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    London Liverpool Street station - ticket machines - no valid fares

    Just tried to buy tickets from London Liverpool Street to Staines tickets, but 'no valid fares' . It's crazy that you have to online to buy perfectly tickets, it's as if they don't want to travel. Plenty of international customers, presumably they expect us to use contactless/oyster to Waterloo...
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    SWR default position on Season tickets appears to be child fares.

    I'm looking to get a weekly ticket from Reading to Wokingham, as the car is off the road hopefully not for long. I went to buy a weekly season ticket online and it came back with £12.50, thinking this was a...
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    London Paddington and GWR first class

    A busy evening here at Paddington. The following probably already cover before! Minimum connection time is 15 minutes but crowds trying to get through limited gates as so much space taken up by cabins for things Heathrow Express etc rather than gates, it's starting to feel like Euston but...
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    Great Yarmouth Station - Platform 4 -Cylinder and associated iron work

    The cylinder appeared to be marked LNER 1942 but my eyesight is not what it used to be. I've never seen anything like it before, but was thinking it might be for lubricant due the curved track, but their is no sign of any grease. The whole arrangement does appear as old as the track. I would be...
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    Alternatives offered for defective air conditioning

    Travelling back on the 18:15 Leeds to London Kings Cross on Monday night only one standard class carriage had working air conditioning. Everyone was offered the alternative to catch a later train at Doncaster, with no guaranteed seats, and claim delay repay on the original arrival time. We were...
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    Help planning a trip during the Easter closure of the West Coast mainline

    Evening all The alternative for south bound from Carlisle at no additional charge is via the Settle and Carlisle line. Or for additional cost via Newcastle. I was planning to be around the area at Easter but these local DMUs will be packed. Are these alternatives suggested by...
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    Reading to Dover Priory via HS1

    :D Tickets from Reading to Dover Priory via HS1 are not available, you can only purchase tickets to Asford Intl depite the train continuing to Dover Priory. I was advised by both South Eastern and First Great Western to either take the slow train via Charing Cross/Victoria or to split...
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    Wokingham/Reading to Ashford International

    :D Happy New Year, I have been trying to book Wokingham to Asford(Kent) via HS1. I can get a route, but I have been informed that I need to buy two tickets tickets(splitting at St Pancras). If however I leave from Reading I can buy a through ticket. However if I go on the classic...

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