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Tickets were Off-peak Returns Runcorn - Reading via London, showing the Maltese cross sign. They were purchased using the RailUK ticket site and collected from the Avanti ticket machines at Runcorn. This is a journey that I have done many times before without problems, so I guess something...

The journey in both cases was Runcorn to Reading, so Euston Square to Paddington is probably the most obvious cross London route. I've done the journey numerous times before, but it's only the last couple of trips that the barriers have rejected my tickets. The barrier staff were fine about...

On my last two cross-London journeys, my tickets have been rejected by the London Underground barriers. On both occasions (well actually all four occasions, as they were return trips!) I was let through at each end by the barrier attendant without problem. However, I am curious whether this is a...

Thanks again. I think Banbury - Reading is owned by GWR, so I might try contacting them if this problem lingers on. (As it happens, I usually buy my tickets from LNER, so I'm afraid you got hit with the unnecessary TVM cost!)

Many thanks - sounds like you are on the case. It was an unpleasant surprise to have to go back to the ritual of collecting a stack of barely legible orange cardboard from a ticket machine:D

I regularly travel from Runcorn to Reading via Banbury, splitting my ticket at Banbury. For at least the last two years, I have been able to buy E Tickets for this journey, but sometime in the last few weeks the Banbury to Reading tickets stopped being available as E Tickets and can only be...

No - mainly Great Western or London Midland, both of which are Webtis.

The picture does seem to be somewhat confused (or at least it has confused me!). I think the thread that Yorkie is referring saying that same-card collection is now being enforced is this one dating from September. However, I have a Virgin booking confirmation in front of me dated 8 October...

I think practice has changed recently, and most TOCs now seem to allow any-card collection. In fact I am sure this was mentioned in a thread about six months ago. My recent Virgin booking confirmations say "..any valid debit/credit card to collect your ticket", similarly to the East Midlands...

On the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways, the All Zone North Wales Rover currently gives a 50% discount on ordinary third class fares. The Snowdonia Single isn't classed as an ordinary fare, but has discounted prices for holders of this rover of £18 for Adults and £16.20 for Seniors. Seniors...

Despite my (probably totally unnecessary) concern, the booking office at Runcorn were very happy to sell me Great Escape tickets with a Network Railcard reduction for travel tomorrow and Sunday. Looks like I'm all set for a very cheap weekend away:D

Many thanks for the reply. I am sure that Runcorn will have no difficulty doing a Great Escape ticket, it's the Network Railcard discount that I wasn't so sure about. My question was really to discover whether any forum members had either succeeded or failed to buy a Network Railcard...

I'm thinking of taking advantage of London Midland's Great Escape offer this weekend. The conditions generously allow tickets purchased with a Network Railcard to be used on the whole London Midland network, not just the normal Network Railcard area. Does anyone know whether it is possible...

Yes - the Runcorn to Birmingham ticket is LM Only, unfortunately. Since it looks like the line is not going to reopen tomorrow, I am going to try to get to Runcorn early and seek advice from the Ticket Office staff there. Hopefully they will either allow me to use the Virgin service or to...

Alastair / Yorkie - many thanks for your replies. Unfortunately I am not booked to travel until relatively late in the evening. My tickets are for the 1852 departure from Runcorn to Birmingham New Street (arriving 2019), and then the 2033 Cross Country service to Reading (arriving 2217)...

I am due to travel from Runcorn to Reading via Banbury on Friday evening. I booked Advance tickets several weeks ago. As there was no cheap through ticket available, I bought separate tickets Runcorn to Birmingham and Birmingham to Reading. I understand that the Cross Country service is...

PlusBus tickets covering the Halton area are available from all four stations in the borough - i.e. Runcorn, Runcorn East, Widnes and Hough Green.

Hi, I'm a Ffestiniog Railway guard, so I can maybe add on the National Rail tickets that we regularly see and accept. Through tickets are available to MINFF/PTHMDG FR (H074) if coming via the Conwy Valley or BLAENAU FFEST FR (H075) if coming via the Cambrian. We see the former very...