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Went contactless from MYB to High Wycombe tonight. Wycombe gates (new, different style) were open. I tapped on the gate reader but it didn’t seem to register - no green light. How can I resolve/check this please?

I was caught up in the line side fire debacle today at Westbourne Grove. I travelled Twyford to TCR on the Lizzie Line using contactless earlier in the day and on the return journey tonight we were turfed off the train at Paddington with no trains going west to any destination. I hoofed it to...

I've been watching a video of ‘Faredodgers - at war with the law’ with one scene showing a TFL investigator interviewing a fare dodgers where she demanded that the scam bank card was handed over and that the fare dodger turn out their pockets when the fare dodger refused to handover the...

At the ticket office at High Wycombe station this morning at approx I asked for ‘a return ticket to custom house’ (East London). I duly paid £42.00, got a receipt and set off on my travels via Marylebone, Baker Street, Bond Street and finally the Lizzy Line to Custom House. Got to Custom House...

Off into London on 3rd Jan from Twyford, Berks. Will take the Elizabeth line then need a few tube journeys across zones 1 and 2. What’s the cheapest ticket please? PAYG Oyster/contactless? Paper travelcard? Advance booking of some form? TIA.

Bit of a teaser, it’s quite easy to buy a ticket from an online retailer and say you have a railcard of some description when you don’t. So, do I need to have a valid railcard when I buy the ticket or on the day of use? My thought is that my railcard has expired, but I want to buy an advance...

So Chiltern is now accepting contactless out as far as Wycombe. This is great news. So, I get on at Wycombe and head into London for the day, paying by Contactless. I use the same contactless card on LUL services and for the return journey back to Wycombe. Does Chiltern talk to LUL re fares so I...

Passenger is aged 16 and will be travelling daily from Twyford Berks to Henley on Thames for college. Passenger will need to be at Henley for 9am so peak time commute and return would be around 5pm. Could the fare boffins please advise the cheapest way to do this ie with a student railcard...

OK route and ticketing experts, I need some help please. Need to get a 16 year old dragging a suitcase from Barmouth to Reading, Berkshire. Usual sources are suggesting Barmouth to Wolverhampton then change to a Cross Country to Reading. This is 1 change only. Journey is quite long and there is...

So, yesterday I had to take 2 children into London for A Day out. I have an Oyster card and I bought paper tickets from the TVM at Ickenham For the kids. When buying the tickets, the TVM informed me that it would be cheaper for the kids to use contactless and pay an adult fare (tickets were...

2 adults need to go to London from Twyford, Berks. Ideal train out is the 09.49 to Paddington but want to come back on any train as their day out is fluid time wise. Oyster/contactless is available for use on the tube in London (2 or 3 journeys all in Zone 1 or Zones 1 and 2). Looking for...

So, am taking 2 children and their Mum for a day out in London next month. Will be travelling on a weekday, starting about 2pm at either West Ruislip or Ickenham with the first journey to Liverpool Street or that area, second journey will be from Tower Hill back to the starting point, possibly...

I have a PAYG Oyster card with auto top up that I use for on demand travel on the tube and bus in London. There are no season tickets etc on the card But it is registered in my name via the online service. A friend of mine is coming to stay for a few days - can I give them the card for them to...

I hear a lot about this type of ticket on this forum, could someone please explain how it works and if I am Able to obtain one from a Chiltern Railways TVM if the machine won’t sell tickets and the booking office is closed? Are they available from other TOC’s TVM’s? With the imminent closure of...

I know the max speed on the London (KGX) to Newcastle route is 125mph on LNER with their very nice Azuma Trains. Is it technically possible for the driver to accelerate the train beyond 125mph should he or she want to, or is there some form of speed limiter device on the trains so when the...

I was lucky enough to secure tickets for the tours last Friday. Here are a couple of pics from my phone of what we saw. I took over 50 photos and the tour was excellent.

I’m going to Birmingham from High Wycombe via Chiltern on the 31st of March. good deals on advance singles at the moment and `I will buy 2 of those as it’s cheaper than a return ticket. However, if my train is cancelled will and AS ticket allow me to travel on the next train or an earlier train...

Anyone else on here manage to get tickets for the Birmingham PSB tour? I did:D:D

Chiltern have shut High Wycombe station and blocked the lines due to an ongoing incident in an adjacent building not railway related. Reports that the bomb squad are on scene - https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/23385298.bomb-squad-called-amersham-hill-high-wycombe---live-updates/

Passenger arriving at Gatwick on 22/12 approx 11am needs to get to Gloucester. Unable to pre-book tickets for a specific train in case the flight is late or they are delayed at immigration etc. 2 routes I can think of; 1; into London on GatEx or local services, tube or cab to Paddington then...