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    LM 25% sale

    I have just booked from New St to Stafford using the LM website and obtained their discount but the trains I thought I might use turn out to be XC services but I went ahead and selected them and the confirmation email says it is ok to use those trains. As this is an LM discount how am I allowed...
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    Glasgow Central/Queen St

    My wife and I are going to Scotland for a holiday in early June and staying in an hotel just a few yards from Central Station and will be going to Fort William for a day out. My question is that while we can get the shuttle bus from Central to Queen St in the morning for the 9.00 train to Fort...
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    Rugby to Nuneaton

    Can anyone please explain why the LM website will not allow me to book return tickets from Rugby to Nuneaton this coming Wednesday without going via Coventry.
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    Glasgow to Cheltenham

    I am planning a trip to Glasgow in March and would like to go up via West Coast and back via East Coast. On my outward bound journey I propose to leave Cheltenham at 8.12, change at New St and pick up the Virgin train at 9.20 arriving in Glasgow at 13.17. My first question is can I use an "off...
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    Buying TfL travelcards on board

    I have just been informed by my local station (Cheltenham Spa) that they no longer sell TfL zone 1-3 travel cards, just zones 1+2 or 1-6. I am going to London on Saturday and require a zone 1-3 for my travel from Paddington to White Hart Lane, can I purchase the card from the guard on the train...
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    Oyster and senior railcard

    I have an oyster card which shows that I have a senior railcard but my senior railcard ran out in November. I have now renewed my senior railcard, do I have to get the oyster card updated.
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    Cheltenham to White Hart Lane

    As some of you may be aware the team I support (Cheltenham Town) have been drawn to play Spurs at WHL in the FA cup in January. I will be purchasing FGW Groupsave 4 tickets from Cheltenham to White Hart Lane for the journey and would like to know if I have to stick to the timings as advised on...
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    Cheltenham to Birmingham stations

    If I purchase a Cheltenham to Birmingham Stations return, is it valid for me to travel up using FGW and LM via Worcester to Snow Hill and return using XC from New Street straight down the main line.
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    Cheltenham to Luton

    Myself and 3 friends are looking to travel from Cheltenham to Luton on Dec 3rd (for football) using First Group, Groupsave 4. I can book using the 7.30 departure from Cheltenham and a post 18.00 return from Luton for a total of £102.00 which seems ok. But when I alter the outward journey time to...
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    Renewing senior railcard

    My senior railcard runs out at the end of this month and I would like to renew it for 3 years but this option is only available on-line according to the National Rail website. My problem is that when I go to the renewal pages of the website it asks for some details, one of which is "existing...
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    Cheltenham to Gillingham

    As the football fixtures were published today I have now found out that we (Cheltenham Town) are away at Gillingham in our opening match. I have checked the FGW website and discovered, quite surprisingly, that my journey to Gillingham is booked via St Pancras. Is it normal to recommend travel...
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    Derbyshire Wayfarer Ranger

    I am travelling to Derby next week and thought I might also go to Nottingham and Sheffield and then finish back at Derby for my return home. I have looked at the National Rail website and they have a Derbyshire Wayfarer Ranger ticket but I am a little confused. Firstly there are two Rangers...
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    More good news from XC

    I have just ordered tickets from XC for a journey I am making on Saturday, and I was not charged a booking fee even though I am collecting the tickets from a station. Have they dropped the booking charge ?
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    Bad information by Virgin ticket office.

    Three of my friends were returning from Crewe last Saturday, on my advice they had split their tickets at Wolverhampton, hence advance XC Cheltenham to Wolverhampton and return, then groupsave3 Wolverhampton to Crewe LM only. This was ok until they arrived back at Wolverhampton on the return...
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    Club 55

    I see that First Scotrail have introduced Club 55 again starting on Jan 17. http://www.scotrail.co.uk/club55 Does anyone know if the other companies in the First group will be following suit, especially FGW ?
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    XC delayed trains

    Yesterday evening I was on the 20.17 XC service from Wolverhampton to Cheltenham, when we arrived at New Street, for a 20.42 departure, the guard was warning passengers who were getting on that if they had advance tickets for the 19.12 and 20.12 services from New St their tickets were not valid...
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    Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury

    I am travelling to Shrewsbury on Saturday for football (weather permitting). I already have Advance XC tickets from Cheltenham to Wolverhampton but want to buy Groupsave 4 LM tickets for the last portion of the journey. I believe Wolverhampton station is run by Virgin so can I buy the tickets...
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    Cheltenham to Southampton groupsave tickets

    Today, Saturday 27th November I travelled from Cheltenham to Southampton, I had arranged to travel on the 9.35 FGW departure from Cheltenham to Bristol Temple Meads and then change onto the FGW train from Cardiff to Portsmouth Harbour departing Temple Meads at 11.23 using Groupsave 4 discounted...
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    Cheltenham to Shrewsbury on Dec 11th

    I shall be travelling with 3 friends from Cheltenham to Shrewsbury on Saturday 11th December for football. I have already purchased advance tickets Cheltenham to Wolverhampton on XCountry but would like to go from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury with LM using Groupsaver 4. It is not possible to buy...
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    Cheltenham to Birmingham

    This Saturday October 30th I am travelling to Accrington for football. I have an advance ticket from Cheltenham to Preston booked online through FGW. On the outward journey, according to the confirmation email I received, I am booked on the 07.18 Cheltenham to Birmingham which I believe is the...

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