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I'm planning a short journey this weekend, from Lichfield to Cannock (Single Day / Anytime) with breaks of Journey at New Street - where there is a change of train (German Market) and Bescot Stadium (Football). All would seem OK - on the journey planner the route is permitted as are any number...

We're off to a match at Bescot Stadium on Saturday and rather than drive, thought it would be a good idea to go by train from Lichfield and break the journey in Brum, spending a few hours in the German Market. NRE shews that there is a via BHM railcard fare (£5.95), but following a number of...

Can anyone fathom this story in Today's Telegraph? The details are very poorly reported, but my interpretation is that the passenger concerned has failed to engage properly Northern Trains and has fallen foul of their self imposed 'penalty fare' scheme...

Mod Note: Split from this thread. Not totally OT. A month ago, flying to Prague, I had downloaded my boarding pass to my phone. I was able to drop my bags and pass through security at Heathrow, but then airside my phone froze (it transpired that I had plugged into my car's USB and through...

Harking back to the many conversations on here regarding bank card payments, the Labour General Election Candidate for Wellingborough, Richard Garvie was convicted of fraud yesterday after buying £900 worth of rail tickets using a bank card from an account closed in 2011. How he managed to...

Those of us that feel frustrated when pax are seemingly treated unfairly by the TOCs (me included - see the current thread elsewhere) might find this BBC Midlands Today story provides a context and an insight of the extent of evasion that the industry is having to deal with. In short, since...

I caught this debate on the Spectator site prompted by Sir David Higgins' interview in the Telegraph. I was surprised by one of the comments posted about capacity on the WCML. In his interview with Benedict Brogan, Sir David Higgins appears to demonstrate a willingness to mislead about...

Hello. I'm planning a day trip for 2 to Paris from MHR to Paris in February. The most cost effective way would seem to be purchasing separate tickets from the EMT and Eurostar websites (First advances for the UK legs (Railcards)) for an early out and late home day trip (£207 for two) The...