirk whilst the more direct route that runs parallel to the M8 takes longer.

The weirdest thing about the ECML for me (Speaking as a Scotsman who has probably made about 10 return journeys in my life on the ECML) how there just doesn't seem to be any semblance of midlands. You leave the Northern town of Doncaster and within 20 mins you're at Newark Northgate which is...

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Transpennine express does this as well. Wonder if this would be the only pair of stations where customers wishing to make a direct journey would have the choice of FIVE operators.

Going the full ticket next week Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston via Birmingham New Street. I know it's a bit longer than the usual ECML but was cheap and I fancied the different scenery. What things should I look out for on the journey?

Without a doubt the most bizarre fact about the UK railways is that despite all of the different TOCs that operate up and down the country, all trains serving the busiest station are served by a single TOC (namely South West trains at London Waterloo) Most I can come up with is six at...

Advanced ticket mate, doing this on the cheap. Think it was £19 with my 16-25. Does anyone know how busy these trains normally are?

I'm on the 0700 King's Cross to Edinburgh tomorrow, and I'll probably be out all night tonight. My plan is to sleep it off on the journey but if the train is there from like 6/6:30 obviously I can grab a little extra kip.

Wasn't there a guy on a long distance train managed to get dominos delivered to one of the stations?

Out of my colleagues in my Central London office, the most extreme commute is one guy who lives in Leicester. He claims that he gets the train from Leicester to King's Cross and then the tube to Liverpool Street. I've never bothered to correct him.

As an occasional user of both the ECML and WCML, I'm noticed that Virgin Trains East Coast is moving away from the feel of being on the old GNER/National Express/East Coast services and more towards its VTWC brother. Two practical examples. Firstly, when I was on VTEC a couple of weeks ago...

Any idea when the engineer works are usually announced? I have to wonder if I might be better flying.

Disappointing that tickets are now being sold up to 6th January but NOT including 22nd December-2nd January

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I was under the impression that the rules WERE anti-passenger, to be fair Last couple of times I've gone to London and back up to Scotland, we've been scheduled to arrive in Edinburgh Waverley very late in the evening such that there's only one remaining service back to Polmont. We've...

If one purchases an advanced ticket from Cardiff to Crewe on ATW and an advanced ticket from Crewe to Edinburgh Waverley on VTWC, purchased as two seperate single advanced tickets, then proceeds to miss the Crewe-to-Edinburgh train due to the first train being late, surely that's the passenger's...

The only reason why "many who work in service industries who have to put up with all sorts and still be polite back to their customers" is because shops, restaurants etc are competitive private businesses in a fairly fluid market. If one has a bad experience with this type of business, chances...