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Purely theoretical question. Levenshulme station is a mile south but Longsight has a potentially larger catchment area - especially with the Asda supermarket near to the trackline. Stanley Grove or Kirkmanshulme Lane could be potential sites for a new station. The station would...

Every so often I like to take my mother (55) or father (65) on a day trip somewhere. They're based near Liverpool, I'm in Manchester and we can start the journey from either. Due to their age, I wouldn't want to push it with more than two changes of train or have an overly long journey on a...

"Customers travelling from Southport to Bryn and beyond in possession of fares routed "Liverpool" or "Any Permitted" may not travel via Wigan North Western. This easement applies in both directions." Via Wigan is the shortest route. This easement is described as a Circuitous Route...

Mods' note: split from Stockport to Whaley Bridge.: Northern evening restrictions? Yes, WAV - MCV permits doubleback to Liverpool. It's clustered with LIV-MAN for which TPE are the lead retailer.

I've got a Northern day voucher set to expire by Jan 12, so need to make use of it. Northern don't operate directly between York and Eaglesciffe/Darlington so I'll need to have a ticket to bridge the gap. If I have advances each way, and the Northern service I'm on is delayed and I miss my...

The shortest route is via Stafford, Stoke and Stockport. This is a mapped route, on BM+MS. Travel via Derby, Chesterfield and Sheffield is also permitted, on BY+MS. However, the only walk-up fares available are routed VIA DERBY. Unsurprisingly, the fare setter for this flow is...

I'd assume that their inability to offer TOD at 99% of their stations would have something to do with it. But would it be too difficult for their booking offices to be upgraded to allow staff to access online bookings and print them off? Or perhaps have dedicated TVMs at (eg) Merseytravel...

A FOI request to BTP shows that Northern told a porkie, as BTP were not consulted regarding Northern's little scheme. Furthermore, their assertion that "if they receive a further warning they will receive an £80 fixed penalty" has also been proven to be untrue by the volume of threads in...

As it stands, there is a 3 hour gap between Manchester and the Airport, from about 0045 - 0345. Fine if you're happy to shell out for a taxi, or spend an hour on the bus, not so fine otherwise. There is also a 3 hour gap between Leeds and Manchester, from 2335 to 0220, although Leeds does...

I was booking tickets from Manchester to Sheffield next weekend when I noticed something odd. For EMT advances, it costs more to travel from Stockport on an ex-Man train than it does to buy an advance from Man Picc. Eg the 1634 arrival at SHF (£8 MAN-SHF, £9 SPT-SHF). I also found this was...

Neither a forum search nor google search returned anything so any information would be great. Am I right in thinking that any route that was valid prior to privatisation is still valid today, or is it only specific routes this applies to? Or is it something to do with component parts of a...

In a couple of days I'm gonna need a season between Mauldeth Road and Salford Central. I've asked Northern on Twitter but they haven't got a clue. Mauldeth Road will be unstaffed at the time I travel (it's only open 7am - 1pm or something like that) so I presume I'm okay to buy a season...

Joe Bloggs buys a single online and collects at the station, which did not have an open ticket office at the time of travel (late at night for example). He realises before boarding the train that instead of an off-peak single, he wants the off-peak return, which is 50p more, compared to singles...

Station A and station B are both Routeing Points. The RG gives maps AB+CD as permitted, despite them being 4x longer than the shortest route. Let's say the route is A > X > B. However, using this combination in its entirety requires travelling on a train that only comes once a week, and it...

On Saturday 4th October, my father and I will be travelling to Barrow-in-Furness, as early as possible, and returning the same day around 5/6pm. I will be travelling from Manchester Piccadilly however my father will be travelling from Liverpool Lime Street. I have a 16-25 railcard and my...

11.10 am and on the tannoy comes a repeated request "Will Inspector Sands please go to the main office". However nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary - no fights, no smoke, not even an angry baby. What sort of things can require the attention of 'Inspector Sands' that may not be...

Local services and trains to and from Northampton, Manchester and Plymouth are facing cancellation and/or severe delay. I'm currently at Rugby and staff aren't too sure which trains are 100% running. According to VT it was between Birmingham New Street and International, whether this is due...

I'll be going to Hull later and had a query about the tickets I'll be getting. With railcard applied, I'm planning on buying: CDR £12.55 MAU - DON (rte: via SHF) SDR £12.20 DON - HUL (rte: Hull Trains Only) Can I get a change of route excess on the Return portion only, to change it from Hull...

I'll be using the return portion of an SVR either today or in the near future to go back up north. What I'd like to know is which route between London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly would be the longest? TIA for any suggestions :)

Has anyone ever been in a queue/at an adjacent ticket desk/on a train and heard someone asking for a ticket for which they'd be paying more than they need to - and pointed this out to them/offered alternative tickets? Or had a conversation with a stranger and ended up telling them about...