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Im travelling tomorrow from Aberystwyth to Exhibition Centre Glasgow and would like (if the price is right!) to upgrade to first on the Wolverhampton to Glasgow Central leg (which I anticipate being busy and for which I have a less than comfortable seat). How do I work out the excess? My...

I'm always a bit surprised at how frequently the tech on board trains fails - the reservation system in particular. My suspicion is that the design has been made too complicated and has too many opportunities for failure. The format on the XC/Virgin trains is all wrong as well (who would take a...

Thanks to all for some really interesting comments on my somewhat sketchy ideas! Perhaps my personal preferences for table seats came across too strongly, but I think the principles apply to any particular seating arrangement that you might prefer :D I think 317666 is right in saying that...

As I travel to-and-fro on the railways I'm constantly amazed by people's attitude to seat reservations. In particular people seem to be unwilling to: Sit in a seat that isn't reserved until later on (eg CDF->PAD but they are travelling CMN->CDF) - people seem to walk up and down the...

I am travelling from Aberystwyth to Cardiff and then back via Wrexham in a few weeks time. I was wondering if I could purchase an AYW -> CDF return and also a SHR -> WRX return and then travel back on the 0721 from Cardiff all the way to Wrexham then back Wrexham->Shrews->Aberystwyth). Am I...

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I am considering taking the Arriva fast train which runs from Holyhead to Cardiff early in the AM (boarding at Shrewsbury) as part of an Aberystwyth -> Cardiff Central return. Obviously it takes about twice as long as the car to do this but I am hoping to work on the train and to grab...

I have regularly travelled the line for about 10yrs now and only once have I seen a customer get off the train at Dyfi Junction. She was a student, got off, turned round to the guard and then got back on again. I can only assume she had lower expectations of Aberystwyth than most!

Thanks - the journey is: Journey: 2 Didcot Parkway to London Euston Ticket type: Off-Peak Day Single Valid on off peak services by the route/operator shown. Only valid on the date printed on the ticket. Route: Via Any Permitted Route Outward journey: 18 Apr 2012 departs Didcot Parkway...

I'm not sure on that, I had assumed so because I was warned when purchasing that another of my trains wouldn't take seat reservations and indeed that particular part of the journey is without a seat reservation coupon. I've gone back to the original confirmation email (which, I admit, I didn't...

Thanks all. I found it especially odd because in the same tranche of tickets I also have another train which is non-reservable and in that instance no seat reservation at all was printed. I did wonder whether they wanted to 'count' passengers in some way because the train might be busy (it's a...

Looking at the other parts of the piece I think that most of the 'interviews' were undertaken by phone or, possibly in some cases, email. The interview with the Sommelier is a prime example: Not that this is an excuse for the arrogant answers from XC! AllWork

I have just had an interesting ticket printed which includes a seat reservation displaying the following: Coach Seats * *** The Ticket is an Off-Peak Day Single, for travel this week, does this reservation have any impact on my journey at all or should I just bin it and...

Thanks everyone for the really useful responses. Useful to know that Aberystwyth [AYW] ->Swindon is a bookable route. If it wasn't for the fact that I wanted reserved seats I would probably have booked an AYW->DID single and then had an interesting conversation when changing trains! That's true...

Hi All, Sorry if this first post comes off as a bit… well, ranty but I have spent over 2 hours today wrestling with the vagaries of various TOC online ticket systems when trying to book several journeys over the coming months. My hope is that you good people might be able to over some sage...