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    To Heathrow via National Rail?

    If taking the tube to Heathrow then, a zone 1-3 Travelcard on an Oyster would need money added to it, correct? Where would I find that amount? Thanks.
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    To Heathrow via National Rail?

    Sorry for the delay in responding. We will have a lot of luggage, so I'd like to avoid stairs and long walks. This will be on a Sunday morning, so hopefully nothing will be too crowded. Sure, it would be nice to be aboveground, but not if it adds hours to the trip. I have a decent...
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    To Heathrow via National Rail?

    Is there a practical route from Greenwich or Lewisham to Heathrow that uses only National Rail (not the Underground)?
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    Newbury to Docklands

    What would be easier with luggage -- Lewisham National Rail to Lewisham DLR or Greenwich National Rail to Greenwich DLR? Thanks.
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    Visitors Oyster Card

    So if we arrive in London at the Waterloo National Rail station, we should just go downstairs to the Waterloo Underground station and purchase our Travelcards at a ticket window and they will be issued to us on Oyster cards, is that correct? Thanks.
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    Visitors Oyster Card

    We will be in London for 5 days, so it appears the 7-day travelcard (on an Oyster card)will be best for us, but I have a few questions: 1. If we buy a zone 1-2 travelcard and go into zone 3, do we just add money to the card before departing and it automatically charges the extension fare...
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    Visitors Oyster Card

    I understand visitors from overseas who buy regular Oyster cards can get the 5-pound deposit refunded by turning in their cards when they leave London, but do they also get any remaining balance refunded? And can the cards be turned in at London train stations (like Paddington) or just at...
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    Llandudno to Wolverhampton

    Thanks to all for your good advice. I am in the U.S., so cannot purchase Advance tickets at a station. Interesting that seat reservations can be made with online Advance tickets on Cross Country but not ATW; aren't they owned by the same company?
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    Llandudno to Wolverhampton

    Yes, they did go back down to 12 pounds (and sorry about my inability to multiply 12 times 3!). I'm willing to pay the extra 20 pounds each for Anytime tickets if that's necessary to keep us from being split up for three hours, but is there any way of estimating how full this train will be...
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    Llandudno to Wolverhampton

    The ATW direct trains are indeed much less expensive. An Advance ticket is 24 pounds for three people (vs. 95 pounds), but we would again face the prospect of no seat reservation with ATW Advance tickets. How full is a 10:25 train likely to be on July 17 (a Tuesday)?
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    Mudchute to Canterbury

    I like the idea of DLR to Stratford and then the high-speed to Canterbury since there's just the one connection. I can't tell from the maps -- does the DLR have its own station at Stratford, or does it use Stratford Regional? It appears it would be about a 10-minute walk from Stratford DLR to...
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    Mudchute to Canterbury

    Thanks for all of your good advice this week. I think we have one more question for this forum. We are planning a day trip from Mudchute on the DLR to Canterbury on July 19. The Journey Planner takes us to Lewisham on the DLR, then Southeastern to London Bridge and Canterbury West. The DLR...
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    Llandudno to Wolverhampton

    Wolverhampton to Reading is an Advance ticket.
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    Llandudno to Wolverhampton

    At Wolverhampton, we transfer to a Cross Country train to Reading (ticket already purchased). Is 31 minutes a reasonably safe connecting time at Wolverhampton from ATW to Cross Country?
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    Mudchute to Heathrow

    So to get to Paddington to pick up Heathrow Connect or Express, maybe take the DLR to Tower Gateway and then the Circle Line to Paddington? This will be Sunday morning, July 22, with luggage. Thank you.
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    Llandudno to Wolverhampton

    We will be traveling from Llandudno to Wolverhampton the morning of July 17 and it appears there are several options. We have luggage, so we won't want the 5-minute connection through Chester. We could take ATW to Warrington Bank Quay and then Virgin to Wolverhampton, or ATW to Llandudno...
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    Boarding at unattended stations

    If boarding at an unattended station like Tywyn, where there are no ticket machines, can you purchase a ticket from the conductor? And if so, is it cash only or are credit cards accepted?
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    Mudchute to Heathrow

    Is it OK to ask a London Tube question here? If so, the map would seem to show numerous options for getting from Mudchute on the DLR line to Heathrow, but we are making this trip on a Sunday morning with wheeled luggage, so minimizing long walks and stairs would obviously be helpful. I came up...
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    Collecting tickets from self-service machines

    When I booked a ticket online (with Arriva Trains Wales), I was asked to select a station (which I did) where I would collect the ticket from a self-service machine. But the confirmation that was emailed to me says "Tickets will be available to collect from a self-service ticket machine at one...
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    Do we need reserved seats?

    The advance fare Tywyn-Newbury is about one-fourth the off-peak fare, but it would mean no reserved seats Tywyn-Wolverhampton on Arriva Trains Wales. We would be a group of three traveling at 9:37 on a Tuesday morning in July. Would this likely be a crowded train? Thank you.

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