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This evening I was travelling on 1E74, the 1824 Chester to Leeds service, with a destination of Rochdale. Due to some commotion on the platform at Warrington Bank Quay, we were held outside the station for a good 10+ minutes. Thereafter the train was obviously running late and an announcement...

Arrived at Rochdale this morning at 0630 to catch the 0637 to Manchester Vic. Unable to access the station with the main entrance closed with the roller shutters down. No staff, no explanation and 0637 arrived and departed Without anyone able to board. A dozen or more passengers waiting...

Posted in the Light Rail sub-forum. Should Metrolink not be charging Off Peak fares all day today?

Mrs Par and myself were recently delayed travelling together on ticket booked directly with Northern and I elected to receive complimentary travel passes as the method of fulfilling my delay repay claim. Northern approved the claim, no problem and I have today received the passes, which we...

I’m looking to potentially change two Advances bought direct with Avanti. I understand that there is a £10 per ticket admin fee, but understood that if the new ticket was the same price (or lower) than the original, then that was it, £10 per ticket. On attempting to make the change they are...

Yesterday #1 daughter was travelling from Euston to Manchester on an Off Peak Return (Any Permitted). In view of the weather and potential disruption, I did advise her about the alternative routes, via Reading, Birmingham, Sheffield etc.. I believe that via Warrington is also valid, so there...

Travelled from Newport to Manchester yesterday (30/10). The scheduled arrival time was 20:15 in the public timetable (20:14 in the WTT). This train crawled (and I mean crawled) up to the buffer stops on P10. I observed the digital clock on the platform as we passed and it was beyond 20:30...

We have an anytime return between Manchester Piccadilly (route via Hereford) and Bath Spa. The itinerary we have for the return leg includes the 17.03 departure from Newport on October 30th, which should in theory be a 67 hauling MK4s with the full dining option in 1st. I understand that it...

During the blockade at Castleton between Manchester and Leeds starting today, I wanted to travel Shaw - Rochdale - Leeds - Headingley on the 21st, but if the dreaded RRB is to be avoided it will now have to be Shaw - Manchester Victoria - Leeds - Headingley Not a significant time penalty, but...

I expect that this has been asked many times previously, so apologies. Yesterday I travelled from Deansgate to Blackpool North, splitting at Adlington. The train was cancelled so I took the service one hour later. For Delay Repay purposes, do I make one claim for the journey and submit both...

Last evening I was travelling from Nottingham to Rochdale using the return portion of an Off Peak Day Return. The plan was 19.17 to Leeds and then the 21.43 from Leeds to Rochdale. The first leg was fine, spot on time. On arrival at Leeds, the departure boards were showing that both the 21.43...

On Sunday 30th June I have an advance from Southport (dep 19.38) to Rochdale. This train calls at Rochdale direct, however my itinerary has a change at Manchester Victoria arriving at 20.49 onto a Leeds train dep 20.54, so just 5 minutes which I presume is the minimum? RTT show the Southport...

Looking for a bit of advice please. Got Advance tickets to travel from Manchester to London with Avanti on Friday, but probably now need to travel Thursday. These tickets were booked through the LNER website not with Avanti. How do I go about changing these tickets? Is it even possible on...

We have a two together railcard. This expires on 31st July and we have advances booked for Manchester to London on 29th, returning on the 30th. Now, we know 29th is an RMT strike day, so more than likely we’ll look to travel on 28th (this pre-supposes ASLEF don’t call a strike that day, which...

Apologies if this is the wrong forum (mods please move as necessary) Need to make a journey at short notice tomorrow. Booking sites show the last direct Euston - Piccadilly at 15.01 I know that the Off-Peak return is valid via Reading. This allows journey possibilities leaving Paddington at...

On Sunday September 11th we travelled from Kings X to Rochdale via Leeds. There were signalling issues in the Peterborough area for a large part of the day leading to numerous cancellations and severe delays. Our 1803 service from Kings X left at 1924 and arrived into Leeds 90 late. We were...

Purely hypothetical question because my delay repay claim has already been settled. On October 4th our journey from Manchester Piccadilly to Southampton Central was disrupted due to a fatality between Leamington Spa and Banbury. No fault of CrossCountry of course, however it resulted in a 2...

I’ve just renewed our Two Together Railcard and having always held a physical card for a number of years, have decided this time to opt for the digital version to take advantage of the Trainline offer at £20. I’ve seen negative comments on here about having to display in the app, with potential...

A quick question regarding validity. I have the Advance ticket shown in the photo below. It is issued from Manchester Stations, but the reservation is from Piccadilly. Am I right in thinking that boarding at Oxford Road would in this case be prohibited? Thanks in advance.

Just bought two Advances for Manchester to London on June 3rd departing at 7.15 direct from Avanti. At the planning stage I applied the Two Together Railcard and went through with the purchase (at 53.40) but afterwards discovered that the Railcard discount had not been applied. I re-checked to...