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I've been trying to look up fares from Lichfield Trent Valley to Burton-on-Trent, and having great difficulty ! A semi random selection of websites (Trainline, West Midlands, Cross Country) are all saying "no fares available". Trainsplit is similar, quoting £12.40 return splitting at Tamworth...

I travel regularly between Crewe and Stafford - currently once or twice per week (I'm a key worker). Was astonished today to discover that the Avanti only Crewe - Stafford Day Return fare had gone up from (I think) £9.60 to £12.30. I make that a 28% increase. It's now only 10p less than the...

I will travelling be travellking from Wolverhampton to Oxford and back tomorrow (April 5th). Outward about 1530, return after 2000. I have no railcards and would rather not be tied to particular trains. The offpeak return is £36.50 Trainsplit offers me the following Wolves -...

Hi there, I need to go to Harwich on business on Thursday. Am planning to take the Norwich express from Liverpool Street and change at Manningtree, but I've noticed that there is only a 5 minute connection there. Is that feasible ? What is the likelihood that the branch train would be...

Hi folks, Got a weird problem with my Pay as You Go Mobile. I topped up at a cashpoint (adding £10 credit), and though I received a slip saying "top up has been successful" nothing has been credited to my account ! The phone number and network (Orange) I typed in were definitely correct...

Hi there, I am trying to book a journey using Virgin Trains website (normally London Midland but the booking engine is down). Halfway through booking I realised that I had specified the wrong date for the return journey, so I started again. Now I've ended up with two almost identical sets...

Can anyone tell me if this CDR (£11.70) is valid via Coventry please ? (i.e. Stafford - Wolverhampton - Birmingham - Coventry - Nuneaton)

GB 2 USA 0 - what about that ? ! James Ward wins 8 games on trot from 2 sets to 1 and 4-2 down - amazing !

Just buying a Plus Bus for Crewe tomorrow - and found it has increased from £2.20 to £2.90 - and increase of over 30% !! [While the Plus Bus for the other end of my journey remained the same price ] Anyone got any other examples of whopping Plus Bus fare increases ?

Some time ago a friend told me that the best way to tell a class 350/1 from a 350/2 at distance is that 350/1s have a full length yellow end connection, whereas 350/2s have only the bottom half yellow (top half black). I hadn't noticed this before, but observation seems to bear it out. That...

Canm anyone tell me (from experience) how long it takes to walk from New Mills Newtown to New Mills Central ? Also, it the way obvious / signposted ? MTIA

Due to their total uselessness, I have decided to boycott London Midland until further notice. Since my regular (2/3 per week) journey is Crewe - Stafford, that leaves me with a problem ! I want to make a journey where the least proportion of revenue goes to Lm. I am right in thinking...

[ Mods – please move this to whichever section you think is appropriate ] Hi there, I thought I would share my thoughts on how today I came to be caught travelling without a valid ticket by Northern Rail ! I live in Crewe, and needed to visit a client in Blackpool today at short notice...

Hi, Am I correct in thinking a Manchester - Brighouse return is valid either via Huddersfield or Todmorden ? All the best Martin

Just a short report from the Stockport – Stalybridge “parly” Meet yesterday. I arrived at Stockport courtesy of Arriva Trains Wales a few minutes down at 1001, all time lost since Wilmslow since we had crawled from there for some reason. First thing I heard was an announcement of a platform...

Hi there, I need to travel from Crewe to Newcastle and return on Saturday (August 18th). I need to arrive in Newcastle by 11am, and return sometime after 5pm. After searching I have come up with the following splits CRE - MAN 12.30 MAN - YRK 27.20 YRK - NCL 30.70...

Following on from the “unchanged bus routes” thread, I was wondering how many traditional independent bus operators there were left. Although we have lost a few recently like Epsom Coaches, Felix, Hedingham & District and Longstaffs , there are still quite a few if you know where to look...

can't find a thread about this, though I'm sure there has been one. Just a heads up that some of the Fertis class 56s stored at Crewe TMD have been moved and are now parked adjacent to platform 12 - 56031/69/76/106 if I remember correctly. Also a pair of class 60s were visible this...

I need to travel from Crewe to Bristol Parkway next Tuesday (April 24th), arriving about 12. Standard fare is £59.40 "offpeak return". I've managed to reduce that to £49.80 by Crewe - Leominster day return (£21.20) plus Leominster - Parkway day return (£28.60) [ depart Crewe 0906, arrive...

Next Tuesday I have to travel from Crewe to Blackpool (North) and back. I need to get to Blackpool by about 12.30 (for 1pm meeting), and would probably be coming back around 5pm. No railcard. I know that splits on this route give a reduction, but which is best ? In the past I have split...