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    Mobile Ticket App

    Which mobile ticket app has the best ticket coverage and/or useful extra functionality? I travel in the East Midlands, South-East and London. Currently I use the EMT app since it allows more journeys than LNER. Southern uses the Key, so not an app, and has limited coverage. The Virgin Trains app...
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    Super Off-Peak Tickets with Restriction LK (SUPER OFF-PEAK (W COAST - EUS))

    Please what are the LK (SUPER OFF-PEAK (W COAST - EUS)) restrictions when the train does not arrive at, or depart from, Euston, for example if I take a train between say Bletchley and Harrow & Wealdstone? Specifically, can I use Southern at all, and if so are there any timing restrictions? If I...
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    Fare Oddity: Stockport (SPT) to Manchester Piccadilly (MAN)

    Earlier today I tried to buy a First Anytime Single from Stockport to Manchester Piccadilly for the first time this year. Last year it cost £4.80 and was routed Any Permitted. The ticket seller at a local London Midland station could not find the ticket and showed me the screen - I couldn't...
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    Restricted Ticket Office Times for Advances

    A few days ago I was delayed at Manchester Piccadilly and thought I would buy an Advance from the ticket office - and fell foul of "Reservations and tickets requiring reservations can only be purchased between the following times; Mon - Sat 0900 - 1900 Sun 1100 - 1900". What kind of...
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    Milton Keynes Central to Manchester Piccadilly

    I sometimes travel on a weekday 07:27 or 07:50 Virgin service from Milton Keynes Central to Manchester Piccadilly. What are my options for creative ticketing? (Leaving aside the 06:47 which can have cheaper advances, and assuming I don't want to spend at least an hour longer by taking an LM...
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    Tring to North Acton

    I should be grateful for suggestions on the best options for a daily commute from Tring to North Acton for a few weeks. I’m happy to walk a mile or so at the destination for the exercise or to avoid time-consuming changes. Best attempt so far: Off-peak Day Return Tring to Willesden Junction...

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