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    Confused by restrictions - Stevenage to Edinburgh

    Need to travel tomorrow but can see LNER have lifted restrictions and say that customers should travel earlier where possible. My advance single is restricted 'Peterboro and Lner'. Can I change trains at Wakefield Westgate and go on a CrossCountry train - or do Stevenage to Peterborough on the...
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    Super off peak Flitwick to Edinburgh - blocked

    I've got to make this journey tomorrow and I need to know what to say when I inevitably get stopped at the gate I've booked a totally valid Flitwick to Edinburgh Super Off Peak from 0859 at Flitwick. This is the ticket I've been given before after simply booking the ticket with the arrival time...
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    Hitchin

    WTF has happened to Hitchin peak services to London! Fewer services, pretty much no direct ones and longer journey times! What can I do?
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    GWR website fail. Just want a ticket!

    Can someone tell me why the GWR website is trying to sell me a super off peak single Cardiff Central to London Euston via Birmingham on 24 Dec for £47.20 that for some reason includes a zone 1 London Underground fare? National Rail and Trainline tell me the ticket should be a flat £44.20. I...
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    Greater Anglia Smart Card not valid at Hitchin?

    Hi, I have an annual Cambridge/London any route for which I have paid nearly £5k (which I bought in King's Cross). The paper ticket kept not working so I asked at Cambridge station to get it put onto a Smart Card. I really did not think it would matter which Smart Card as it's one season ticket...
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    Stopping short/not stopping at station

    I currently have a Bedford-Luton Airport Parkway season. The other morning I was on the 8.29 which is nonstop Bedford to St Pancras. I had purchased a Luton Airport Parkway to St Pancras ticket in addition. I got told off by the guard but he didn't PF me - said the trains is supposed to stop at...
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    Bedford v Cambridge commute

    Thinking about moving to Cambridge from Bedford. Has anyone experienced both commutes? Job is York Way, King's Cross. I know Bedford has ~35min trains to St P but in reality I get the 7.55 which is 45 min unless delayed, or eg the 7.30 which is ~50-55mins. Home is a 40min train unless I'm lucky...
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    Bedford to Gatwick

    On Monday I need to travel to Gatwick however I want to stop off in Tulse Hill for lunch with a friend. Is it possible I can break my journey with one single ticket? I don't need a return. I totally forgot to borrow my boyfriend's network rail card so is there another way I could save money...
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    Bedford/London Thameslink season on tube?

    Today I went to ask if I could use the tube because of the bleeding Thameslink disruptions once again - I go from Farringdon to St P usually using my Bed/Thameslink season no tube, via thameslink. Thought i was being cheeky but tfl waved me through both ends! They did look at the ticket...
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    Bournemouth/Pokesdown

    If I buy a return (off peak, coming back a different day) from Waterloo to Bournemouth can I get off / on again at Pokesdown? Will the ticket still be valid? so hard to remember all the ticket restrictions!!
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    London to Stansted airport

    I've heard it's mega expensive to get there. I'm going to look for singles but any ideas about how to get there around 4.45am on a Tuesday morning and get back to London leaving around 1am on a Monday morning?! Cheapest routes I've not thought of? Bus??
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    Missing out stations

    Just wondering how 'allowed' this is/how frequently it's used as a way of getting trains back on track? On Thursday I was on a late-leaving Victoria>Worthing (well that was my destination not the terminus) train and as we got closer to Worthing all manner of stations were cut out as we were...
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    Cannot cope with EMT guard announcements

    Please tell me I am not alone. I have actually resorted to wearing earplugs. They are so loud. I actually have hypercausis so they literally hurt! But that aside - honestly why do they have to be so long? I understand there needs to be a level of procedure but take today. Sorry to say the lady...
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    Bedford > 'London Terminals'

    I've recently started commuting from Bedford > London and have been asking for just that, a week season between Bedford and London. In the evenings I walk to St Pancras but in the mornings I've been getting the FCC train to Farringdon as it's a bit easier for my office. I never paid any mind to...
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    First Capital Connect Open Returns

    Why on earth have FCC removed open-returns (maybe just for YP?) between London and Bedford? I'm fuming. Last year, it cost me c.£12 day return but about £19.80 open return - which was great. Now, I don't even have the option of an open return ticket? What's going on? So now it'll cost me £26...
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    London Overground Fares

    Hello, Wonder if you can help - the TFL fares information does not tally with my actual experiences! I've started travelling regularly from West Hampstead to Richmond, or from Hackney Central to Richmond when I stay at my boyfriend's. Peak time, I've been charged £2.20 from Hackney...

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