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Let’s say I have an Advance from Birmingham to Norwich via Peterborough. If the XC Birmingham-Peterborough is cancelled, I can take the previous train, which is 1h earlier, under the new industry guidelines. Does this flexibility extend to the entire journey - ie can I take the EMR service 1h...

The West Highland Line is popular with tourists for its scenery, but for most of its length, it’s served only by aging DMUs. Is there enough capacity for a tourist-oriented premium service between Glasgow and Fort William (or Oban)? Obviously the Jacobite has been successful between Fort...

Purfleet has stopping markers for 4, 8 and 12 coach 357 consists on the northbound platform. The 4 and 8 coach stop markers are accompanied by banks of monitors for (presumably) DOO dispatch, but there aren’t any at the 12 coach marker. Are 12 coach trains dispatched differently?

Today’s 10:00 Liverpool St to Norwich is formed of 11 coaches worth of 755s instead of the usual 745. RTT doesn’t seem to show anything unusual about the route, and other trains on the route today seem to be 745s. Why is this - a shortage of the usual stock perhaps?

Is it just low demand, or are there pathing/operational reasons?

Return tickets from London to Sheffield used to be available that were valid either direct on EMR from St Pancras, or up the ECML and changing at Doncaster. With LNER’s move to single-leg pricing, these have all disappeared, and the Anytime Single is the only Any Permitted ticket left. This...

I'm looking to travel from Fort William (FTW) to Glasgow (GLQ), one way, on a weekday. Looking at BRFares, the only (non-Advance) single is the Anytime Day Single (SDS) at £34.50, but there's a cheaper Super Off-Peak Day Return for £26. The obvious thing to do is to buy the return and throw...

A, B and C are travelling together. A and B hold a Two Together railcard. A and C also hold a Two Together railcard. (It is explicitly permitted to hold multiple Two Together railcards with different people.) Can A, B and C all purchase and travel with Two Together railcard-discounted tickets?

I need to travel from London to Birmingham, then 1 week later, from Birmingham to Manchester followed (on the same day) by Manchester to London. All journeys will be at a weekend, and I'd prefer flexible tickets. So far the best I can find is an Off-Peak Return (route: Any Permitted) from...

I'm booking a round trip from London Terminals to Nottingham for the 16th of November. Engineering work means the only (non replacement-bus) option is LNER to Grantham, then EMR. I want to get an advance for the outbound, then a Super Off Peak Single (restriction 9D) for the return. A normal...

Let's say I have a Super Off Peak Return from London Terminals to Birmingham Stations, routed Via High Wycombe, restriction code PU, cost £31.40. This restriction code is rather generous, notably it's completely unrestricted at the weekend. Since this is a route restricted ticket, it should be...

I've just bought an Advance from Bournville in Birmingham to Euston. Normally I go for ticket-on-departure but I decided to try e-ticketing. The e-ticket that came through has a fixed time for both the local, non-reservable (Bournville to Birmingham New Street) leg and for the Virgin leg to...