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A couple of questions about sleepers and all line rovers: 1. Am I right that you can use a sleeper departing either the evening prior to the date the ALR is valid from and also leaving the evening on its last day of validity, so arriving the day after it is valid? 2. If you have a first...

I went to Leicester from St Pancras today, choosing HST service as usual. Three observations which I wondered if are now usual: On the 2 HSTS I travelled on & 3 others I saw, first class was at north end. Is this coincidence or have they all been tuurned? The trolley didn't come into...

Not impressed: Caught 10.03 Kings Cross to Peterborough. 32 minutes late due to 10.00 to Edinburgh failing (it was an HST for some reason) and us having to pick up most of its passengers at Stevenage. 10.03 was already full (fully booked bar buffet coach). Then guard announced there was...

I want to travel from London to Rochdale, out via Leeds & back via Manchester, staying overnight at Rochdale and breaking my return journey at Macclesfield. The only flexible 'saver type' tickets I can find specify either via Doncaster (super off peak return £93.50) or Manchester (off peak...

I caught the 10.08 from Kings Cross yesterday (only as far as Stevenage) and there was hardly anyone on it. What's the point of this train, especially as there's an EC to Peterborough 5 minutes earlier and FCC to Stevenage? Was it planned to run on to Lincoln?

A simple question I hope. Due to engineering work I have to catch an FCC train at 9.47 from St Pancras and change to EMT at Luton Airport Parkway for train to Nottingham. Where will the FCC train leave from at St Pancras? Since the station was redeveloped I've only ever used the EMT &...

Is a super off-peak single available to buy at stations or only on line? I thought you could buy these at stations but just tried buy one from a C2C station to Gloucester (£30) and was told the cheapest ticket they could sell was £70 so I should buy it on line.

Just how much are the railways losing due to easy fare dodging or failure to collect fares? Here’s an example of each: Someone I know buys a half single to the next station to get through the gates at an Essex station, or just waits until the man on the gates walks off for a minute and...

Can anyone tell me what times this is available in the evening. I'm trying to book to Ledbury of Friday with Family Railcard and FGW website shows Super off peak price for the 17.22 but not the 18.22.

Can anyone tell me if an off peak (day) return from Shrewsbury to Wigan (any station) is valid via Manchester? Ideally would like to travel out via Manchester & back via Crewe. Thanks

Yesterday & today Northern had a 2 car 156 unit running the shuttle from Lancaster to Morecambe, (all day I assume - certainly early yesterday and lunchtime today) yet at least one Leeds to Morecambe service yesterday was a Pacer - the one that I picked up at Clapham at 15.07 & bounced us all...

I'm travelling to Morecambe via Manchester on Sunday and with no trains from Euston the quickest route is Kings Cross - Donacster - Manchester. Can anyone tell me if an off peak return is valid by this route. If not I will have to go via Leamington on Chiltern & Cross Country (or pick up...

I was hoping to travel to Manchester to see West Ham play Man City. Sky TV have moved game from sensible 15.00 Saturday to inconvenient 16.10 Sunday, but that is nothing to the difficulties caused by engineering work: Euston closed St Pancras closed Kings Cross - 1st train not until 9.50...

ON FGW website Live Updates tonight: 19:48 London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa due 22:03 This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: London Paddington, Maidenhead, Reading, Didcot Parkway, Swindon, Kemble, Stroud, Stonehouse, Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa.This is due to not...

Does anyone know what time the Highland Sleeper empty stock is booked to be taken out from Euston station? I have a bit of a dispute with Scotrail about often being hassled to leave the sleepers before the advertised time of 8.00 by which berths have to be vacated. I was not happy to have the...