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The 0849 departure can be very busy so it is useful to have 0853 GWR as back up (starts from BSK so usually easy to get on). 0853 ran last Saturday and is in Realtime Trains for next few Saturdays. It isn't in RTT for this Saturday but I couldn't find any explanation on GWR's website. Ticket...

I usually buy tickets from a TVM with a contactless card (which is registered to various ticket sites). Where I have been eligible for delay repay, I have claimed it and have had no issues. This week, I bought my first eTicket (using the SWR app). Both the digital ticket and the pdf in the...

This is the title of an article (link below) in tonight's online edition of the Blackpool Gazette - if anyone is interested and can find a way around the paywall that isn't cluttered with adverts...

Which is the best route to minimise the walking distance on this journey (and return)? Journey planners offer routes via Waterloo/Stratford or Waterloo/Liverpool Street but there are routes changing at Reading/Paddington/Liverpool Street and Clapham/Victoria/Whitechapel/Stratford. We are fairly...

I have made this journey in the past but each timetable change presents a new challenge. This time I plan to travel on a Tues/Wed/Thur in July or early August on a day when industrial action is not planned (nor follows nor immediately precedes it). I will have an Off-Peak Return, valid only via...

Today's 18.30 edition of South Today (about 20 mins in) included a 5 min item by Paul Clifton about the effect of Beeching on the South's railways. It mapped closed lines and, amongst others, included a feature on Somerset & Dorset Railway. Tomorrow's episode includes coverage of 2 closed...

This is an article from today’s Blackpool Gazette. This is the full text but I have included a link to the article (which doesn't seem to be behind a paywall although you may need to say that you'll sign up later) which includes some photos...

I am hoping to board this train tomorrow, Wed 15th, as part of a longer journey. If I’ve used Real Time Trains correctly, this train was cancelled on Tues 07/06, Wed 08/06, yesterday Mon 13/06 and it looks as though it is cancelled today. What is the earliest/latest I can find out whether it...

I follow the postings in this section and there are frequent cases about the consequences of, for want of a better expression, paying less than the correct fare. They cover the whole range: deliberately not paying anything because posters think they can get away with it, using somebody else’s...

This article was in the Basingstoke Gazette's daily email today and might give others an insight into the current level of fines etc if a case goes to court. A Basingstoke woman was fined for getting on a train at Basingstoke Station without paying for a ticket. Leanne Williams, 23 and of...

This article was in The Times today. It's much too ambitious for me but others may be interested. The article is behind a paywall: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/around-half-the-world-in-13-trains-the-longest-possible-rail-journey-wpq2jfrtz and includes a map and some pictures but the...

If you search for timings etc for 0549 weekdays from Basingstoke (the 0515 Southampton Central to Manchester Piccadilly) then Trainsplit suggests changing at Coventry (16 mins wait) but LNER, National Rail, SWR & Trains Can Be Cheaper suggest Birmingham International (19 mins wait) whilst...

Any advice on the following would be welcomed. Thanks. I have a hotel booking which, if necessary, I can cancel at short notice so would prefer to book rail tickets as late as possible but recognise that there may be restrictions on reservations and costs may be reduced by booking earlier. My...

This Q and A was in The Times yesterday. It’s not relevant to my travel plans but it might be a useful warning to others: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/past-six-days/2020-10-24/travel/my-teenage-son-had-his-interrail-pass-blocked-costing-him-500-to-complete-his-journey-lwfk28jzz (behind paywall...

Mod – please move if inappropriate for this forum. We are planning on doing the following journeys on weekdays in mid/late September if the timetable then is the same as now: Basingstoke 1049 – Birmingham New Street 1248 [Bournemouth – Manchester Piccadilly, Cross Country] BHM 1303 – Edinburgh...

There are often questions on here about the consequences that a (rail-related) conviction may have for one’s future career. Posters may be interested in this article from The Times today which covers (in my view) a very minor offence from 22 years ago and the requirement to declare it annually...

Any help with this appreciated please. Two adults travelling together this Saturday with Network Railcard. Frequent travellers from Basingstoke to Norbiton via Clapham but this Saturday want to go into London first (probably via Victoria, maybe via Waterloo and possibly some underground travel...

Booking for journey on Sunday 8th September. A friend has a ticket for the 5th day of the 4th Ashes test at Old Trafford on Sunday 8th September. It is highly likely that he won't know whether there is cricket on that day or whether it will be worth going until 19.00 on Saturday 7th September...

First time post, in advance of a journey. Have read posting here by MikeS8 dated 18/05/19 about "Refund on inbound and outbound..." which I found helpful. Two planned trips in next month: Basingstoke - Blackpool North (Mon-Fri) 0548 ex Basingstoke changing at Wolverhampton and Preston, arrive...