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With the current shortage of train drivers due to Covid issues does anyone know if the restrictions on advance purchase tickets with be lifted over the Christmas period.
The reason is that tomorrow (Christmas Eve) I am travelling from Grimsby down to my brothers in Surrey and I have to catch 4 different trains and have advance tickets bought for the journey.
My journey is Grimsby to Doncaster to Stevenage to East Croydon to Oxted. I am booked on the 16:34 out of Grimsby but for 5 of the last 8 days this train has been cancelled, I understand TPE drivers are also working to rule. On Christmas Eve the train I am due to catch from Stevenage is the last of the day and if I miss that I will be stranded in Stevenage, miles away from my final destination.
What I am thinking of doing is leaving work an hour earlier now and going to try to catch the 15:34 out of Grimsby (as long as this train isn't cancelled) to give me an extra hour to do the journey in case of any cancellation further on my journey. Would I be okay to catch the 15:34 rather than the 16:34 I am booked on and is there any plan to lift travel restrictions over the Christmas period?
The reason is that tomorrow (Christmas Eve) I am travelling from Grimsby down to my brothers in Surrey and I have to catch 4 different trains and have advance tickets bought for the journey.
My journey is Grimsby to Doncaster to Stevenage to East Croydon to Oxted. I am booked on the 16:34 out of Grimsby but for 5 of the last 8 days this train has been cancelled, I understand TPE drivers are also working to rule. On Christmas Eve the train I am due to catch from Stevenage is the last of the day and if I miss that I will be stranded in Stevenage, miles away from my final destination.
What I am thinking of doing is leaving work an hour earlier now and going to try to catch the 15:34 out of Grimsby (as long as this train isn't cancelled) to give me an extra hour to do the journey in case of any cancellation further on my journey. Would I be okay to catch the 15:34 rather than the 16:34 I am booked on and is there any plan to lift travel restrictions over the Christmas period?