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An article in today's Daily Telegraph purports to summarise the elgilbility rules for various railcards. For the Senior Railcard it says "You need a valid form of ID such a a passport, UK driving licence or EEA national identity card with you when travelling to prove your age." (My emphasis.)...

It seems TPE have come up with a new design for overhead electrification. It might not however reduce the rate of pantograph entanglements. Photo taken at Manchester Piccadilly:

There are no Avanti trains this Friday (12 May), but they advertise that tickets dated Friday can be used on the day before. These tickets have no time restrictions on Fridays, but do on Thursdays. The question is, can a ticket dated Friday be used at any time on the Thursday? I asked at the...

For my last two journeys on Avanti, between London and Machester and using off-peak returns (route Any Permitted), I have been issued with seat reservations which state "No specific seat reserved". Have Avanit abandoned seat reservations generally, or just on some trains? These journeys were out...

The super offpeak return from Manchester to London on TfW and LMR only has a niche following, as a walk-up ticket at only £23.95 (with railcard). The restrictions include "Not valid on trains timed to depart Manchester Piccadilly after 04:29 or before 10:30..." Since the last timetable change, a...

I have an Advance ticket, bought on the TPE web site (and collected at a station). The travel date is in the future. According to the web site, "You can now change your Advance train ticket for free and will only have to pay the difference between an old and new fare" and that I should "Go to...

On Monday (7 Aug) I ordered on-line five pairs of advance tickets between London (Terminals) and Manchester (Stations). I collected them today, from a Northern TVM at Manchester Piccadilly. They are in the new format (one coupon for both ticket and reservation). All the tickets to London, and...

According to the VTWC web site, advance tickets on their routes are normally released 12 weeks beforehand. When booking the actual horizon is rather longer. However this site doesn't allow you to book a bike space. If I try the East Coast site (which can book bikes), the horizon comes back to 12...

If I have two Advance tickets, London to Manchester and Manchester to London, can I convert them to an Off Peak Return? Presumably two admin fees at £10 each would apply as well as the difference in price. Can I do this at a station, for tickets that were bought on-line (on the VTWC site)...

Fares for Manchester to Perth are routed via Carlisle, Lancaster or York. The Carlisle and Lancaster routes are both priced by Virgin West Coast, and for every ticket type the fares are the same. Why do these two routes exist? If you book a return on the VWC site, the system offers the...