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Why are Virgin Trains Advance tickets not available on Friday 30th December and Monday 2nd January, even though they are available before and after these dates? Any info would be appreciated. :)

Note: This is not in the "Special Offer Online Tickets" thread, as it is a very short temporary promotion. FREE £5 redspottedhanky e-voucher courtesy of moneysavingexpert.com. Link available here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-coach-train-ticket-deals#redspotted. The e-voucher...

Virgin have created a new website - "Virgin Rail Group" - in the run up to the new franchise. They seem quite keen to expand into other countries! Further information/reading/watching can be found: Here: http://www.virginrailgroup.co.uk/index.html Here...

Shrewsbury is a fairly large town which, I believe, does deserve a direct service to London. Since the demise of Wrexham & Shropshire, it has had no direct services to London. The fastest journey time that involves 1 change (at Wolverhampton) is currently 2h 39m - not fantastic. Everyone has...

http://www.redspottedhanky.com/contact-us/contact-us-about-booking/. Redspottedhanky have now changed their contact telephone number from a premium-rate 0906 number to a free-phone 0800 number. The new number is: 0800 377 7748. This is clearly advertised in the "contact us" section of their...

If a Family and Friends Railcard has two named cardholders - Mr A and Mrs B - would the following be permitted? Mr A is travelling with Child X on one set of tickets Mrs B is travelling with Child Y on one set of tickets Both sets of tickets are used at the same time, on the same...

http://www.londonmidland.com/news/latest-news/withdrawal-of-on-train-catering-from-27-august-2011/. London Midland are going to withdraw on-board catering from all of their trains from the 27th August. This also affects First Class passengers, who a few months ago could purchase items off the...

http://www.atoc.org/clientfiles/File/Maps.pdf. Map CE in the Routeing Guide - and I believe a few other maps - show a line going from Derby to Birmingham via Lichfield Trent Valley, as well as the usual line via Tamworth. Does anyone know what this line is? I've never heard of it before -...

IMPORTANT: This thread is basically a response to a post made my Nick W. If you find what I am about to say boring, then you don't need to bother saying so - just STOP READING IT! :) :lol: My original post: Nick W's response: After a little bit of research, here is my very thorough and...

I believe this has already been mentioned, but not in depth, so here goes... http://www.londonmidland.com/tickets-and-fares/birmingham-to-london-every-20-minutes/ London Midland are to TRIPLE the frequency of their Birmingham to London services from 4th September 2011, with one service...

http://blog.nationalrail.co.uk/2011/07/27/all-change-in-the-journey-planner. TRY IT HERE: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/. The NRE journey planner has had a major overhaul today. You can now search for journeys to/from a postcode, with fares from multiple "local" stations coming up in the...

According to the TfL website Off-Peak travel starts at 09:30am. There is a Southern train from East Croydon to London Victoria at 09:30am. So, this should be Off-Peak. When I use a Travelcard, I simply ask the gate-line staff at East Croydon to let me pass through before 09:30am. But how...

http://www.atoc.org/clientfiles/File/Maps.pdf Many of the Routeing Guide maps with London Paddington on them - e.g. map BL - show a line between Hayes & Harlington and Kensington Olympia, without going via London Paddington. Does anyone know what this route is for, and if passenger...

Please open the attached diagram. A season ticket from A to B is valid via X or Y. Therefore, the season ticket covers travel between A and X, and A and Y. Would it be permitted to travel between X and Y without stopping at A? Update: Please refer to post #32.

http://www.atoc.org/clientfiles/File/Maps.pdf Map CS is split into two parts - one for routes north of Banbury, one for routes south of Banbury. If the Yellow Pages mentions map CS as part of a permitted route, can you use both parts? For example, could you do: Birmingham > Leamington Spa...

http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/Loyalty-intro-page. East Coast have introduced a new loyalty scheme, where customers can collect points for both First and Standard Class tickets (on all routes on all TOC's), as well as for "Any Permitted" season tickets valid on the East Coast route. Customers...

A London Paddington to Ealing Broadway FDS costs £5.10. This is the cheapest ticket allowing First Class travel on a First Great Western service from Paddington. Could this ticket be used to gain entry into the First Class lounge at Paddington? Would the staff accept it?

Arriva Trains Wales have recently installed PIS* at Whitchurch (WTC) station, as well as an automated announcement system and new lit waiting areas. No, not that one! PIS = Passenger Information Screens. The ones which list the coming trains and when they will arrive! For those of you who...

I find this really confusing. Manchester to Reading has a £66.60 "Any Permitted" SVR. So, common sense would dictate that I consult the Routeing Guide. One permitted route is via London. "Simple!", you might think. BUT, a more expensive "route-specific" fare exists - which is an £88.20 "via...

My apologies for clogging up NR General discussion with threads about First Class - this is the last one, I promise! :) DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU ARE HUNGRY either! :wink: I traveled on the ATW Premier Service numerous times whilst on my ALR, and can confidently say that it is the best...