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Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/help-can-anyone-advise-me-on-how-best-to-contest-a-penalty-fare-issued-by-govia-thameslink.280279 Is there any reason why passengers can’t pay for first class upgrades on board? Are these trains one person operated? I would assume...

Hi all - issue just cropped up on another thread as to whether North East Rover is valid on the new Ashington Line see post 98 of this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/northumberland-line-trip-planning-reports.278357/page-4#post-7111561 With National Rail Enquiries (NRES) saying...

Hi all Friend is coming to uk from Australia to do a 6 month period of study at university. I consider myself pretty well au fait with uk tickets but as I live in uk I’ve never engaged in any detail with Brit rail passes as we can’t buy them. But it occurs to me that it might be good value...

Hi all just asking on behalf of a friend who was a spotter in the early 60s, not been in the hobby recently but said he’d regretted not seeing any Britannia steam locos back in the day. I said would be good to get some haulage behind preserved examples. So are they main line registered and if...

Hi all. Is there anyone familiar with car parking at Alnmouth who can give me any useful Gen in the usual railforums helpful way. I’m going to stay near Alnmouth and thinking of a few train trips. There seems to be 2 car parks, railway one and council one. Questions that come to mind...

Hi all - pretty confident I can rely on the knowledge of people here for some reliable views on the following! Family friend of mine is coming to the UK for a 6 month student study exchange with a British University - and tells me they have booked a ticket for a Flixbus from London Victoria...

Hi all. Can anyone tell me which edition / year would the last British Rail branded National Timetable have been published before Railtrack took over publication and presumably branded them as Railtrack NRT? And when would the first privatised TOCs have started being listed in it? Thanks

I wondered what other forum members views on the following are. last weekend I held a 1st class EMR ticket to London, but die to major signalling problem the midland mainline was closed. Passengers were advised to travel via Grantham and use LNER, EMR ticket acceptance was in place. At...

Hi all - just wondering if anyone who knows how to correctly calculate an excess fare can check if this charge made was correct. Journey was Bath to Oxford via Didcot Super Off Peak Rtn (with a 16-25 Railcard) - ticket marked 'not valid via Reading' price £26.10 Used outbound on a direct Bath...

Hi all - I'm not familiar with this route so welcome gen from people that are. An overseas friend of mine is coming to the UK and travelling London Dublin via Holyhead and asked for me advice on the rail element. That was straightforward but looking at recent Avanti services timekeeping looks...

For anyone interested, the always excellent 'Railways Remembered' film screenings are on again at Newark Palace Theatre at 19.30 on Thursday 9 May as per here: https://www.palacenewark.com/whats-on/instances/railways-remembered.php Specific details of films to be shown are not posted up as...

Hi all - asking on behalf of a relative They have an Off Peak Return from Bexhill to London (outward portion used yesterday early evening) Context is then travelled onwards to Scotland on separate ticket, returning on Caledonian Sleeper arrival Euston c07.30 tomorrow (Friday) I believe the...

I wondered if any forum users had info that may help with this thread where the poster is enquiring about a weekday departure from Hull in the late 1980s? https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/help-with-a-memory.255359/ I was assuming a WTT may give a good idea of the info being asked for. I...

Hi all - anyone know how to do this - i can't find info on their website ref Appeals and the auto reply they sent me rejecting my claim only has an option for re-submitting the claim on the basis I submitted the wrong train info (I didn't). Tried to claim for part of a longer journey (thus...

Hi - would welcome info from forum members who know the answer on this. I have the unused Return portion of a Super Off Peak Return Nottingham to Poole via London that I have not yet used. It's within validity date (I took the train south to Poole, picked up a car, drove north). I want to use...

Hi all - seems a daft question but the info on various ferry websites gives conflicting info about which of the stations in Newhaven (Town or Harbour) is actually closest to the ferry terminal in Newhaven. So I assumed people on here will actually know for real! The basic info would help, but...

I noted this in last weeks update from the European Rail Timetable publishers. Not sure it has been flagged on Railforums. Apols if I am posting something that has already been mentioned. Although I did not do a footplate experience, a trip to Wolsztyn a few years ago was one of the most...

Advice / info gratefully received - tho I suspect the answer is that I should have done this in a different way to start off with. Travel is a date in August from southern Germany to Paris. I booked via the DB website (which I'd not used much before) and got a good value price for a through...

I'd be interested in people's views on the choice I should make. I have to admit that the ability to choose a Mk4 set may well swing it - but I am considering a Weekend First upgrade for a trip from Newark or Grantham to Kings Cross. I think I am correct to say that this is a rather steep for...

Hi any advice or knowledge appreciated. I'm planning an XC HST trip, Midlands to Plymouth day return. Due to risk issues of the HST(s) not running I'd buy tickets on the day (eg Off Peak or Day Returns), and then seek to upgrade to 1st class using Weekend First I can see Weekend First on...