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    Need to get from Grimsby to London on Sunday 22nd Feb.

    Hi everyone, I've got a really important job interview on Monday 23 Feb at Victoria. I need to get down to London the night before, but engineering works. I can't buy any reserved tickets from Grimsby Town to London on Sunday, for obvious reasons. Obvs, plan would now be to go via EMR to...
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    Fares/Routing advice, open jaw, Cleethorpes to Birmingham International and Manchester Airport to Grimsby Town

    Morning all, I've had very good advice in the past, so I'm coming back again, to tap your collective wisdom please. I'm starting to work out strategies, but this isn't the sort of itinerary that a normal booking engine would be able to work out the splits, for, I don't think. This isn't until...
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    Delay repay Northern, two advance singles. Can I only claim for the outward?

    So, I bought two advance trips, making up a return journey from Grimsby town to Custom House, from TrainSplit, with the outward yesterday on the following combination of Advance tickets. Grimsby Town to Retford (Northern) Retford to Newark (LNER) Newark to Grantham (LNER) Grantham to Zone 3...
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    Tickets to London Zones 1-3, valid on HS1?

    I have a question about HS1 validity. Planning a journey in a fortnight, Grimsby town to Excel London, using DLR for the final leg. The Forum's ticketing site has offered me, as part of a split, a Hull Trains only Advance from Grantham to Zones 1-3. I only get an itinerary as far as Kings...
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    Bustitution. Can I go earlier?

    I've got these tickets for a journey coming up. Itinerary as shown. For decent reasons, I'd rather get to York earlier and wait for my onward train there than to wait at Newcastle longer for a bus. I don't know exactly what time I'll get to Newcastle station, and if I were to be getting the...
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    Stevenage for nearly an hour

    So, in the interests of trying to get a rail fare to the airport as cheaply as my Ryanair fare from the airport, I've bought myself the cheapest ticket I could find from Doncaster to Stansted Airport, and it goes via Stevenage and Cambridge. It's an early start and a long door to door journey...
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    Routing/Ticketing advice, Grimsby to Farnborough

    Can the collective mind here help me with a routing query, please? I think I've understood the routing guide... I want to do the following itinerary, just me, no railcard: Fri: Grimsby to Reading, arriving late into Reading then overnight in Reading; Sat: thence on to Farnborough in the...
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    Grimsby Town to Derby via the Brigg line

    Hello folks, a quick follow up to a question I've had before. I'm travelling Grimsby Town to Derby (actually Birmingham, but I have to go via Derby as I'm planning on splitting tickets there) on a Friday soon. I've realised that I might be able to make it to GMB to catch the Brigg Line train...
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    Weekend in Birmingham from Grimsby

    Good evening all, I'm planning on having a trip down to Brum later this month, travelling down on Fri 19th from Grimsby Town to Birmingham (staying either near New Street or Snow Hill, spending Saturday at the NEC (although hopefully getting a bus/tram/train to a parkrun first) and returning...
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    Disruption claim, what can I expect?

    Good afternoon, can I please seek the collective wisdom of the forum regarding my journey earlier this week? 15th Sept, I bought a journey, Heathrow to Grimsby via Hayes and Harlington and Sheffield. Three Tickets: Travel Date Tuesday 7 November 2023 Anytime Return, Heathrow to Hayes and...
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    LNER/EMR + Connections using Elizabeth Line

    I've just put together an itinerary for November with some splits, travelling between Grimsby and Heathrow. I have a query involving the long distance advance tickets, particularly the + Connections part. Outward is Doncaster to Hayes and Harlington, LNER Advance. "Only valid on booked London...
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    Off-peak Day return from Medway Valley to St Pancras via Highspeed - "best" option?

    Good morning all, I'm wondering if you can help me check my working here. Apologies for the length, I'm trying to put my thoughts together to make a decision. I'm taking the family on a day trip to London from Aylesford, and I'm trying to work out my various options, to find the right balance...
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    Routeing Advice Please - Cleethorpes <> Derby <> Bletchley

    Good afternoon, I wonder if I can trouble you again? Would anyone please be able to tell me if my split point is acceptable, or whether I need to think of something else? Following on from a question I had a few weeks ago, I think I've found the combination of tickets that work for me in...
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    Is it worth even thinking about booking ahead?

    I've got a trip from Grimsby to Milton Keynes coming up in June. I used to do these by train all the time. Sometimes I'd go ECML to London and then back north, a couple of times I went Sheffield to Bedford and then across. My favourite route, at least on the outward was Grimsby to Manchester...
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    Grimsby to Birmingham International return next weekend

    Hi folks, I'm considering getting a train to the National Running Show this weekend as I'm able to knock off work early on Friday. I've found a £70.10 off-peak return fare, but when I look on NRE, it is only available for certain routings back to GMB, namely those that run directly from New...
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    Grimsby Town - Heathrow early October

    Good afternoon, I've always had excellent advice here and so I'm coming here again to see what the collective expertise here thinks. I'm going to Chicago for the Marathon, out on 6th October and back on 10th. Originally I had booked from Manchester connecting at Heathrow, but BA have cancelled...
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    Getting to Shetland from Grimsby

    Good afternoon everyone. I'm playing with the grains of an idea just now, to travel from my home in Grimsby up to Aberdeen on a Friday, to take the overnight ferry to Lerwick, in order to take part in the Bressay parkrun at 9.30am on the Saturday morning, spend the rest of Saturday exploring...
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    Can somebody please help me with validity? Grimsby-Crawley Super Off-Peak

    Hello there, I've had so much useful help over the years, I'm wondering if someone can please help with a journey I'm making next weekend. I'm flying out of Gatwick with my son, who is 12. We have a F&F railcard for this journey and are looking for flexibility. I'm looking at a Super-Off Peak...
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    Forcing an itinerary to use as little replacement bus as possible.

    Hello again, I wonder if someone might be able to help me again, I've had much useful information recently. Sunday, 23rd Jan, I wish to travel from Birmingham International to Grimsby Town. South Transpennine is shut all day, so all trains through Grimsby Town are buses. Every itinerary I try...
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    Routing/Fare enquiry, Grimsby to Gatwick via Sheffield.

    Travelling with a child, we have an F&F Railcard and would like flexible times. Evening all, wondering if I can pick your collective brains again, please? On Feb 13th I'm flying with my son out of Gatwick. We need a PCR test before flying, so I'm looking to get a test done in Sheffield on the...

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