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I haven't posted on a good while but I would like some clarification on the issue of Disabled Persons Freedom Passes being valid on ANY train between Paddington and Reading during normal off peak times (not just on XR services). This issue came about when I went to Paddington GWR ticket office...

Hello I wish to travel to Worcester on Friday 4th December on the 0850 from Paddington via Evesham. I am returning from Stroud later that day. I know there is a London to Worcester via Evesham/Stroud Saver ticket priced at 54.10 (I have a DIS railcard) which would be perfect for my needs but...

I am making a journey from King's Cross to Doncaster on Saturday 5th May 2018. I am planning to travel outward on the 08:33 to Leeds. However I am doing a bus Explorer trip around the area upon arrival, so I want flexibility on the way back depending on what buses/routes I decide to bash, so...

I have wrapped my brains, but cannot see any viable split ticketing options. I wish to travel on the 0833 King's Cross- Leeds only to Grantham (train only calls Stevenage in between) and then do a bus Explorer and return from Leeds back to KX on the 19:45 departure (calls Wakefield...

On a Saturday (in two or three weeks time) I will be travelling from Marylebone to Birmingham, bashing some buses on the First Wyvern network before returning from Stratford-Upon-Avon. Would a SVR London- Birmingham, cover me for the return from Stratford? Or do I need a separate ticket from...

I use Ledbury station a few times a year, upon walking up the approach ramp you are greeted with the usual yellow poster "Warning- Have you paid?" implying penalty fares are in force. How can LM enforce this when on Saturday afternoons or in the evenings (when the ticket office closes) the...

On a recent East Coast trip I had advance tickets and seats booked (for two) in coach D. However upon boarding (after noting down the loco number) I noted a whole bay of four unreserved in coach B, so me and my friend decided to take this opportunity and move. Can I then walk back up to coach...

As some of you may know I am a well known "tube challenger" with 3 world records to my name, but of course tube challenging isn't only about doing the whole network in a day. There are a plethora of other, shorter challenges that can be completed using the Tube Map that often only taken a few...

I travel on the Megabus network a few times a year, when doing this I don't print off the whole email sent to me, I just note down the first six digits of the reservation number (e.g. 26-xxxx) on say my paper notepad and offer it to the bus driver. No problems (I know what time the bus is, know...

On Sunday afternoon, I was at Paddington and noted the next HC was from platform 3. These platforms are barriered but do not have Oyster capability, I bet there was quite a few incomplete journeys arising from such a departure, as I am sure these platforms do not even have stand alone...

Recently I travelled to apparently the UK's least used rail station. I arrived at Darlo from King's Cross on the class 91 on an advance, so needed to buy the local ticket at Darlington itself. Having not finding Teesside Airport on the ticket machine, I went to the ticket clerk. I knew I...

Can anyone help me with the code for London Zone 3 so I make a query in BR fares. I wanted to know the ticket price for a 7 day season (7DS) from Leyton Midland to Southend Central (via Barking), but can't for the life of me remember the location code for me to do this! I have the 7DS...

On Saturday I boarded the 2143 (actual dep. 2152) Ipswich- Liverpool Street "Skoda". Due to signalling faults the train was further delayed approaching Manningtree. Anyway, the main reason for this post is that I sure this service passed through Witham on platform 1, can anyone confirm...

I have been asked by a friend to look for tickets between A and B, having looked for several fares (including Oyster and splits) I have come to the conclusion that the through ticket is the best option. As his start station is Enfield Lock (ENF) and the HST departs from Paddington (PAD), my...

**Please note I have gained permission from the forum staff team to post this thread** Many of you on this website are aware of the "Tube Challenge" whereby people attempt to travel to all 270 London Underground stations in the fastest time (and hopefully for a Guinness World record entry)...

A friend of mine has recently become a bus driver at a London bus company, thus has received a TfL staff Oyster. I know these are not generally valid on National Rail services but am I correct in that these types of passes ARE valid on NR routes that parallel LU routes such as Upminster-...

Going through my notes in my paper notepad I am having difficulty identifying two coaches in a West Coast Railways charter rake I saw a couple of months ago at Shrewsbury. All that these two coaches had on them was the names "Emerald" and "Amethyst" thus upon going through the Platform 5...

I would like some advice. On Saturday 11th May I was due to travel on the 0821 Paddington [PAD]-Hereford [HFD] (as far as Oxford [OXF]) but due to a mega ATO failure on the Victoria Line (left Walthamstow at 0732, arrived King's Cross 0826), I missed this train by a consirable margin. It...

Hello all As organiser of this years annual Tube Challenge Zone 1 event, I would like to give the opportunity to say if any of you would like to participate in the challenge. The challenge will take place on Friday 31st May 2013. For those who don't know, the Zone 1 Tube Challenge is one...

Can any member please explain the following with regard to card payment. I travel (for example) from London to York and I choose to take the option of the on train Weekend First, which I usually pay by my card (a normal Visa Debit card) this transaction always gets authorises and ticket...