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If you search for Manchester to Glasgow in a journey planner such as National Rail then under the new timetable the itineraries offered seem to be: Direct with TPE, or Northern Manchester Airport to Blackpool service, changing at Wigan or Preston onto Virgin In case 2, the Northern leg is...

There was a signalling issue a few months ago that resulted in platforms 13 and 14 both being swapped from their normal directions for a whole evening peak, with trains departing from the 'B' ends. Trains swapped lines between Oxford Road and Piccadilly and back again south of Piccadilly so...

I'll confess that I was quietly hoping that leaving the question abstract would inspire some interesting discussions - as well as answering my particular question.

Thanks all for your responses. I wondered how long it would take before cases like Carnforth were mentioned. Thanks for your interest, yorkie. My specific case is whether anyone could argue against making a Manchester to Patricroft journey on a Preston to Manchester season ticket. The...

Hi all, I'm thinking of stopping short at a particular station using my season ticket and wanted to pick your brains to make sure the normal rules apply. There are no fare anomalies - just hoping I don't need to buy an extra ticket for the journey. There are various cases around the network...

I'm curious to know how it is decided whether a train is an "appropriate" connecting train for a TOC & CONNECTIONS advance ticket. Here's a potentially extreme example: With the right inputs, I can get trainsplit.com to offer me a £8.90 (16-25 railcard) VTWC & Connections advance ticket for...

Thanks for the replies. In reality I don't intend to do anything quite as convoluted as the route above so shouldn't fall under suspicion, but it's helpful to have some reassurance that I've interpreted the rules correctly. It'll just be a nice change to take an alternative to the...

I'm planning to travel from Guide Bridge to Ely on an Off-Peak Return (SVR) ticket (route Not Via London). I have all day to make the outbound journey so for pure recreation thought I'd use the Routeing Guide to see what unusual routes I could take. Both stations are routeing points, so I can...