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Every year, I like to take the week off work and do some track bashing. In 2011, I covered most of Wales. In 2012 I looked at my route coverage map and decided I’d try a 3-in-8 East Midlands Rover (EMR) due to big gaps in the area. Fortunately my home station of Milton Keynes(MKC) is covered...

At last! Drove past Wolverton station on Monday (and every day as usual) and it looks like they've restarted work on the car park. A bit longer than estimated in the now closed old 'New Wolverton Station' thread http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=54501&highlight=wolverton&page=3 but...

Does the rail ticket you hold have to have a railcard discount for you to get the railcard discount on a plus bus ticket? Just noticed on RedSpottedHanky that if you ask for a railcard discounted ticket but a non-discounted ticket is cheaper (eg Groupsave or Margate Portas Pilot) then add a...

I have a z1-3 season ticket on my Oyster card. If I travel outside my zones does the Oyster price cap take account of the season ticket or does it only kick in when the normal limit has been reached? I used to get a z2-6 travelcard if I thought I'd be doing a lot of outer zone travel but...

Still trying to get my head round the routeing guide (RG)! With regards to engineering works and through trains, the RG states "Any through train diverted from its usual route will count as a permitted route between the stations it is normally scheduled to call at." However, it's not...

This has really annoyed me so just want to get it off my chest. Last year at my insurance renewal, I'd built up 12 years no-claims discount and Admiral sent me a letter to prove it when I switched to Hastings. This year, I switched to Elephant but on my Hastings renewal notice they stated I...

As the Kent Rover is valid for only 3 consecutive days, am I right in thinking that it does not count as a leisure travel pass for the purposes of condition 19(c)? So, if I had a zone 1-3 weekly ticket on Oyster and a Kent Rover, I could combine these with a boundary zone 3 ticket to Swanley...

I was looking at buying some Advance tickets from Grand Central for my daughter using her YP railcard and NUS Extra discount. As you have to book these through the Cross Country website there's a £1 levy for even collecting at a station which more or less wipes out the NUS discount in this case...

Saw this on the BBC News website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-19799908 I'm pretty sure there used to be a couple of tunnels under the Woodhead Pass.

I've been travelling long distances by train a lot over the last couple of years and I have noticed that often when there are a group of people travelling together, if one of them makes a slightly funny comment or tells a mildly amusing joke, the rest of the party seems to have to laugh at a...

Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this but I've just added a Tesco evoucher to my RedSpottedHanky account and have found that it expires in Jan 2013 (6 months) as opposed to the previous expiry of December 2020. If I'd realised, I'd have waited a bit longer to convert. Thankfully my...

My daughter wants to attend an open day at Bath University and we are looking at the PlusBus website but it's not clear if it covers all the buses that would get her there. Could anyone please advise?

My friend had a one day off peak travelcard from Northampton to London Zones 1 to 6 priced at £19.75 with a Senior railcard discount. Her return journey on 22/05 was delayed by 1 hour and 45 minutes due to signalling problems at Euston, points failure somewhere and 2 failed trains at Milton...

Hello I need to go to the station to purchse some Ranger tickets for 4 Adults - 2 at full price, 1 with a senior railcard and 1 with a yp railcard. Do I need to show the railcards when I purchase the tickets or will they just advise me that I need to carry the railcards at the time of travel...

My friend has bought the above and now finds that she may need to return from London earlier than 7pm. Am I correct in thinking that the return restriction only applies if she boards at Euston so she would be OK catching a Southern Train from West Brompton/Kensington Olympia towards Milton...

I'm introducing my 75 year old mother to the joys of split ticketing on advances. I've booked the following for her: Milton Keynes Central 1150 to Manchester Piccadilly 1328 Manchetser Piccadilly 1357 to Leeds 1452. I've allowed 29 minutes connection time at Piccadilly even though the...

I have a F&F railcard and as my daughter turned 16 during its validity she is still entitled to the child's rate if we buy tickets using the railcard. If I go to an online booking site and ask for the price of tickets for 3 adults and 1 child (the above mentioned daughter) and I am offered...

Oh Mr Porter, what can I do? On Saturday (24/03) I'm heading up North to do Northern's Great Escape. I'm to on the 0641 from Milton Keynes Central as far as Crewe arr 0753. In an ideal world, I'd hope to get the 0755 Northern stopper to Piccadilly. Having a look at Open Train times...

Trying to do another Ffestiniog Round Robin type thing on the cheap again! I can get an advance ticket: Milton Keynes Central dep 0622 Warrington Bank Quay arr 0749 dep 0824 Llandudnu Junction arr 0948 dep 1034 Blaenau Ffestiniog arr 1136 Experience shows that the train from Llandudno...

Hello I'm planning a trip in the new year from MKC to take in the Cumbria Coast, Settle-Carlisle and Little North Western lines. I would buy the Cumbria Day Ranger but that is too expensive for me and in any case cannot be purchased from RSH so I couldn't use my Tesco points. I've...