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Hi, I am travelling from Grimsby Town down to Oxted on Christmas Eve but have just seen that this is a day there will be a strike. To get there I will be using TPE, LNER, Thameslink and Southern. I am now being told that the strike will not happen until after 6pm and I am due to arrive at...

I am travelling to London on Friday and I am thinking of bidding for a First Class upgrade on Seatfrog. My query is that my connecting train is a TPE, and at the minute their trains are often cancelled at short notice. If my connecting train was to be cancelled and I missed my LNER upgrade...

With the current shortage of train drivers due to Covid issues does anyone know if the restrictions on advance purchase tickets with be lifted over the Christmas period. The reason is that tomorrow (Christmas Eve) I am travelling from Grimsby down to my brothers in Surrey and I have to catch 4...

I know that this has been going on forever but does anyone know the actually reason why this is. I am travelling from Grimsby Town to Workington next month (yes I really live a thrilling life :D ) When I look at a buying a return ticket Grimsby to Workington, the cheapest it is quoting me (with...

Hi, I am travelling to Oxted from Grimsby Town on Wednesday 9th June. I have got a ticket for a decent price but the fare itiniery is Grimsby to Newark CASTLE. Then walk to Newark Northgate to catch a London-bound train. However, I have noticed that if I get off the train at Lincoln, then...

I know that the delay repay service on many TOC's come under fire but just a bit of praise for the LNER Delay Repay department. Twice recently (not good at the time of travel obviously) I have had cause to claim a full refund due to being delayed over an hour (on one occasion, a booked train...

Just wondered if anyone could advise. I am meeting friends in Newark for a few drinks in a couple of weeks, on the way back, they will be getting off at Lincoln whilst I will be going home to Grimsby. I will be purchasing an Off-Peak Grimsby to Newark North Gate Day Return. Will I be able to...

Not sure if this has already been asked but does anyone know what is going on with LNER advance fares. When it was VTEC, certain tickets were being sold upto 6 months in advance but on the LNER website currently the furthest date you can buy advance tickets for is the 7th of December and it...

I often do the trip Grimsby Town to Oxted as my brother lives down there. Every time I have been in the past it is Grimsby to Doncaster, Doncaster to London Kings Cross, Tube to Victoria, then Victoria to Oxted. I have just booked tickets for next month but this time my itinery is Grimsby to...

This post is really hypothetical as in the end everything worked out fine but I was just wondering what would have happened if...and also, should I have received an email informing me of the change. I have recently been down to spend Christmas with family in Surrey, both for Christmas and then...

I see that Southern trains have announced another 3 day strike which includes the 2nd of August. On that date I am travelling down to my brothers in Oxted which includes a Southern service from Victoria. Just wondering what my options will be if I get to Victoria from KX only to be told there...

I'm sure this may have been asked before but I did a search and couldn't find anything. I hold a Disabled Railcard and live in Grimsby, my friend lives in York. In September we are going to The Belgium Beer Festival and traveling from St.Pancras on Eurostar. My question is that I have bought...

Hi, I am planning another trip up to The Scottish Highlands for a long weekend for bonfire night, traveling up on Friday 3rd November. I have already booked tickets from Doncaster to Edinburgh via the VTEC site as they are already available but I am having problems booking the Grimsby to...

I have a trip planned to The Belgium Beer festival in a few months time and my Eurostar train back from Brussells arrives into St.Pancras at 14:05. I have just been looking at trains back home and I can book one at 14:30, which is considerably cheaper than any for the next few hours. I know...

I'm a bit confused. I often check the VTEC website for any service updates and I have noticed that quite often there is an update on an Edinburgh to KX service saying "This train will run in reverse formation between Newcastle and London" I'm just wondering how this is done. I can understand...

In a number of weeks time I am traveling from Inverness to Doncaster on a Sunday. I will be catching the 0940 VTEC from Inverness. Looking at the itinery of station stops I see that the train arrives into Edinburgh Waverley at 1321 but doesn't depart until 1354, a wait of 33 minutes. In fact it...

We will be making our annual trip up to Plockton in The Scottish Highlands in May. We usally break our journey overnight but this time we are traveling up from Grimsby in one day. However, coming back I am looking for somewhere decent to stop off for a night on the way back. So far we have...

Hi, I am traveling down to my brothers on Christmas Eve and was just wondering if anyone was aware of any pending strike action which may happen on the day. I will be traveling into KX on VTEC and then tube to Victoria and the Southern service to Oxted. I am aware of the recent strike...

A bit of advice please, as to whether we can claim "delay repay" for a journey we did on Saturday from Crawley to York. We arrived at Crawley station in plenty of time to catch our booked train and at the time it was showing "on time". A few minutes later this changed to "delayed.". It stayed...

I have just returned from a week touring the Scottish Highlands on the train. On the last day (Sunday just gone), I checked on my live train times app, to make sure the train I was due to catch (from Linlithgow, where I had stopped off on the way home) was on time. It showed that there were no...