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I’ve missed the ferry on this connection and the ticket was automatically accepted on the next Stena crossing. I don’t know if Irish Ferries would have accepted a ticket issued to Dublin Port Stena, but we missed the IF boat as well so I never got to find out. A word of warning: the ferry...

Return tickets from London to Sheffield used to be available that were valid either direct on EMR from St Pancras, or up the ECML and changing at Doncaster. With LNER’s move to single-leg pricing, these have all disappeared, and the Anytime Single is the only Any Permitted ticket left. This...

I was on a double Avanti Voyager set earlier this year where the front set shop was only taking cash and the rear set only taking card.

I'm looking to travel from Fort William (FTW) to Glasgow (GLQ), one way, on a weekday. Looking at BRFares, the only (non-Advance) single is the Anytime Day Single (SDS) at £34.50, but there's a cheaper Super Off-Peak Day Return for £26. The obvious thing to do is to buy the return and throw...

A, B and C are travelling together. A and B hold a Two Together railcard. A and C also hold a Two Together railcard. (It is explicitly permitted to hold multiple Two Together railcards with different people.) Can A, B and C all purchase and travel with Two Together railcard-discounted tickets?

You can definitely get this discount added at a station on an Oyster TVM, if the staff are feeling helpful enough.

The problem seems to be that TfL staff the gateline, and unsurprisingly don’t have any training about e-tickets. I got stopped at Old St a few months ago because the gateline attendant had never seen an e-ticket before and was convinced it was just a TOD booking confirmation. Not sure even...

I need to travel from London to Birmingham, then 1 week later, from Birmingham to Manchester followed (on the same day) by Manchester to London. All journeys will be at a weekend, and I'd prefer flexible tickets. So far the best I can find is an Off-Peak Return (route: Any Permitted) from...

Cambridge booking office did this as an excess for me once, they seemed quite happy to do it. Results elsewhere may vary.

Assuming the stop at Carlisle isn’t one where passengers can get on or off, Newcastle-Edinburgh via Carlisle is around 3h10 between stops. Is this the longest time between stops on a scheduled, daytime train in the UK?

I showed up at Old St with an e-ticket from Welwyn once and the TfL gateline attendant refused to let me out. He seemed to think it was some kind of receipt or booking confirmation, and I had to explain that the gate lines at many NR stations have barcode scanners. He still wasn’t convinced...

Figured I ought to update this: National Rail Enquiries finds the fare (although it can't do a first class advance and a standard return, as far as I can tell). By default it passes over to LNER which errors out with "Fare Not Found", but CrossCountry seemed to accept it. Thanks again for all...

Thanks, this is exactly what I'm looking for. How does one make Trainsplit give advances one way and flexible tickets the other? I can only find "Fixed Time" and "Flexible" options for the journey as a whole. Also, is there any way to book a 1st class advance on the outbound using Trainsplit...

I'm booking a round trip from London Terminals to Nottingham for the 16th of November. Engineering work means the only (non replacement-bus) option is LNER to Grantham, then EMR. I want to get an advance for the outbound, then a Super Off Peak Single (restriction 9D) for the return. A normal...

I travelled with a "Route: High Wycombe" ticket from London to Birmingham when the southern end of the Chiltern line was closed. Chiltern's Twitter support told me to take GWR from Paddington to Oxford, then either XC to Birmingham New Street or the Chiltern service to Birmingham Moor Street...