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I am travelling tomorrow from Paddington to Newquay I hold a Super Off Peak Return (priced £68.00 with a YP discount) My question is, given this ticket is barred from the 0730 from Paddington, is there any additional ticket that I can buy (say Paddington to X) that would allow me to use...

Just been on a train in Southeastern land (won't name train here), train stopped and doors were opened - the rear 1 1/2 carriages being off the platform. Luckily train was lightly loaded and no-one attempted to jump down to the track and everyone made it off the train okay. Driver seemed not...

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P44685/2013/09/01/advanced Does anyone know more about the route this takes between Derby and East Midlands Parkway? Have there ever been previous passenger services over the Castle Donington line? And why does it take so long? Is it booked at...

The journey I made today was East Midlands Parkway to London St Pancras. My ticket type was the return half of an Off Peak Return London Terminals to Stalybridge ticket with a YP Railcard costing £51.00. The ticket was in date and travel was on a Sunday so the peak restrictions were observed...

Tree on the Up line between Maze Hill and Greenwich. Came to a stop just after College Tunnel (driver explained an all-stop order had been received). Driver changed ends to go wrong road back to Greenwich, but the tree was cleared off the Down line and we proceeded into Maze Hill. The...

I was travelling from St Pancras to Nottingham today and just past Corby I saw a 222 for Corby on the 3rd line (not sure what the line name is, but not the Up or Down fast) travelling with the driving door open. Is this unique to 222's or are other trains able to have leading cab doors open...

I hold the return portion of a London Terminals - Liverpool Stations ticket (priced £49 with a 16-25 railcard) I was wondering whether the following itinerary was possible: Manchester Piccadilly to East Midlands Parkway on a Friday evening, break of journey, and resume from East Midlands...

Hi everyone, hoping someone can help! I am travelling with my girlfriend to Blackpool from Liverpool Lime Street this Sunday, but having read various threads here, I am a bit confused. The plan at the moment is to travel to Squires Gate from Liverpool and then return from Blackpool North...

Hi everyone, This is my planned journey, for which I hold a 16-25 railcard. Derby to Liverpool, leaving Derby around 1pm on Wednesday. Liverpool to Derby, leaving Liverpool around 4pm on Friday. The Off Peak Return is priced at £28.60 (with a railcard), however I have got this down...

Hi everyone, Just had a look at NRE and have seen the disruption between Manchester Piccadilly and Stoke on Trent because of an overhead line failure at Cheadle Hulme. I hold the following tickets - Anytime Return from Stalybridge to Stoke-On-Trent and an Advance purchase ticket from...

Hi everyone, I will be travelling from Euston to Liverpool this Wednesday on an Off Peak Return with a 16-25 railcard (£46.20 - valid during peak as well I believe?). My question is can I excess the ticket to return from Manchester instead of Liverpool? Is this a case of a zero excess +...

Hi all, I'm wondering how far you could get for the least amount of money. Our current fares system throws up a lot of quirks and I'm very interested in finding out a few more of these :) For the purposes of this, I'd like to discount megatrain fares, as these are quite limited (although I...

Hey everyone, I'm currently at London Euston and all services have been suspended in and out because of a power failure in the Watford Junction area, this is in addition to the earlier fatality in the Nuneaton/Rugby area. Be warned, the Live Departure Board is currently showing everything...

I'm travelling from BHM to Edinburgh (megatrain special) on the 06.19 in a few weeks time, but will be starting my journey from London. I can't get to BHM from Euston before 07.27 in the morning, so am wondering what New Street is like in the evening? Or if anyone could recommend a good...

Hello everyone, I've been looking around for a while but this is my first time posting. From September I'm going to have to be making fairly regular trips up to Liverpool, and have been trying to work out the cheapest way to do it. The first option seemed to be the VT service from...