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For anyone making a trip to/in Germany within the next 12 months, it may be worth buying a reduced fare Bahncard (railcard) at €25. Good for 12 months from the start date, which can be altered to several weeks ahead from the purchase date. €25 in Standard Class or €50 in First Class. Details...

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When I had a quick look last month, it was possible to purchase through advances (VTWC & Connections) from Liverpool to Fort William starting at £14.50 (16-25 railcard) with similar prices from Warrington, Chester etc. Now I've had another look, having tried several dates in June and July, I...

At 18:31 last night (14th April) I received an email from the Trainline containing details of a ticket I had supposedly purchased, from Lincoln to London at £48. The nominated journey was 1925 off Lincoln (EMT) and VTEC from Newark NG. The payment method was my own PayPal Credit account which...

I've got a flight from Manchester Airport at 12:10 on June 24th. Unfortunately, one of my favourite bands has announced a one-off gig on the evening of the 23rd at the Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea/Portsmouth. Getting down there wouldn't be a problem, but I'm not sure that it'd be possible to get...

How can this possibly be allowed to stand? Is a suspended sentence the standard for making death threats, forcing pills and bleach down a woman's throat, and beating her up with a cricket bat? In case anybody recognises him, attached is a photo of the nasty little bugger, taken from the S*n...

TPE are now offering Advance fares 6 months in advance on their own website, in line with VTWC and VTEC. All routes are included, except the following station pairs: Liverpool Lime Street - Edinburgh/Glasgow via Manchester not available except from Liverpool South Parkway Bolton - Anywhere...

Anybody have any idea what the purpose of the following is? As advertised Not used London Midland Penalty Payment (would seem obvious enough, similar to Penalty Warning, but yields nothing when combined with London Midland) Doncaster self service Edinburgh self service York self service...

I noticed that one of XC's info paragraphs on their auto-response emails stated the following, which I'd not noticed before: I was under the impression such a refund was goodwill at the mercy of customer services. Nice to see it made policy. Had a quick nosey elsewhere... Notably, both...

I'll keep it brief - I'm contemplating a trip to Poland in July and hope to: a) spend time in Warsaw b) spend time in Lublin c) attend a Marilyn Manson show in Katowice d) visit Auschwitz e) come back to the UK not completely exhausted I can't seem to get the Polish rail website to...

I've gotten a few Northern comp singles to anywhere on their network. Travelling from Liverpool; can anyone please suggest towns/cities worth a visit? Even better if there's a TPE service (Advance tickets) available to make the return journey but if necessary I can use one comp ticket each way...

Hi folks. After repeatedly putting off a trip to Eastern Europe, I've finally taken the plunge and booked flights :) I arrive at Budapest on Sat 21st Jan and leave Nuremberg on Sun 29th. Early afternoon in both cases. I'm hoping to additionally visit Bratislava, Vienna and Prague en route...

Hi all My intended journey on Friday 30th Sep is as follows: 0607 Birkenhead Ctl - Ellesmere Port 0638 0653 Ellesmere Port - Warrington BQ 0723 0739 Warrington BQ - Manchester Piccadilly 0814, or 0756 Warrington Ctl - Manchester Oxford Rd 0836 ... 0904 Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport 0916...

I made a journey on 19th July from Penrith to Guide Bridge. This involved a direct TPE train from Penrith to Manchester. TPE have replied 'Thank you for contacting us about your journeys from Penrith to Wigan and Wigan to Guide Bridge'. Is it logically possible to make two journeys whilst...

I arrived at Liverpool Lime Street approx 2040 tonight, forgetting that there was no 2052 EMT departure to Manchester Piccadilly. The next fastest way to reach Manchester Piccadilly was to take the 2048 LIV-CRE 2122, then the 2132 CRE-MAN 2214. However, when I double checked on NRE, it was...

For background, the line goes Man Picc - Ashburys - Belle Vue - Ryder Brow -Reddish North - Brinnington - Bredbury - Romiley. Belle Vue has 1tp2h and Ryder Brow has 1tph. It's therefore sometimes quicker to double back at Ryder Brow than wait for the next direct one. What I don't...

Collected an Advance from Darlington last night and the accompanying PlusBus printed like this. (link here) I've also received this format when purchasing from some stations or guards, just without the unneccessary Aztec code. The 'SINGLE' shouldn't really be there, as it's a day ticket, and...

On the 24th July I bought TPE Advance tickets from Manchester to Middlesbrough on the TPE website, costing £6.10 out and £6.10 return. The date for the tickets was 20th August. Later on, I realised that the 27th August would be a better date to travel, so I rang TPE customer services to find...

I've just noticed that almost all rail fares in the GMPTE area are increasing in price by 50p from the fares update next week. This means some journeys go up by 25%, and that: Mauldeth Rd/Gorton etc - Manchester increases from £2.10 to £2.60, Stockport - Manchester increases from £3.50 to...

Tried to purchase one just now for a family member to use tomorrow. Chap in Birkenhead Central couldn't find it. Seemed intent on trying to issue it as a point to point for some reason. I got the impression it was a case of 'not our network, not our problem'. Showing the page on BRFares...