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    Doncaster to Cardiff via london with Bike

    I'm going to be travelling from Doncaster to Cardiff with my bike at some point between the 8th and 11th January. For the Doncaster to London stretch, a family member will be helping me out with a friends and family ticket, I'll then be biking across London and want to get the train with my...
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    South Wales to Bristol, London back to South Wales next month

    Hi mods, if this is in the wrong forum, please move it. Next month, will be travelling from Pontypridd to Bristol (airport) on the 17th (flight at 4pm), and then travelling back from Central London on the 24th (should be arriving at st pancras at about 5pm). What would be the cheapest way for...
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    Purchasers name on advance tickets

    Hi all, not sure if this is in the correct forum or not (if it is, Mods please move accordingly), and I've also done a quick search on the site and not found anything. I normally tend to buy advance tickets once or twice a year, and normally with cross London journey so have to have physical...
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    TfW South East Wales PayG expansion

    I've just seen that the tfw pay as you go scheme has expanded as far as pontypridd now. Using the prices on this page, and the Map shown below, am I reading things correctly, or, by using Pay as you go, from Pontypridd to Cardiff (whether bay, queen street, central or otherwise), I would be...
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    First class on LNER and GWR

    Hey all, not sure if this is in the right subforum or not (please move if not admins), but next Friday, as a birthday treat to myself, I'm going to be travelling on first class from Lincoln to kings cross, and then paddington to cardiff. (Separate tickets, and both booked separately Lincoln...
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    TFW smartcards

    I've got a tfw smart card, and recently bought a season ticket using the app, and using the delivery method of onto the app, and then NFC to the smartcard, but after ordering found out my phone's NFC isn't working. Is it possible to load it on to the card using the yellow machines at stations...
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    Paddington to Purley on Monday, Purley to Gatwick on Tuesday. Cheapest options?

    I have to get from Paddington (I arrive into Paddington around 6:50ish), to Purley on Monday evening, and the to Gatwick on Tuesday morning (I need to be there by 10:20). What would be the cheapest options for these journeys, and is worth buying in advance, or can I contactless it?
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    Dusseldorf to Wuppertal to Solingen (via Remscheid) to köln Thursday March 2nd

    On Thursday March 7th, I have a ticket from Amsterdam to köln on the 8:08 from Amsterdam. I'm planning on getting off that train at Dusseldorf at 10:17 and then get a train to wuppertal-vohwhinkel, take a short walk to the schwebebahn, then take the schwebebahn all the way to the other end at...
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    Can I join my Cologne to Amsterdam Sparpreis ticket at Dusseldorf?

    So, I'm doing a flying visit around a small bit of northernish europe at the end of next month, and as part of that have got myself a sparpreis ticket from Amsterdam to cologne on the 2nd (arriving at 10:45) and leaving on the 3rd at 12:41. I'm thinking of travelling to Wuppertal on the morning...
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    A bit of an opposite to the normal posts. Incredibly quick response from a delay repay claim to cross country.

    So, I'm in a bit of shock currently. At 4:30pm today, I put in a delay repay claim to cross country online for a journey last week pontypridd to Metheringham on the outward part of an off-peak return (splitting at Gloucester, thanks to RailUK tickets which I was more than happy to use to...
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    Pontypridd (PPD) to Metheringham (MGM) return 23rd december

    Hey all, am going to be travelling from PPD to MGM this Thursday (and travelling back some time after Christmas or new year's). I've already bought my tickets, via the forum ticket site, and have been given e-tickets - off peak return PPD-Gloucester(GCR) and off peak return GCR-MGM. The trains...
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    Pontypridd to Bury St Edmunds (date not currently known but in next two weeks)

    At some point in the next few weeks I am going to have to travel to bury St Edmunds from Pontypridd for a funeral, date as yet unknown. I'm likely to have to travel from work in pontypridd after finishing around 5 the day before the funeral, and then come back at any point the day after the...
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    Pontypridd to metheringham, and then Metheringham to Bury st Edmunds and then back to pontypridd over Christmas/new years

    Hi all, I'm looking for the cheapest open ticket (or combination of tickets) - I do t want to do advances because I do not know timings at all.. Either Thursday 22nd, or Friday 23rd December, I will be traveling from Pontypridd (PPD) to Metheringham (MGM), or may be Sleaford (SLR) instead...
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    TfW Strike Day timetables?

    I may have missed it, but does anyone know what TFW are likely to be doing on the core valleys lines? During the last action, I think they were running trains from pontypridd to radyr and then then RRBs to Llandaff, cathay, Queen Street and Cardiff central. Is it likely to be the same again? Am...
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    Pontypridd to Bristol Temple Meads/Bristol airport and return 1st week of July

    Hey all, I need to be at Bristol Airport on the 2nd July (travelling from pontypridd on the 1st July to Bristol), and returning the 7th July. From looking at national rail, it appears as though the severn tunnel is going to be closed, and will be either a rail replacement bus from Newport to...
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    Best transport payment options Amsterdam/Utrecht

    Hey all, I'm currently planning a trip to the Netherlands in early July, and am trying to figure out what the best ticket/pass options are... I'm going to be travelling to Schiphol Airport on Saturday 2nd July, and staying somewhere in Amsterdam for 2 nights before meeting a family member...
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    Tunbridge Wells to London 2 adults 1 child

    Hey everyone, we're (2 adults one child of 9years) going to be travelling from Tunbridge Wells (TBW) tomorrow, spending the day in London, and then coming back. If I was doing the journey on my own, I'd just get a return to London, and then use my card for underground/bus but think with there...
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    What is the purpose of these rails in the centre of the track?

    I've seen these middle rails on a few train tracks around the place, but I've never been able to figure out their purpose. Is anybody able to explain?
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    Delay Repay question - Metheringham to Bristol, ticket taken by barriers

    Hi all, I was on the return journey of my Stapleton road (SRD) [but actually travelling to Bristol Temple Meads] (BRI) -Metheringham (MGM) (not via London off peak return) journey yesterday, planned itinerary MGM - Sleaford (SLR) 12:46-13:04 SLR - Nottingham (NOT) 13:12-14:18 NOT - Birmingham...
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    Cancellations west of Cardiff 23/12/21

    One of my friends is currently trying to travel from Cardiff to Bristol, and all the trains heading west of Cardiff seem to be cancelled. What's going on along there, and is there any chance of trains actually running?

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