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I do not think slower trains would be an option on this occasion. I have looked at split ticketing without much success. Thanks for taking the time to comment. WestCoastTravel.

I have a friend who commutes from Arlesey to London Bridge. Currently they pay for an annual season ticket which costs £4,664 (Arlesey to London Zone 1-6). However they were wondering whether there was any cheaper way of undertaking this journey, especially considering the price rises in...

Hi Guys Need some advice please. Last Friday I travelled back to Preston using an off peak (SVR) return from London Marylebone. Wanting to know whether it was valid on the 16.30, I enquired at the ticket office. This is where my problems started. :evil: They looked at the ticket and stated...

Thanks for all your replies, just have to wait and see I guess:| In response to LexyBoy previous comment regarding the Manchester Piccadilly departures to Euston, as I recall both were direct, just one was slower.

Thanks for information. I would agree with you, except that we have a seat reservation for the duration of the journey and it does not indicate changing trains, nor does the online planner. The coach number we are reserved is G and as far as I am aware voyager (even double voyagers) do not...

Hi guys, I am little confused!! My wife and I are travelling on first class advance purchase tickets on the 17.17 Preston to London Euston next Monday and the train does not appear in the National Timetable (downloaded from NR website), but does appear on Virgin Trains online timetables...

Hi I am going down from Preston to Plymouth next Wednesday (28th) whilst I will be using the direct route via Birmingham and Bristol on the outward leg, I would not mind taking a more scenic route on the way back. I note that the routeing guide shows travel via Newport and Craven Arms...

On a related theme I recently had very hard time excessing a ticket at London St Pancras. The story goes as follows. Taking advice off this very forum that Preston - London Euston OPR could be excessed back to Lancaster thereby avoiding the peak restrictions of the former ticket I tried my...

Hi Guys, My wife and I want to travel to Bognor in a few weeks time and I wondered whether the off peak ticket (price £91) is valid into Paddington. Routing Guide states London as a valid route, so I presume so. Can anybody confirm? In addition I also notice the following listed as valid...

I've just had a look at those restrictions from Preston and it does not make good reading. Using an off peak ticket from Preston - London, the earliest service I can now get into London is 09.58, which gets in at 12.30. On the return the restriction is now 1500 - 1844. Personally I think...

Looking at Yorkie's comments regarding the restrictions on routes avoiding Milton Keynes and London, it appears that some have been abolished while some remain: Preston - Crewe is 2T (valid after 0415) Preston - Stafford is 2R (valid after 0900) Preston - Rugeley TV is 2R (valid after 0900)...

I been doing a little bit of travelling about recently and have observed how unhelpful some staff are when it comes to travel restrictions (in my opinion). Take this example: I was at Euston at 1500 and wanted to know the time restriction on the off peak return to Preston. I was told that...

The routing via Newport I agree made no sense, what so ever, but in a previous post about 6 months ago on this forum, I asked the question regarding the routing of this ticket and was told the routing was valid according to the routeing guide at that time. Link here...

I've had a look at new routeing guide and do like some of the extra documents, especially the glossary as previously noted. However I do think that the PDF documents especially all 105 maps and 1150 pages of origins and destinations makes it more difficult to use. Anyway I also thought I...

Thanks for the replies regarding the information on the travel restriction code. It seems that 2R restriction definition has been updated from NFM02 to NFM 03, so hence the difference, which I wasn't aware of. :oops::oops: I'll have to download the new version and see what else has changed...

Afternoon all I'm travelling from Preston to Nuneaton on Friday 12th June 2009 and need to get there for 1100. I wanted to booked an an off peak return priced at around £44 with a 2R restriction (only valid on the outward service if the train arrives at or 1030) on the 0817 train which gets...

Hi There I trust that it is freight variety you are after and lots of it! Well I can agree that Water Orton is a good place to go, although if you are travelling by train there are not that many trains that stop there, a few in the peak and then a smattering throughout the day. However...

Thanks for all the replies. I'll probably take the East Midlands Parkway option, with the additional ticket from Birmingham to Witton. However one more question, would the outward ticket from Preston be valid with a break of journey at Witton, using a london midland service travelling from...

This has previosuly been discussed on this forum before see here: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11993 Regards.

Good afternoon, On Wednesday and Thursday this week i'm doing a liitle bit of travelling round for work and have following travel plan travelling to and from Preston: Meeting in Witton (Birmingham) at 1100 on Wednesday (18/03/2009) Meeting in Langley Mill starting at 1730 on Wednesday...