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We have an issue as one of is not very good with money. I have a bit of a conundrum I wanted to share with you: He currently owns a Ford that he bought for £10,000 on finance. He still owes a large amount left on it and has lost money as he owes more that the £7,500 it is worth. His monthly...

Currently, trains to Birmingham New Street and beyond take significantly longer than other services to towns slightly north of it and beyond it. For example, Euston to Birmingham takes on average 1 hour 20 minutes. To compare apples to apples, there was one service a day in the pre-covid...

I am looking at options to visit a friend in Derby this weekend although East Midlands appear to be short on advances. I found a pair of return advances for £52 which is great, although the timing means I would only spend 2 hours actually in Derby. Other timings are roughly £70. Saturday is...

moderator note - split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/utilising-civ-with-eurostar.251958/ To be pedantic I have been through the gates 20 minutes before. Business Premier passengers are allowed through 10 minutes before too. It is a suggestion, not requirement although they have...

Anyone know why the 19:07 from Ramsgate was diverted via Canterbury West? Lots of people wanting Deal, Sandwich and Folkestone were further delayed as a result. The inbound terminating service only made it in at 19:30 I know these things happen for a reason, but I am struggling to find out what...

Can anyone explain why these fares cannot be bought online? They are designed to encourage passengers from East Kent to travel along North Kent coast at a discount, in exchange for a slower journey using less of HS1. They are also useful for when St Pancras is the ultimate destination but a...

I got 50% delay repay on a Lumo open return for a 1 hour delay. Is this right? Thanks!

Tonight the 20:27 Lumo service to Edinburgh made an unscheduled stop at Grantham to eject a rowdy passenger. A young man had to be removed due to trying to wrestle everyone in the carriage. The Customer Hosts told him to stop although he ignored them and said they couldn’t do anything. The...

I need some advice, please. I have been looking forward to a long weekend in Paris although not sure what to do now We were due to leave mine on Friday and arrive back on Monday. The plan was for the two of us to leave early on Friday, pop through Eurotunnel, and drive down to Paris arriving...

I am wondering whether someone can help me. Alex’s younger sister bought a child Off Peak Return to travel from Deal to London and now needs to use the return portion himself. He has a 26-30 railcard. The ticket was £9.30. What is the correct excess please? I had a look although thought I would...

My boyfriend recently applied for a job as OBM at Southeastern and took the verbal reasoning tests. Unfortunately, he did not pass. However, he currently has a pass in Railway standards RAAT which he obtained from LNER. Does anyone know if Southeastern would accept this in place of their own...

I need to travel on the 14:48 Lumo service from Kings Cross tomorrow afternoon. Trainline will show the service on the journey planner as sold out. All other websites I have tried do not list it at all. I am aware that a reservation is not compulsory. How can I buy a walk up ticket to travel on...

Once again the railcard website appears not to be working. Some friends and family have all been trying to renew their railcards this week and not had any luck. So far we have: - Tried 3 different VPNs - 3 different browsers - Deleted cookies and cleared the cache - Tried with different...

It is that time of year again - the joys of railcard renewals. We all need to renew ours before our spring adventures begin next week. It seems the 26- 30 railcard is missing from the offers page. Can the 16 - 25 railcard option be used instead to generate a code? I am assuming no but asking...

This is not a coronavirus related discussion, but a question about sick leave. One of my friends is driver and was recently on sick leave after testing positive. After 10 days he went back to work with the same symptoms and still testing positive. This begs the question why he didn’t stay at...

Recently I submitted some delay repay claims on behalf of some friends. They have special needs and are on autistic spectrum. Filling in the forms and going through the delay repay process is not easy for them so I assisted. Filling in their email, address, journey etc. This is where the...

I am travelling up to see a friend next week. I am planning to travel on Thursday 10th or Friday 11th of February. Time is not an issue although evening is preferable. I would likely come back on the Sunday or Monday. I will probably start from Euston. However I may visit Grandparents the night...

One of my friends came down from Nottingham to visit this weekend. He boarded the 21:45 from Faversham to London Victoria. Unfortunately there was a delay at Rochester. Eventually train was diverted via Dartford after 30 minutes. This route is of course much slower and the train will arrive...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/how-do-you-buy-single-tickets-on-a-smart-card.223056 What is the reason for this? If the other ticket options can be loaded onto smartcard, why are you not allowing them to be? It seems LNER are a part of the problem and why...

One of my friends moved up to Nottingham last Friday and has been feeling homesick. Another friend who lives there I have not seen in a long while and has invited me to theirs for the weekend. I have been looking at fares to Nottingham and Newark Northgate. It seems the LNER sale has ended? I...