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I'm currently travelling on a TPE 185 between Stockport and Doncaster. I have a reserved seat booked through the forum using the seat picker. There are no reservation displays on the 185, and no reservation cards have been put on the seats. Is this normal, or just a one-off?

Why are there both 16-17 and 16-25 railcards? As the 16-17 railcard has a larger discount, why would any 16 or 17 year old buy a 16-25 railcard? This seems to lead to accidental or in some cases, deliberate selection of the wrong railcard as evidenced in disputes and prosecutions. Should the...

I arrived at platform 5 (Up slow) from the North this evening at about 19:15. There was a northbound LNR train in platform 4 (Up fast) with a few more significantly delayed trains queuing behind it on the up fast. What was preventing the down lines from being used at that time?

I understand that fixing the junction at Colwich is constrained by available space. There is a lot of line between Colwich and Rugeley, surrounded by farmland. Is it not possible to build a junction further back, where there is more room and run two parallel two-track railways between...

I was travelling in the rear carriage of a 10 car 730 from Rugby to Nuneaton this evening. There was an announcement that, because of short platforms, passengers should move to the front 7 carriages to alight at Nuneaton. My first thought was that this must be clearly incorrect, but then...

Liverpool to Manchester (1830) is widely regarded as the world's first Inter-City railway. Neither Liverpool (1880) nor Manchester (1853) was a city at the time, so IMHO it doesn't qualify. What was the first railway between two places which had city status at the time of opening? I think it...

I can't see any particular problem with using clear glass apart from those stopping to look out possibly restricting flow on the bridge. If this was the case then uncovered footbridges would have higher sides. My local station (Nuneaton) has a wide bridge and the relatively new glazing is...

I have recently travelled using day ranger tickets, but I found the ticket purchases to be frustrating. My local station does not sell some of them, or the ticket office may not be open so I have first to make a journey to a station where I can buy the day ranger. In most cases the train...

It will soon be time to renew my senior railcard. I have noticed that discount codes are widely available for railcards from Trainpal.com and Trip.com, but can't find any for the National Rail card. I seem to recall from these forums that people have had problems with railcards from...

Permitted routes are BI + BP which requires travel via Birmingham. https://vaildata.uk/routeing?orp=NUN&drp=G72&map=BP%2BBI Surely travel via Coventry and Leamington Spa is a more obvious and shorter route which should also be permitted?

Having read the thread Forced to buy a new ticket after break of journey, I have read the break of journey conditions on the National Rail website Regading overnight break of journey it says : Overnight break of journey - if the journey cannot be completed on the same day, the ticket may be...

I booked tickets a few weeks ago for a journey from Nuneaton to york using railUK Tickets. I immediately added the tickets to my Google wallet. The tickets are marked "See Itinerary" for seat reservations. However, when I log into the railUK tickets site, the tickets don't show up in my...

I am planning a trip from Nuneaton to Liverpool ( James Street) using RailUK Tickets I can't select James Street as a destination, only "Liverpool Lime Street, Central, James Street or Moorfields" The timings on the itinerary only show Nuneaton to Lime Street Is this ticket valid between...

My understanding is that in the event of a misssed connection due to a delayed train as part of an itinerary then I can take a later train to get to my destination, and potentially also claim delay repay ( although this is a secondary consideration ) I am planning a journey which is...

I'm fortunate to have retired, and able to travel at any time. The various ticketing sites seem to only offer prices for a selected date and time range. I would like instead to locate the best fare for my journey in the next two weeks. Is there any way to easily do this?

As a young child, I travelled with my parents between Leeds and Newcastle a few times up to about 1965. I can remember on one occasion being taken to the front of the train at the water troughs which must have been Wiske Moor so that journey would have been via York Would there also have been a...

Grand Central have cancelled the 14:14 from Sunderland today. They have tweeted ( or is it now Xed) the following. The next GC train is 4 hours later at 1814 Any alternative ticket bought on the day is likely to be much more expansive than the refunded amount. Do GC not have an obligation...

Related in part to this thread regarding penalty fare signage, I can foresee situations where a passenger would not think to look for or read such notices. The web page for the Explorer55 ticket clearly states that tickets can be purchased on the train or from a ticket office. There is no...

I need to travel from A to D, changing trains at B and C and returning the same day. Ideally, I would catch the 09:29 from A to B , but this is 1 minute before the validity of an off-peak day return. I plan to instead depart from station B ( at 9:50 ), returning to A later in the day...

I regularly took Londonmidland Trains from Nuneaton to Euston a few years ago. Times were a little slower than Virgin Trains, but not much. Typically times were between 1hr 10 and 1hr 20. For example, the 07:27 stopping at Rugby and MK was timetabled to Euston at 08:41, usually arriving a...