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If I have a friend who lives in a particular European country and would like to travel around that country with that person, can I buy them a companion ticket?

A recent Transport Focus newsletter mentioned that First Group outsourced GWR's customer relations to Capita in spring 2016. Make of that what you will. I don't think First's outsourcing has been mentioned on this forum previously. Further details can be found on the Transport Focus...

During the Arriva Northern strike today, Arriva Trains Wales services between Crewe and Manchester (from Cardiff / Shrewsbury) were calling additionally at Sandbach, Holmes Chapel and Alderley Edge. Normally, the 09:30 from Crewe to Manchester is timetabled to arrive in Manchester at 10:15...

Since the beginning of this month, all seats in Coach F have been open to reservations on VTWC Pendolinos which are diagrammed to be 11 cars. However, as a good proportion of Pendolinos don't operate as diagrammed (9 cars instead of 11, or vice versa), various services are now operated by 9 car...

Looking at the Virgin Trains West Coast website at the moment, it appears that Advance fares are now available on the day of departure. I'm not sure what the cut off point is, but Advance fares are currently available on the 05:05 Manchester to Euston (just over 4 hours away). £82 for a standard...

I was considering attending a late afternoon conference in Bristol later this month (I would be booking more than a week in advance). Leaving Paddington around 1pm. Leaving Bristol around 8pm. But a first class Advance ticket on all trains, all day, in both directions, costs £83.50 (slightly...

Following on from the thread about the racist solicitor on a VTWC service, here is an equally abhorrent person, though not train related: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4211496/Petition-Ronald-Coyne-expelled-Cambridge.html. Cambridge law students are generally a friendly and down...

All of the following commutes cover almost identical distances: Rugby to Birmingham - £1500 STD / £2300 1ST Stafford to Birmingham - £1800 STD / £2800 1ST Crewe to Manchester - £2400 STD Winsford to Liverpool - £2900 STD / £4500 1ST Rugby to Milton Keynes - £2800 STD / £4300 1ST Why are...

I noticed a short while ago, on a weekend, that the 'pictograms' on the Euston departure boards (since extended to VTEC stations) depicted Coach K (the rear coach, with a miniature amount of first class seats) as being fully reserved on one 11 car Pendolino. First class was otherwise entirely...

Last month, the VTWC Saturday Day Travelcard, from Liverpool, Runcorn, Chester, Wigan, Warrington, Manchester and Stockport, cost £41.20. This month, it costs £65. That's for a day return ticket (Saturdays only) restricted to VTWC services, which must be booked in advance, is tied to the booked...

Currently on a 12-car Class 700 train which is standing room only (including in both of the "first class" areas). The passenger information display (PIS) says "carriage full" (red) for every carriage, as opposed to "standing room only" (orange). Why was the train announced as picking up...

[Mod note: I've not put this in the LU subforum because this is not a problem exclusive to LU, or even TfL, stations.] TfL claimed when closing London Underground ticket offices (err... "modernising" to "improve customer service") that staff would be "moved from back rooms to ticket halls" so...

Thoughts?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-38263416 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4016704/Edlington-torture-brothers-plea-win-right-lifetime-anonymity.html

The adult TfL price cap for travel within Zone 1 (peak or off-peak) is £6.50. In other words, the maximum amount that will be charged for one day's travel within Zone 1, regardless of the times of travel and the number of journeys made (and, save for one or two exceptions, the modes of travel...

VTWC has recently introduced automated announcements at Crewe. The same voice as used at London Victoria ("Amey", I believe). The automated announcements appear to supplement, rather than replace, manual announcements. They are platform specific, which isn't very helpful for someone standing...

Everything has been at a standstill at London Euston since 1800 due to a person being hit by a train. The station must be complete chaos by now. Presumably the incident happened near Euston station itself since London Overground is also affected?

Mrs Y lives in a flat at the Olympic Village. Her local station is Stratford International. She works near Baker Street. So her commute is Stratford Int > St Pancras (HS1), then KGX STP > Baker Street (LU). A yearly season ticket from Stratford Int to St Pancras is £1276 (the same as a...

According to the TfL fare finder, a single fare from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport on a Gatwick Express service is a (rather absurd) £20, peak or off-peak. However, for any journey from a Zone 1 Underground station, the fares are £16 peak and £10 off-peak, with no mention of Gatwick...

On the Gatwick Express website and - particularly - on the main departure board at Victoria station, the claim is made that Gatwick Express runs "every 15 minutes". However, it does not. For instance, today (Friday 18th November 2016) there are departures at 05:45, 06:00 and 06:15, and at...