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Hello all, I can no longer find First Class fares in future on the Cross Country Turbostar 170 roots, such as Cambridge to Peterborough where I was able to purchase a First Class ticket a few weeks ago. Has First Class been permanently declassified on these roots? , The end compartment with...

Hello all, I’m planning to book First and Standard Advance tickets for a group in June on the direct 7:16 Euston to Blackpool North and 11:51 return services via the West Midlands. Avanti have released Advance tickets on weekday services commencing 2 June but the above 2 services aren’t yet...

A friend booked 2 First Class Advance tickets on the virgin Trains website in early January, from Nuneaton to Lancaster on Saturday ninth February. The original booking was on the 20:03 Virgin to Crewe, 21:05 Virgin to Preston and then a Rail replacement coach to Lancaster at 22:30 operated by...

I collected 5 sets of First Advance tickets, each for 3 passengers, from an EMT collection machine earlier. The collection receipt for each is fairly clear, showing issuing station and TOD ref, but the actual tickets in the new design are almost faded and unreadable. What's the best protocol...

4 friends have booked flights to Madrid, arriving 21 Feb at 10:15, returning 23 Feb at 17:50. They want to go from Madrid to Seville Santa Justa station on the high speed rail route. Any advice on how to book the most cost effective rail tickets would be appreciated, plus any advice for...

Hoping for some help. I've booked Standard Premier singles on Eurostar for a party of 4 to Brussels Midi on 7 July on the 12:58 arriving 16:08. 2 blind members of the group can travel to any Belgian station free. The other 2 "Companion" tickets only allow travel to Midi. So I'm looking...

A friend has a Standard Anytime Return ticket from St Pancras to Kettering at £101.50. Can the entire ticket be excessed before travel to a slightly cheaper First Off Peak Return at £98.50?

A friend has an Off Peak Return from Leicester to St Pancras at £86.50. Can the entire ticket be excessed before travel to a First Class Super Off Peak Return (£99) or a First Class Off Peak Return (£126)? The Off Peak Return is Route Any Permitted but bizarrely the 2 First Class options are...

A friend paid a £10 admin fee to amend the date of travel on a First Advance ticket and was then given an excess coupon plus a new accompanying seat reservation. They now realise the new date is unsuitable. Question is, can the date of travel be amended again, presumably with another £10 fee?

Glad my northbound peak VT wasn't too delayed due to this. Been advised the above train with c300 Std and c60 1st is stationery at Polesworth, just north of Nuneaton due to vandalism. Passengers are being transferred to a train on the adjacent line via a ramp...

Got an email from RSH, stating the £1 fee will be introduced shortly:

Currently stuck on a Birmingham VT at Apsley due to a London Midland ahead with brake problems. Almost an hr late. Oh what fun with only two tracks open right now.

Just been thrown out of VT 1st Lounge. Car on fire, apparently. Station evacuated.

I was at Coventry yesterday morning and was told of this potentially fatal incident by rail staff. The 0750 LM Northampton-Birmingham pulls into platform 3. A man dashes off the train having stolen a passenger's Samsung phone. He then jumps onto the tracks between platforms 1-2, just as the...

Good on EMT for extending the hourly Nottingham HST service to Grantham today. Presumably this is to offer a direct service from the ECML to London due to blockade at Peterborough? Are East Coast running as far north as Huntingdon?

Northbound is still the same, although the xx13s now continue to the North West via Birmingham with some now being a Voyager. Southbound s, it's all change since the xx10 from Birmingham (no longer starts at Wolves) now stops at Milton Keynes whilst the xx30 stops at Watford. This means the 3...

When I tick the box next to an eVoucher on the Red Spotted Hanky payment page, the total cost does not indicate how much my payment card is being charged given part payment is by eVoucher. Will this information show once I have confirmed the booking? IIRC, this info used to be displayed prior...

Is this no longer a valid route? BRFares still lists the more expensive 'Any Permitted' tickets (as opposed to 'via Banbury') as well as numerous Advance 'VWC & Connections' priced by Virgin, which I have purchased a few months back, the 1st Advances being very reasonable. However, I cannot...

I've been advised by a number of EMT staff of the following changes to First Class, which should be publisised this week: Breakfast will be complimentary to all FC ticket holders travelling to St Pancras (except those boarding at Bedford, Luton or Luton Airport Parkway) on the handful of AM...

Happy New Year all from a sunny Sudney. A friend has a RSH £10 eVoucher with an expiry date of 31/12. It is still showing in their account but they say there is no option on the Payment Page to ticket the eVoucher box in order to redeem it. Should the eVoucher still be valid for bookings...