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My sister-in-law has bought tickets for my brother to travel from Stroud tomorrow evening to Paddington, returning Tuesday. But she has bought him singles. The first is a Super Off-Peak Single STD to London Terminals, dated (and only available) tomorrow and the PAD>STD ticket is an Off-Peak...

This is a fares query for those of you familiar with the GWR out of Paddington. I’m planning a day out from London to Swindon on Wednesday, travelling out as early as economically possible and returning from Swindon about 17:00. I want to use fast trains from Paddington, and I prefer flexible...

What’s going on here? On two occasions this month (out of two) I have gone to the main ticket office at London Victoria and asked to buy a cheap day return with Senior Railcard from Boundary Zone 6 to Canterbury Stations (first occasion) and Herne Bay (second occasion). (I hold a Freedom...

I'm trying (but failing) to book travel next Thursday 9th for the following journeys:- (1) London Kings Cross to Leeds on 09:33, Advance Single First (£36.30 with Senior Railcard). (2) Leeds to London Terminals, semi-flexible "Saver Half" (also £36.30 with Senior Railcard). The Saver Half...

Can anyone help me with this query please? Just an hour or so ago I booked an advanced purchase ticket from Paddington to Stroud for next Saturday, 23rd. For avoidance of doubt, this is a fixed train ticket. Carelessly, I forgot to check that my Senior Railcard discount was being applied, and...

I’d be grateful for a bit of advice – to do with a Saver Half I believe. I’m planning to go from Kings Cross to Doncaster on Monday 23rd October, First Class advanced, probably on the 09:35. But I want to be flexible coming back on Thursday 26th, travelling Standard Class. (In fact, if my...

I find the information on BRfares.com very informative and useful (thank you), but recently some of it seems to have gone missing! It’s the General Conditions for ticket type that were displayed if you clicked on a particular type – e.g. cheap day return from here to there. This included a...

Readers of this part of the forum may be interested by an article published on the BBC News website on 4 January, which reports that a police officer has been sacked for gross misconduct as a consequence of taking a railway journey without holding an appropriate ticket. She admitted the...

Hi there you Routing Guide and fares experts! I wonder if I could enlist your help please? I’ll be using some station names more than once in this query, so here are the codes:- VXH – Vauxhall WIM - Wimbledon CHK – Chiswick CHY – Chertsey WYB – Weybridge BFN – Byfleet & New Haw...

I'm hoping that knowledgeable members of this forum will be able to advise me about the validity of a my use of a particular ticket type. Over many years, I have frequently travelled, mainly at weekends, from London to Derbyshire using a super off-peak return ticket from London Terminals...