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I'm interested to find out more about disappearing cheap tickets, such as the withdrawal of early evening off peak tickets on eight routes by Northern last Sept. Do you know of other TOCs removing cheap ways to travel or having plans to do this shortly? Thanks, Matt

This will be my final request for ideas about how passengers can save money when buying tickets with a TOC - I'm interested in learning of any good ways to save a few pounds when buying CrossCountry tickets. I'm keen to hear about ticket splits, alternative routes, loop holes or anything else...

From a non-expert perspective, it looks like there are fewer splits available on Southeastern than elsewhere on the network. So, I wonder whether anyone has any tips for how to save money when travelling on Southeastern. Let me know what you would do to save when travelling on their...

I'm looking to compile a list of how to save money when travelling with each TOC, hopefully specific to each TOC rather than more general savings made with railcards, advance fares and group save tickets etc Here are a couple of examples: Thameslink Great Northern - Cheaper London to...

Hi there, Does anyone have any ideas about how to reduce the season ticket cost from Bishop's Stortford to London, ideally with underground zone 1 tube access too. And I'm happy to consider oyster for part of the route. Are there any likely spots on the route to make use of a split ticket...

I hope you can help me with this - I'm keen to learn about the best ticket splits in the UK? And where should passengers look for splitting points that would save them money. I'm most interested in intercity routes, but I'd like to hear about any stand out splits that you know about. Also...

I'm looking to compile a list of alternative routes, or cheaper but slower routes in the UK. I wonder whether you can help. I'd like to find out alternative ways of travelling around the country which might save money, take a bit longer or might actually save you money. These are the kind...

Hi there, Does anyone know when the new prices for 2014 will be available to view online? I'm looking for a date when this will be published - all of the companies and associations who you would think would know and would be able to tell me, have told me that, "they don't know when but...

Hello there, I wonder whether you can help? I'm keen to find out whether some companies are better at selling tickets to passengers on trains and whether some tend to hand out penalty fares? I'm not certain about the intricacies of this kind of policy and whether there are any broad issues...

Hello there, I wonder whether anyone can tell me whether FGW only ever run three carriages on the Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central route? I've heard that this service gets very crowded and I wondered whether this is because it's only ever served by a three carriage train? Many thanks.

Hello there, Does anyone know how many stations don't have ticket offices? Or do you know where I could get this information from? I'm also wondering whether any research has been carried out to chart the closure of ticket offices over the last decade or so. Any help or ideas would...

Hi there, What are the most common problems with train ticket machines in the UK? And what do you think they do very well? Are some TOCs ticket machines better than others? Are there any very good ones? Are there any very bad ones? Let me know what your experiences of ticket machines...

Hello there, I wonder whether you can help. Does anyone know where I can get a comprehensive list of all UK and NI railway stations complete with the train operating companies which operate from those stations? I'll try ATOC and the ORR, but I just wondered whether anyone here knows of...

Hello there, I hope you can help. I have a season ticket return from Hertford north to Bowes Park and a three zone travel card from Bowes Park to London. This ticket was recommended to me by FCC staff at Hertford North. My ticket has been checked around two or three times per week without a...