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For an off-peak return Macclesfield to London, not tied to a specific operator, would it be valid to travel to Coventry on a Saturday evening, stop overnight, then resume the journey at Leamington next morning (Sunday) and travel in to Marylebone? (This would be on the outward portion of an...

In this thread, I wrote about travelling Euston-Macclesfield with a Euston-Berkswell season plus a Rugby-Macclesfield return. Virgin have now given me an official reply to my complaint, and I do not believe their reply to be correct: The tickets I was trying to use: Season ticket...

I was travelling from Macclesfield to London on the 7.56 train, holding the return portion of an off peak Rugby to Macclesfield, plus my season ticket (Berkswell to London Terminals, route any permitted). The train manager looked at my tickets, and initially said I couldn't use them since the...

This is a somewhat hypothetical question but I'm interested nontheless. Yesterday I was sat on the 17.43 service Euston-Coventry. However, as I sat down, we had an announcement that there was a lineside fire and all services were suspended. About 15 minutes later, we had another...

I've just looked up the information for a Rugby to Macclesfield off-peak return (restriction code 2T): It says: Does that mean that, when travelling Rugby to Macclesfield, one can always use an off-peak ticket? I'm actually planning to travel from London to Macclesfield. I hold a...

I'm travelling from Coventry to Bracknell (and back) on Sat 14th. Were it not for the disruption I'd have gone Coventry->Reading on Cross Country. Now I'm not sure whether to go WCML into Euston then out from Waterloo, or to brave the bustitution and go via Reading. (Tickets are no problem, I...

Are Virgin's double voyagers permanently double, or do they swap sets in and out? The fact that the first class sections are split up, and there needs to be two shops, mean that they need a higher level of staffing than they otherwise would. Could Virgin re-form the units, so that the three...

I'm about to buy an annual season ticket between Coventry and London Terminals. (More accurately, I'll probably get it between Berkswell and London Terminals, since it's the same price and has the same permitted routes.) I believe if I buy it from Euston, I can get it as a Gold Card. However...

I've just become aware of the High Speed UK project, which is a suggestion of an alternative to HS2. They claim that it will both be cheaper an also connect more cities. Map of the route: http://www.highspeeduk.co.uk/routediagrams.html Their claimed advantages over HS2...

Hi. Can anyone tell me whether a Network West Midlands Daytripper Plus: Can be used to go from Lapworth to Leamington? Can be used to go from Leamington to Stratford via Claverdon? Can be purchased in bulk in advance of the day they are needed? I'm helping organise a bell ringing tour...

There's an easement that lets someone with a Birmingham to Canley ticket double back at Coventry. By the letter of the law, could someone making that journey also stop 'short' at Coventry? (That is to say, just travel Birmingham to Coventry on a Birmingham to Canley ticket.) Also, does the...

I was wondering if anyone knew what this is. I saw it this morning at Princes Risborough, sitting in the bay platform which usually holds a train to Aylesbury. Is it still in active service?

A few weeks ago I was heading back from University station in Birmingham, to Canley in Coventry. The websites all suggested changing at New Street. I got on a train that supposedly terminated at New Street, but when it got there it became a train to Coventry, and after a five or ten minute wait...

I'm making the following journey: Wed 1st May, Canley to Bristol Temple Meads, arriving by 10.30am. Wed 1st May, Bristol TM to London Paddington, departing approx 7pm (not sure precisely when) Thu 2nd May, London to Canley, departing at some point between 6.30pm and 8.30pm (if there's a...

Canley station has recently gained a ticket machine. I was there yesterday, going to catch the 9.17 train to Coventry, whereupon I'd have a 5 minute connection onto a Cross Country train down to Reading. My plan was to buy a peak time day return from Canley to Leamington, then an off peak...

I was wondering if anything used the line from Hazel Grove (on the line from Chinley) to Northenden Junction (towards Altrincham)? I have a vague memory once from when I was at secondary school in the 90s, waiting for a train to Altrincham from Woodsmoor station, but I may be mis-remembering.

According to this BBC news article, the Coventry to Leamington line will be electrified. My question is, why? The line through Leamington is not electrified, so unless they're going to run some sort of shuttle service, there's nowhere for the trains to go. Currently it's only used by the hourly...