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  1. BrianTheLion

    Travelling from Glasgow on an EC ticket

    Im travelling from Glasgow to Kings Cross on the 27th December. I have an EC & Connections ticket. I will be travelling into Glasgow Central on a local train. Is there anything stopping me taking a train from Central via Shotts instead of walking across the city to Queen Street with my...
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    Eurostar advice - specifically direct to Disney

    I'm hoping for some advice with regards to booking the 10:15 direct from St Pancras to Disney Eurostar train on Sunday 9th Feb 2014. First of all, when will tickets go on sale for this service? (I plan to book immediately when available) Secondly, I assume with this being a direct service...
  3. BrianTheLion

    Smoking onboard the train

    On saturday I was on the 15:30 Edinburgh to York EC service. Suddenly I hear an announcement reminding passengers about it being an offence to smoke onboard the train. It turns out some idiot was caught smoking in the disabled toilets. The announcement was then followed by something along...
  4. BrianTheLion

    Chafford Hundred - via Upminster (Split Tickets)

    To avoid any potential issues with RPI's in the capital could someone clarify if the following is acceptable. Im travelling to London in Feb in a party of 2AD/2CH. When Im there I will be using Day Travelcards, purchased with F&F Railcard discount, with the starting point as Wandsworth Town...
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    Buying on the train, whilst boarding at a manned station...

    I boarded a Scotrail train today at 15:40, with seconds to spare on a service between Port Glasgow/Glasgow which doesnt have any cheaper advance ticket structure.... at a manned station that had a person on duty at the ticket window. I didnt have time to stop to buy a ticket because my bus was...
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    Buying a tfl travelcard online from a TOC with a railcard discount - Is it possible?

    Are there any toc websites or any other sites where I can purchase in advance one day travelcards for london with a F&F discount applied. A couple of places im staying dont have a national rail station nearby to be able to take up the usual discount via the ticket machines. Is there anyway...
  7. BrianTheLion

    Split ticketing and disruption/cancellation

    Apologies if this has been discussed previously, I couldnt find anything relevant via the search option. Say for example I had booked a train from Edinburgh to Kings Cross leaving at 10:00 via Doncaster and I had a split from Edinburgh to Doncaster, then Doncaster to London. Now if this...
  8. BrianTheLion

    TOC Connections - Glasgow to Edinburgh

    I've got a ticket booked via East Coast to travel between Glasgow and Newcastle, involving a change at Edinburgh Waverley [EDB]. The train leaves EDI at 09.30, my original booking states boarding the Scotrail connection at GLQ at 8.30, arriving at EDB at 09.19, thus leaving me 11 mins to catch...
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    Friends & Family Railcard - TFL discounts

    I'm so pleased I found this forum. I've been extremely confused trying to fathom out Tfl's Oyster biased website! My group of 2 adults and 1 child (13 yr old) will be in london for a long weekend in January. I'm a holder of a Friends & Family railcard. In London I need travel between...

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