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Searching for Advances from Preston to Settle via Carlisle, Ticketsplit offers a Virgin + connections ticket on September 12 leaving Preston at 11:53 and Carlisle at 13:40. I haven't been able to find the same ticket on NRE, Virgin, TPE mixing desk or Loco2 (choosing "find slower/cheaper"...

Paid my first ever visit to Ormskirk by Merseyrail a couple of days ago and was surprised to have my ticket checked on entrance to the platform as I can't remember the last time I've encountered a ticket check at a non-barriered Merseyrail station. Could this be anything to do with the station...

If a Disabled Railcard holder is travelling from A -> C and is joined by a friend at B, can the friend travel from B -> C on a discounted B - > C ticket? T&Cs say "The accompanying adult must travel with you throughout the journey" but does that simply mean that the friend can't travel without...

Serious proposal or PR stunt? https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2019/05/31-virgin-unveils-radical-plan-for.html

I wonder how many people buy Day Savers expecting them to have the same rail validity as Saveaways i.e. all trains within Merseyside? (Incidentally, is my memory playing tricks or were all rail lines in Merseyside branded as Merseyrail in pre-privatisation days?)

This is a question expecting the answer "no", but thought I'd check: Can an Advance be changed for a TOC specific ticket for a different TOC serving the same route? Specifically can a Virgin Advance Euston -> Liverpool be changed for a London North-Western (Advance or flexible) ticket?

I was on the point of buying Advances twinned with Off-peak singles (online) (aka half Savers) when it dawned on me that I was thinking of the latter as being the same as the return half of an Off-peak Return when they are of course only valid for travel as dated. Is the pop-up that describes...

Planning to travel from Liverpool Lime Street to Euston this Friday December 28th probably on the 16:42 along with two other family members. I'm tempted to try making three separate bookings with three different accounts via the Skyscanner app in order to get £5 (MSEDEC) or £4 (SKYRAIL) off each...

My wife and I are traveling in a week's time (a week that contains two bank holidays) and my Disabled Railcard (which can be renewed online but not at a station) has expired. I'd like to buy discounted Advances in the next day or two and would need the railcard by date of travel. It seems to me...

My son's travelling tomorrow on an Advance leaving Euston at 17:07 and arriving at Lime Street at 20:52 with an engineering diversion via Stockport. As he lives near South Parkway it would be quicker for him to get the replacement buses to Runcorn and then on to South Parkway, arriving at 20:50...

Just booked a ticket with VWC. Booking confirmation on website (via the Virgin Red app for 20% discount) said any valid debit/credit card could be used for TOD collection, but the email said it has to be the card used for payment. Haven't they accepted any card for some years now?

My (Allerton resident) son was bemused to arrive at Euston on Saturday only to hear the imminent departure for Liverpool South Parkway (during the Lime Street closure) announced as for...........Allerton.

Scene 1: Earlier today at Conway Park Me: "Can I have a Liverpool to London Super Off Peak Return please?" Merseyrail ticket person #1 after 30 seconds of looking: "We don't have Super Off Peaks here, you'll have to try in Liverpool" Scene 2: Later today at Liverpool South Parkway...

London Midland website shows Super Off Peak unavailable tomorrow (Saturday) for departure Liverpool South Parkway 15:43 changing Stafford arriving Euston 18:50. Is this a) because the Stafford departure at 16:55 is between 16:30 and 19:30 and b) wrong, cos there's no such thing as an "off...

Someone posted yesterday on UK Hot Deals about the Disabled Person's Railcard. A lot of the comments there link this railcard to "the benefits culture" and suggest that it's taxpayer subsidised. (I think the suggestion is that they cost the rail companies money and so increase their need for...

My daughter was travelling yesterday from Blackheath to Liverpool and a delay in the Blackheath departure caused her to miss her connection at Euston. She travelled on PAYG Oyster to Euston and held on her phone an e-ticket First Advance issued by Virgin's website. She explained her situation...

A combined Chester Zoo bus & admission add-on fare is available in conjunction with a rail ticket, much like PLUSBUS. I presume it could be bought together with a Merseyrail Day Saver, but not with a rail-issued Saveaway, a non-rail-issued Saveaway, a Trio ticket or a Merseytravel free pass...

My daughter's travelling tomorrow (Friday) from Stratford-upon-Avon to Birkenhead and on Sunday from Birkenhead to London. She'll want to travel Virgin (not LM) on Sunday. Best combination I can see is Stratford -> Birkenhead Off-Peak return for £46.50 and an Advance Stafford -> London...

Do the Off-Peak conditions shown on the LM website relate only to tickets routed "London Midland only" or do they also cover "any permissible route" tickets? E.g. can an "any permissible" Off-Peak London -> Liverpool be used to depart London during the evening at times when it's not valid on VT...

I can't find any recent discussion on here regarding the Virgin railcard easement for Off-Peak tickets. Is it still the consensus that one can safely ignore the requirement that travel should be entirely on Virgin services?