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JamesRowden, I see what you mean, that's good. Thanks everyone, I think I'll go ahead and use that ticket.

ert47, I don't think I could do those options, as then I'd be using the London Underground on the Saturday, which entails breaking my journey after having started using the underground. My understanding is that, having done that, my ticket is no use for any further underground travel. I had...

I was going to get the FCC train that goes to St Pancras with no changes. When you ask the journey planner for Gatwick to Reading, it suggests staying on that train as far as Farringdon, then getting the underground to Paddington. So I'm sure there's no problem staying on as far as Farringdon...

I'm planning this journey: Saturday: Reading to Gatwick Airport, arriving by 0650 Gatwick Airport to Kings Cross, arriving by 1045 Monday: Kings Cross to Reading, leaving about 1600 I have a Network Railcard. Am I right in thinking I can use the £23.75 off-peak return, route any...

Thanks. Just looked up the Great Central site and you're right, it's even mentioned in their newsletter.

Does anyone know what train they are on in the music video of Indian Summer by Stereophonics? qcguxHc4hiU

Ah, that did the trick. I hadn't noticed the "via" option on the East Coast website before. Thanks, I'll remember that!

The trouble is I only want to do this journey if I can get seat reservations, as I expect those trains to be busy. Do I just need to try going to the ticket office again, in the hope I get a clerk who believes me? :)

But it's a Sunday morning. I thought the 2V ban on travel before 0930 only applied Monday to Friday?

Based on my attempt at understanding the 'routeing guide', I think the super off-peak return, route any permitted, Reading to Thurso ticket (£170.30 without railcard discount), would be valid for this outward journey: Saturday 22 December 20:11 to Manchester Piccadilly Sunday 23 December...

Thanks for that info. I'm shocked that the implementation is such a kludge!

I know the evening peak restrictions for journeys from Paddington to Reading have been discussed on here before. But I couldn't find anything about the other direction: going to London in the evening. I planned a journey RDG-PAD leaving 1730 today and returning 1200 tomorrow, on National Rail...

A warning if you use your debit card to withdraw cash from cash machines: Once, a short while after being sent a new debit card, I put the old one (which had outstanding train tickets) in a cash machine. As the old card had been replaced, the cash machine swallowed it and wouldn't return it. I...

Thanks. That's a handy site.

Hi Apologies if this is the wrong section of the forum for this question. I travelled from Inverness to Edinburgh on Monday, leaving at 1045, and I think I left my jacket on the overhead rack. I phoned Waverley lost property, who took my details. But I was just wondering if anyone knows...

I was talking about the operator for which you have a TOC only ticket having no more trains that day, but another operator still having more trains. (But when there hasn't been widespread disruption to cause mutual ticket acceptance.) Not sure whether you're then considered 'stranded'. Thanks...

That's interesting, thanks. I wonder then, if the ticket was still EC & connections advance, but an earlier journey with reservations on EC to EDB then Scotrail to INV, whether that's officially valid on a later Scotrail train after delays? (On a day when there's not been sufficiently widespread...

In a past thread, someone had an East Coast & connections advance ticket for a train to Glasgow that was cancelled. They weren't allowed to travel with Virgin or (initially) Scotrail. They eventually got there, just later than they could have with the other operators. Consider a hypothetical...

My 2 hour late journey was before last June, so yes that is reassuring (though I'm using 1 off-peak then 1 advance, rather than 2 advance tickets as described in the FAQ... then again maybe that's just nitpicking). Thanks all for the help.

Out of curiosity, I tried booking London Euston to Dingwall, but the advance fare disappears on selecting that too. I guess because whilst Inverness to Dingwall is Scotrail, it's not Cal Sleeper. I've just realised that although the Scotrail front page lacks a "via" box, you can access one...