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    Avanti decide not to travel when there's a delay - how to get refund

    Hi I decided not to travel as there was a delay, announced at the station. How would I go about claiming a refund for the unused advance ticket bought on Avanti website? Thanks.
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    Tfw+lnr Manchester to London

    I'm trying to get this fare up on the forum's ticket site but can't. I did have it on the other day but didn't buy! It should be £25.95 return with a Railcard (super off peak). Please help!
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    Current disruption wcml

    I'm on a train from Euston to Milton Keynes and Northampton that set off about 1950. I'm wanting to get to Stoke om Trent and was due to get the 1924 to rugby then change and go to Birmingham international and then cross country from there to Stoke. It's all chaos with everything cancelled. I...
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    Last trains which should be later

    I think it’s really poor that the last service from Manchester to stoke on Trent is 2218 on weekdays and 2143 on Saturdays, not late enough for gigs and barely for most theatre shows. Considering stoke is pretty dire for entertainment options, its fast connections to Manchester really are its...
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    CrossCountry 2157 Birmingham to Manchester

    Anyone know what's happened to this service? Has disappeared in the last week or so. Will it be coming back?
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    Messed up with oyster

    I have Railcard. Right now, Travelling from Orpington to west India quay changing at Lewisham. I left Orpington and tapped in there. I stupidly have just tapped on the DLR at Lewisham. It's charged me £3.85. I'm now on the DLR to west India quay. Should I tap there, which I know will make it an...
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    Oyster - Question about capping on buses

    I have a Railcard. Was charged £2.80 from kings cross tube to cheshunt. Then charged £1.85 cheshunt to Stratford via hackney. Then I got a bus assuming it would be free as I'd reached the bus cap...it wasn't . Is that right?
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    Changing at Liverpool st

    Doing Stratford international to Stratford by dlr,then tfl rail to Liverpool st from there, then tube from there to kings cross, to keep this at £2.40 oyster how long does one get to change at Liverpool st? Thanks
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    Cheapest way from Birmingham/midlands to Cardiff

    the cheapest I can get new st to Cardiff is £28.40 ish return with railcard , splitting on cross country at Gloucester. Can anyone do any better? pm me if necessary, I can go from Wolverhampton, Coventry etc if need be. this is to go either this Wednesday or Thursday. Thanks
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    SSP

    I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts /inside info on ssp? All their sites are still shuttered at Manchester Piccadilly, in fact the whole balcony is still closed, plus James Martin Kitchen and upper crust. Very weird seeing the Mill/Balcony/Mayfield pub still closed.
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    Email sent to Avanti CEO after bad experience at Stoke on Trent - thoughts

    Unsure if this is the correct forum, so mods feel free to move. Dear Mr. P. Whittingham, I have anxiety and am exempt from wearing face masks. I'm writing to complain as I've just had an awful experience at Stoke-On-Trent station. I've just been spoken to very rudely by a male member of...
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    Sunday Trading Laws Discussion

    Moderator note = posts #1-#5 originally in this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/supermarkets-and-covid-19.203357/ And very late in opening on Sunday in the 90s. (oT but does it drive others nuts that we still have the ridiculous Sunday trading laws from the 90s? Scotland got rid...
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    Delay repay on a Northern complimentary ticket

    i used a single ticket for any northern journey gained from a previous delay relay. Train arrived 15-29 mins late. Will this garner me anything such as another single northern ticket? Normally they will not pay out a single ticket for a delay between 15-29 mins, only 30 And over. Thanks
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    Seatfrog now on Virgin

    Doesn't seem to have posted or discussed but this is mow on virgin west coast, e. G. London to Manchester is £10 on every train, to Coventry £7 etc. The site only lets you do it with an advance ticket, anyone experience with clicking through, stating you have an advance if you actually have an...
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    Oyster payg railcard

    If i have reached the zone 1-2 cap of £. 4.60 for the day with a railcard, then as a final journey of day, travel from zone 1 to zone 4 or 5 by tube, how much extra will i be charged? Thanks
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    Overcharged with oyster?

    On Sunday, With a 16-25 railcard attached, all journeys in zone 1 and 2 except for one tube journey from zone 5 to zone 1, the total for the day was £7.65. How can this be right, when the cap for z1-2 is £4.60 and the z5-1 single journey is only £2.05 on its own? What should the total have been...
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    Anyway to get Stoke or Crewe to York down?

    hi I wondered if there were any ways, pm if need be, to get the price of this down , OCTOBER 9 to 15. Advances are very expensive and looked into splitting and even going from picc across to vic and taking. Northern service from there to Leeds. Can get it down to about £42,50 with a two together...
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    Manchester to york advances 9 to 15 October

    These aren't available? Anyone know why not? Thanks
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    Salford crescent to Manchester Piccadilly today

    Anyone know what's going on with this line today? Seems to be no trains at all? Is it planned engineering? Can't find anything online.
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    Starting short Bedford to Manchester

    I have the return portion of an off peak return Bedford to Manchester, route not via London. If I buy an advance single london to Milton Keynes central, can I board a Lomdom to Manchester train that stops at MKC , at Euston, (Time of advance ticket) and stay on it to Manchester? Thanks

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