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Hi. I have tried to find the existing thread but failed. What is the current workaround to avoid the stupid LNER Simpler Rip Off to Newcastle. I am heading up this weekend and shock horror am not completely sure which day/time I will be heading back next week and so would dearly love an off peak...

Hi, I would appreciate a little advice. A friend has a single booking from Worthing to Brighouse, by two tickets (Worthing to London, London to Brighouse on Grand Central). He has been delayed into London due to a fatality on the line from Worthing. LNER are telling him he has to wait for the...

Hi. I am trying to work out which Avanti services have breakfast before booking - is there a way to find which menu is served on which service? I am struggling to find that info. I am looking at the 9.30am Euston to Glasgow.

Anybody any idea why Avanti are cancelling so many of the Glasgow to London services today. It is nuts. Absolutely disastrous weekend for Avanti and they don’t seem to give a toss about keeping passengers informed (no warning on their website) or trying to pull their finger out to run a proper...

I am on the Worthing to London Victoria train and it just sailed through East Croydon! It was the 12.00 from West Worthing. That has never happened to me before. How could that happen? Are the signals not set to stop that?

Hi, I would appreciate some advice on a ticketing combo. I am travelling back from Carlisle this afternoon and I have 3 off peak tickets. Carlisle to Warrington, Warrington to Crewe and Crewe to London. I am okay to catch a direct train that does not stop at Crewe? As a side point, the...

I understand an issue has arisen with the industry accused of using lay prosecutors to represent the relevant company in court to utilise its prosecuting powers. As far as I am aware the rules around the qualifications required to utilise statutory powers of prosecution in court are clear and...

Hi, I am increasingly struggling to figure out if there is any logic remaining as to when advance fares are available. I quite fancied a smash and grab hike on Monday and thought there might be some decent advances going north London to York very early Monday morning. There aren’t. Whilst...

Inspired by lots of interesting threads in here, I have been thinking what is the best move made in fares in the last couple of decades. One that had the potential to answer the question of good revenue vs flexibility. Acknowledging a peak period whilst making fares accessible. There is a...

I am sure this must have been raised before but apologies, I can’t find the thread. If you buy a split ticket and it pops out as two advance fares that match with 2 connecting services, are you bound to buy a new fare on the second service if the first one is delayed meaning you have to catch...

Hi, I am looking to book a train from Southport to London next Saturday morning. I am looking at the 9.24 from Southport via Wigan into London at 12.12. The off peak fare is £80.90 single, the advance single is £136.79. Why is the advance single showing as an option. Am I missing something...

Hi, I have just checked the pricing for 2 people on the Night Riviera next week and it is coming up at over £300 for the cabin supplement?!? (For 2 people) on top of the fare. Am I doing something wrong or has pricing turned crackers on the night riviera as well.

Why does Thameslink seem to issue codes rather than etickets? It catches me out frequently when I buy a route involving Thameslink and seems a bit ridiculous when the system in general through London tried to encourage non-paper tickets.

I have found there to be a complete lack of advances on some operators over the last year or so. This includes on peak services where I used to see lots, for instance peak intercity out of London in the morning. In some of those cases I have had to use that timed service for work. I have...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/reading-to-brighton-via-london.286484/ To avoid starting a new thread, I am looking up travel from Tulse Hill to Hove. A single to Brighton would be £25.80 A single to Hove is £28.20 This seems like an odd difference bearing in...

Hi, Wonder if anybody can help with a route I am struggling to confirm as valid. Clapham Junction to Bath Spa - out via Reading. Back via Frome. (On the return on Sunday I am actually starting from Frome as I am staying with a friend there who will pick me up from Bath).

A friend has received a letter from WMT accusing her of fraud. The letter is shockingly bad in terms of grammar and details bearing in mind the nature of accusation and so she is going back to them to provide a letter that actually makes sense and is written in English. However, she thinks it...

Hi, I don’t think this one works but…. is an any permitted Oxenholme to Euston valid from Liverpool to Oxford via Stafford? If not - I presume I can buy Liverpool to Crewe and Stafford to Oxford?

So this is a new one for me. On the 14.29 out of Euston to Glasgow. Stopped almost immediately on climb out of Euston due to a loss of power. Lost lighting and air conditioning. A few minutes later the train manager told us there was an overhead line problem and driver was on the control...

Hi, I am trying to work out whether the bustitutions between Southport and Wigan on the 15 December were because of engineering or northernness. Does anybody know which it was or where I might find that info? Thanks