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I have an off peak single from Glasgow to Stalybridge on Sunday 18th February. The ticket states via Carlisle and I have a reservation on a Virgin service as far as Carlisle. Would this ticket allow me to take the S&C from Carlisle and travel to Stalybridge via Leeds?
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Looking to see if anyone can help me with a decent fare for this journey, have already sorted return travel for the day after but looks like engineering work on the WMCL for that day and no decent fares showing from Manchester.
The best fare I've found so far is £49.50...
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Please could you advise the best options for this journey - departing 8th June arriving anytime up to teatime and returning the following day 9th June, ideally in the morning. I hold no discounts or railcards and would be happy to travel on advances.
Thanks in advance.
I was making a journey from Chorley to Manchester this morning and have weekly GMPTE traincard. I asked for a single to Blackrod to cover me to the boundary and the ticket seller at the station insisted that I buy a ticket to Bolton instead as that was the next stop for train. Having checked...
Just bought myself a coupple of wayfarer tickets for return trips to Chorley and noticed that the scratch off panels for the year only go up to 2012. Does anybody working in ticket offices know if this ticket will be available in the new year and whether any price changes are planned, it's an...
Would be grateful if someone could advise on the cheapest way of doing this return journey.
I'm due to arrive in Euston on Fri 14/12/12 at 12.23 on a Virgin advance and need to be back at Euston on Sat 15/12/12 in time for a 14.00 departure.
I can be pretty flexible on times in both...
At about 5pm yesterday, TPE tweeted the following:-
Due to a landslide at the entrance to Scout Tunnel, services between Huddersfield, Stalybridge and Manchester... http://fb.me/LC0TlXyh
https://twitter.com/TPExpressTrains
If you follow the link, it then tells you that the problem is...
I heard today it is due to shut for 14 weeks next year does anyone know any details such as dates and how how services will be arranged.
The gent who told me didn't think it was part of electrification work but if it is, mods please feel free to move this into the existing thread.
I travelled down to London from Manchester on 5th November when there were severe delays due to the wires being down at Wembley.
I left Picadilly at 15.35, arriving at 19.00 and returned the next morning on the 08.10 service which arrived at 12.00.
As I advised by the TM on the outward...
Any useful ticket suggestions for this journey?
I have no rail cards and would be looking at an adult fare.
I'm going up for a football match so can flexible to a degree, would like to be there before 1pm and can leave anytime after about 6pm.
Thanks in advance.
Just been reading through Alliance Rail's latest proposals - http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1tf81/WCMLTrackAccessRight/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alliancerail.co.uk%2F2011%2F08%2F16811-alliance-rail-press-release%2F - and seen a reference to work at Stalybridge to provide...
Myself and a friend (no railcards etc..) are planning to take a trip up the Settle-Carlisle line on 11th September. Looking to head out earlyish, non-stop to Carlisle then breaking the journey on the way back down to do some walking.
Any suggestions on the cheapest way to do this?
Thanks.
I have a monthly season ticket between Stalybridge and Manchester.
On Saturday, I was making a journey from Piccadilly to another destination within the Greater Manchester boundaries and enquired if I was able to buy an excess from my ticket to my destination. The reply from the conductor...
Arrived home into Stalybridge at 1945 this evening on the TPE service from York and there was a crosscountry train sat on the line behind platform 2 which is more commonly used for freight trains to stop allowing passanger services to pass.
Any ideas what it what it was doing there, as I've...
Just trying to find the best fares for a trip to London next Month.
I have no rail card or oyster card other than a season ticket for Greater Manchester.
I'm pretty flexible on the way down, can leave from about 9am onwards but can arrive at anytime up till about 3pm. Coming back, I'm...
Hi, looking for a bit of advice on a journey.
Leaving Cambridge after 17.00 on 12 Feb and returning back on 21 Feb leaving Stalybridge after 11.00.
I've found an advance fare with Virgin at £29.50, leaving Cambridge for Finsbury Park at 19.24 and then getting the 21:00 Euston - Manchester...
I will be travelling to Chorley tomorrow 24/12 on the 12:16 service from Manchester Piccadilly to Chorley.
I have a County Card which covers me for rail travel in Greater Manchester.
Should I buy a ticket from Bolton to Chorley, which the service calls at, or Horwich Parkway which it...
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