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Allo! I have an advance single from Swindon to Carmarthen this weekend, but I've been invited to stop off in Cardiff and have lunch with someone. I realise that by the letter of the rules, I can't use this ticket at all, because stopping the journey at Cardiff would make it invalid (right?)...

Hi all! Last month had a train journey from Cambridge to King's Cross, then cycled (on my own bike) to Paddington, then GWR to Slough. Two separate train tickets (advance for the first, contactless for the second). My initial train to KGX was delayed by just over 30min. But because it's a short...

Hi all, I’d like to give the Swansea district line a go, from East of Swansea to Llanelli without stopping at Swansea. From a quick search there are such trains, eg Monday 08 September 2025 22:27Cardiff Central(CDF) 23:38Llanelli(LLE) But I can only find them at night, are there any in...

Hi all, Always been curious about this! Travelling between Reading and Pontarddulais, would there be any valid ticket to do this via Shrewsbury, so using the heart of wales line that way instead of doubling back at Llanelli? Other than just buying one from Reading to Shrewsbury and one from...

Hi all, I'm currently at Bristol Temple Meads with a 1st class advance ticket from Centre Caerdydd to Penzance, reserved seats on the GWR 10:59 train in carriage D. First time I've ever bought 1st class, holiday treat and with an advance ticket it was only slightly more expensive. I'm in...

delay repay. Not the principle but the admin. You have to work out which firm is responsible for the delay, probably have to create yet another internet account with them, perhaps have them wrongly bump it to a different firm, and eventually pay you. I have 4 or 5 accounts with different TOCs...

Hi all, I've been reading into this but am finding myself a bit confused! What exactly is the cheapest route from Reading to London these days, especially for off-peak leisure travel? A couple of complications: I have a disabled railcard, which can be loaded onto an Oyster card but *not*...

Interesting thing happened last week. I took sailrail from Dublin Ferryport back to England, using the Dublin Swift boat in the morning. Tickets bought at a UK station. But they sold me the wrong ticket -- they sold me the cheaper one which isn't valid on the Swift, but only on the slower boat...

The Cholsey easement means that someone with a ticket to or from Cholsey to or from eg. Oxford or Swindon can break their journey at Reading. I must have argued with gateline staff dozens of times about this now. And even when they do let you through eventually, it's more with a "well, you're...

At Reading there are a lot of trains with false destinations, eg the slow train to Paddington is listed as for Ealing Broadway. But in the past week a lot of the slow trains have been skipping Ealing, which shows up some of the limitations of this system. Slow trains have been announced as for...

Hi all, I was on a 2015 train from Leeds to KGX the other night, intending to connect to arrive in Cholsey at 23:40 or so. I had 3 tickets: a split advance ticket from Leeds to KGX, and the return portion of a ticket from London U1 to Cholsey, bought at a GWR ticket machine. Leeds-KGX was 70...

Hi there, Just a quick one, sorry if it's been answered somewhere obvious! I'm leaving on the Eurostar from St Pancras tomorrow morning at 0831. If I want to get a CIV-protected ticket, what time do I need to be due to arrive there? I'll be coming from Oxford. Thanks!

Hi all, Merry Christmas! I assume to coincide with the introduction of the new trains with even more obnoxious beeps and announcements, GWR is changing the timetable from Jan 2 around here: there will be almost no through trains from Cholsey to Oxford, but instead there'll be a change at...

Hi all, Sorry if this is a frequent question but I've not seen it before. I live near Cholsey and go into London reasonably often on the weekend. With a network railcard, an off-peak day return to London is £15.05 and an all zones day travelcard is £17.95. I always buy the travelcard even if I...

Hi all, I have a GWR season ticket of less than 2 months which I'm using less than expected. So I just popped to my local staffed station and asked them to calculate how much the refund would be. But she told me that they couldn't refund it on a whim, that I would need some reason ("like...

Reading-Chippenham off peak return, roughly £50 (for a 1 hour trip!) Reading-Chippenham splitting at Didcot, roughly £20. Even less on the weekend when the Network Railcard minimum fare doesn't apply. I would feel like such a sucker if I paid the £50.

I wonder what you think about this. Along the route between Oxford and Paddington, at major stations the stopping train to Paddington is advertised as being to Ealing Broadway, which is misleading because it continues to Paddington. I think this is a bad policy for a number of reasons: -...

Hi there, Just to check that this is valid... I live in Cholsey, and routinely have to go into Reading for work, then Oxford in the afternoon, then back home to Cholsey. All after 10am so I use my network railcard. I've normally got myself an Oxfordshire Day Ranger for about £10, but it's a...