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Next week the Open Golf tournament is taking place at Royal Birkdale, to which the nearest MerseyRail station is Hillside. MerseyRail will be running a 6tph service on the Southport line. Normal mortals probably well advised to stay away. One thing is puzzling me. Why are the "extra" trains...

My daughter with her husband and child have tickets on 08:10 LNER Leeds to Stevenage then change to Thameslink depart 10.01 to arrive Gatwick 11.14. Flight is at about 1 o'clock. LNER have issued a "do not travel" advice. What might be a sensible plan? There is a scheduled connection by...

On two of my recent trips involving multiple legs, I have been issued with counted places reservations on connecting services even though the ticket was an Off Peak Return. In these cases there has been a reservable Avanti leg to the journey. The tickets were booked through the forum web site...

A week or so ago I used the forum's ticketing site to buy tickets for 2 adults, both with senior railcards. I received the warning that two railcards were required for travel, and the tickets were issued. Now I am trying for another pair of tickets for same passengers, but the ticketing site...

Hello. I'm travelling through London on 23 & 24 April. Have booked and collected the tickets. I note that there is a tube strike. I plan to walk from Euston to Tottenham Court Road for the Elizabeth line to Stratford, onward to Billericay. Will my ticket with a poor replica of a Maltese Cross...

Hello I am trying to plan a trip from Southport to Billericay and back. The forum's ticketing site is doing well for me. What I can't quite figure out is how I would specify Avanti Standard Premium for the part of the journey between Wigan North Western and Euston. Ticketing site is proposing...

It has been announced that special fares will be available on Merseyrail for upcoming events at Southport. https://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/news/mayor-unveils-great-value-tickets-on-merseyrail-services-to-supercharge-southport-tourism/ I had already been looking at using the train to get to the...

This subject came up in another thread so I thought I would enlarge on it as I have been a traveller through there since the 1950s. My origin or destination in those days was Gidea Park. I struggled to understand why the train went from platform 8, but I eventually worked out that platforms 1 &...

On Monday I travelled from Wigan NW to Billericay and back using tickets purchased using the Forum's web site. The ticketing was split between advance singles on the Avanti trains between Wigan and London with one CCST for each ticket, including the seat Reservation, and an Off-Peak Day Return...

I have received a slightly confusing message from Northern I have booked tickets with them for travel on 17 October with itinerary: 1412 depart Southport 1511 arrive Liverpool South Parkway. 1524 depart Liverpool South Parkway 1628 arrive Wolverhampton 1638 depart Wolverhampton 1723 arrive...

Just helping my friend plan her trip from Swansea to Southport on Sunday 10 August. The route is Swansea to Chester on TFW, then Chester to Southport on MerseyRail to benefit from the good value Swansea to Southport Advance Single. The only sensible timing is depart Swansea 0950, change at...

I'm just planning a trip for a friend and I am curious as to why the forum ticketing site offers the 09.50 from Swansea to Southport changing at Chester and Liverpool found in this search as an e ticket when it is routed on MerseyRail from Chester to Southport via Liverpool. Normally routes...

I decided to try the unique e-ticket experience offered by MerseyRail; I bought online an e-ticket Daysaver for 2 passengers. This was emailed to me as a PDF file. I was able to display it on my phone. I boarded the train at an unbarriered station, travelled to Liverpool Central. I showed the...

On a good day a trip from Stafford to High Wycombe can be done in 2h30m with one change of trains at Banbury. Last Sunday 9 February I got a call from my daughter whose friend had stayed over at Stafford, and was planning to make the Stafford to High Wycombe journey home. She had received a text...

My daughter visited today from Stafford. Her journey to get here was trouble free. There were two options for the return. (a) dep Southport (SOP) 16.32 to Wigan Wallgate 1705. Dep Wigan NW 1731 arrive Stafford 1822 (b) dep SOP 16.03 on Merseyrail, change onto Merseyrail to reach Liverpool South...

I just went along to Birkdale station to collect tickets ordered online, which included Railcard discounts. I had bought tickets dates for tomorrow for my wife with Senior Railcard, and my daughter & grand daughter with Family & Friends Railcard. I did not take the Railcards with me. The...

Southport Pleasureland is a great day out for young and old. But it does not come cheap. A Full Experience ticket is £24.99. However if you present a Merseyrail ticket or pass it is only £19.99. Having booked for tomorrow with the discount I have bought (via the Forum's web site), using validly...

I am helping my friend who was delayed by the cancellation of the last train from Wigan Wallgate to Southport last Saturday. She travelled with another passenger using valid Two Together card, departing London Euston 2031, to depart Wigan Wallgate 2323, due Southport 2359. The 2323 was cancelled...

Yesterday's journey was affected by major disruption between Bournemouth and Southampton affecting CrossCountry services, a signal failure between Reading and Didcot having a further impact, and a points failure near Watford Junction scuppering the West Coast Mainline. Intended journey: Didcot...

My daughter moaned at me that she couldn't book tickets for the August Bank Holiday Saturday, 24 August from Stafford to York. She said that she understood that the route from Stafford to Manchester via Stoke was closed, but via Crewe was open so Avanti were refusing to sell tickets at all. So I...