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I fancy a trip to Northern Ireland, as Ive never been, and noticed on BR fares.com that the return ticket with my Disabled Persons railcard, via Cairnryan, is a very reasonable £76.55 but has a restriction 1X IRELAND VIA CAIRNRYAN. I think this restriction only applies to the outward leg. On...

Had an interesting discussion with ticket staff at Victoria Station London last Friday. After travelling around London' on Overground, bus, and South Western Railways I ended up at Victoria station. The next quickest available train back to Brighton involved using Gatwick Express. Realisiing...

I`m planning to travel this coming Saturday 30th from Brighton to Crewe where Im collecting my daughters push bike, staying overnight, and returning on Sunday 1st May bike in tow. I had hoped to use the Southern and WMT off peak ticket costing £38.85 with my disabled persons card. Unfortunately...

Forgive me if this has been answered before, did a quick search but didn’t find anything. Enquiring for someone else who purchased an off peak return from Manchester Piccadilly to Brighton issued by a ticket machine just before Christmas but has lost the return portion. Staff at Brighton say...

My son got stopped by the revenue protection team at Brighton Station last July on his return from Stanstead Airport after a holiday in Spain. He had purchased a 16-25 discounted single ticket from Brighton to Stanstead. He had forgotten that his 16-25 railcard was on his old broken phone and...

My daughter and a friend both with 16-25 railcards want to travel from Brighton to Penzance and back later this month. On the way back they want to break at Bodmin so that they can visit Tintagel - possibly camping there overnight. Seems to me the off peak return via Salisbury for £76.55 each...

Following RailUK members helpful advice on a very successful day trip for my son and daughter to Bristol and back a few weeks ago, my son would now like to visit Manchester on his own for the day this coming monday 10th . He has a 16-25 railcard. The WMT and Southern day return from Brighton to...

My son has an offer to study at Bristol University this Autumn. He and his sister want to visit Bristol for the day this coming monday 12th April to have a look around. They were thinking of getting the 09:04 direct service from Hove via Barnham and Salisbury. Both have young persons...

I bought a renewal for my sons Young Persons railcard at One Stop Travel in Brighton which is run by Brighton & Hove Buses who sell railway tickets etc as an agent for Southern Railways. The next day he used it to travel to Heathrow as he was flying to Krakow for a few days holiday. He lost it...

My partner had her bike stolen on her usual commute from work. She doesnt lock her bike in the bike section of the carriage as she always understood that this was not allowed. She usually keeps an eye on it but due to people being in the way she couldnt on this occasion. The insurance wont...

Dear All, Last wednesday at around 17:30 I travelled with my two children from Brighton to Bedford, purchasing an off-peak return from the ticket machine at Brighton with my Family and Friends rail card for £44.30. It was not until the next day, already in Bedford, that when I compared my...

Sorry to hijack this a bit but I cant find an answer to this on any other thread. Last friday I travelled, from Newhaven Town to Bedford, but because of power lines down north of London and the earlier flooding problems in the Balcome tunnel, I could not get the scheduled connections to get to...

Hi - Anybody have any views ideas, on my recent problems, below, with trying to get a plus bus ticket put onto my daughters new key card? It also helps me get this off my chest - so I hope youll bear with me here. Because of the cheap discount at which plus bus operates compared with the...

Hello everyone. Last week I was travelling from Brighton to Greenwich and back.I purchased the day before on-line a super off peak london all zones travel card with a discount for 16-25 railcard (£14:15) I collected this from the machines at Brighton station catching the 10:49 fast train...

Hi , I hope someone can help. Yesterday I travelled to London from Brighton with my partner and two kids using our Family Railcard. Usually, for an all zone travelcards for everyone at the Brighton ticket office for a super off peak travelcard we have been charged the discounted adult fare of...

I have been given conflicting advice and have argued with staff at St Pancras over the validity of using a £2.00 child return on the above route on London Midland trains rather than FCC trains. These can sometimes result in a faster journey even using then tube across London. The ticket says...

Just for fun today I embarked on a round trip today with my bike from Brighton to the Isle of wight and back via Havant, Portsmouth, Ryde, East Cowes and Southampton. With the help of the National Rail website I worked out that the cheapest way with my 16-25 railcard and starting between...