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Yes I was under the impression you couldn't switch routes half way too, hence my comment in post 1 switching from Map TL to Maps BP+WM at Nuneaton to reach Birmingham.

I did have a thought after writing the opening post, and that is why not stay in Coventry, given the journey to the NEC is 9-18 minutes (Anytime Day Return £5.20), compared to Birmingham New Street which is also 9-18 minutes (Anytime Day Return £9.30) If I was indeed based in Coventry, I would...

I still use paper for a number of reasons. Are Trainline and other e-Tickets able to manage a mixture of "Mandatory Reservations" and "Optional Reservations". There was a report a couple of years ago now that all legs on an advance were listed under "Mandatory Reservations" whether they were...

I can certainly get an itinerary and it doesn't seem to violate the routeing guide... from my non expert reading of the routeing points... perhaps the Trainsplit/Forum staff could comment? @Mike395

Not bad thinking at £14.40, but I couldn't also visit Rugeley that way without additional tickets (Trainsplit offering split singles £33). Your suggestion made me look into Coventry to Tamworth, which could be used for BHI-BHM-NUN-TAM-NUN-BHM at only £13.30, but again no Rugeley. Coventry to...

During a business trip to Birmingham in July, I have decided to spend a weekday evening hopping down the Trent Valley, and am looking for the best way to ticket this, ideally flexibly, to include an hour or so at each of Rugeley Trent Valley, Tamworth and Nuneaton. The curves at Rugeley, and...

It's absolutely valid, you might want to print or bookmark the official NR restriction page to show if you are stopped again. It helps that it lists London Waterloo. Off peak is defined by the ticket, not the train time. https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ticket-types/validity/9i/ Lots of medium...

A new tactic today, starting with a medium sized interchange station that I am very familiar with, from which I know the journey times to all points very well. But not too big or too central that would provide too many possibilities and wouldn't narrow it down much. Paid off... got it in two!

I have a similar plan to use the H&C at about 11am from Kings Cross to Paddington on 19th May and was wondering how early things would wind down. I had to find my way from Marylebone to Liverpool St on 22nd April in mid afternoon and the service was sparse on most lines despite the strike...

Got it in three the last three days. This is a brilliant game! I find that the walking connections narrow it down as they can only be in a few cities!

Thought I'd return to the thread to add that, partly inspired by this thread, I have added Brighton to Southampton to my list although didn't have time to go out of my way to connect from the full length of Cambridge to Brighton at Brighton. I will soon have completed Swansea to Shrewsbury via...

That reminds me of the rather fun M-F 1R98 2109 Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly arrives 0023, the only service they run all the way to Manchester from Birmingham. It is operated by 2x158 and forms from the penultimate Aberystwyth (and Pwllheli) arrival. It serves the usual...

I have very often split at Stansted Airport thanks to some very good longer distance fares from the Midlands. And those very good value tickets still exist for passengers ending their journey there too.

You are confused. You're arguing with points I haven't made. Let's leave it there.

That's subjective, but as I say, as the infrastructure is a completely private asset it's not really our call.

Not missing that at all. That's not how supply and demand work, if there is more demand for travel to the airport then HEX doesn't need to be more attractive, because there will already be more demand for it. And as we read in this thread, great news, the HEX has spare seats on every single...

That's TfL's problem, but anyway, where did I suggest a fare cut? They already operate the broadest and wildly best value One Day Ranger anywhere in the country, and have chosen to retain Heathrow Rail journeys in the price of it, if they are short on funds perhaps they should start there...

Fractions of fullness aren't all that helpful. They could run 12 coach trains in the same paths with the same passengers and only be a quarter full, they could run single units and be standing room only. A path is a path. If they choose to run an 8 coach train when a 4 coach would do, then...

Undoubtedly so and that is on record, but as the passenger, that's not my concern and I see only a price and an offering between which to choose. Heathrow charge TfL for access to the tunnels and stations it has built. I think making a charge is not unreasonable, when it is now facilitating a...

As I can see you've picked up on something I said, I can clarify what I meant. The ticket format does not alter validity, I didn't mean to imply that. It does change what you hold in your hand that any railway staff member may need to inspect and interpret. The non-reservable nature of the...