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Hi all, It's been a very long time since I've spent much time on here sadly (to be honest, I was put off by the Southern strikes way back when and got tired of reading and listening to the arguments!) However - it will soon be time for me to learn how to be a commuter again. A scary thought...

Hi all, I will be flying out of Heathrow T5 in August this year for my holidays, and have been looking at the best value way of getting to the airport in a suitable level of comfort. My 'local' train station is Gatwick Airport, rather conveniently, which means there are a vast array of...

Just a quick question - I'm wondering whether there is anything stopping me from visiting the first class lounge at Paddington twice in the same day with the same ticket. It's a slightly complicated scenario that doesn't come up very often but it would be very useful if I could make two visits...

Hi all, I'll be traveling from Gatwick Airport (GTW) to Droitwich Spa (DTW) this Friday, returning Sunday. My plan is to use the Any Permitted Off Peak Return ticket (priced by Virgin), which hold restriction code 9I, as I want as much flexibility as I can considering the relatively...

Filling out a Delay Repay claim for Thameslink earlier today got me thinking. My claim was for a 45 minute delay on the outward part of a journey for which the return ticket cost me the excruciatingly expensive sum of £5.30 - making my compensation entitlement a fraction under £1.33... Some...

Mod note - split from this thread and this thread Buying all the fuel for my car from BP has seen my nectar points balance rocket up (with a little help from FGW and moving closer to a Sainsburys... ...the problem I now have is finding something I want to spend them on! I seem to be...

I have just booked a return trip in November from York to Manchester, on 1st Advances. However, I'm confused as my seat reservations appear to be in coach C (C10 in all three services I've been given, to be precise, which smacks of ignorance towards my desire for always forward facing!). As...

This might be a new thread. But what is going to happen when the franchise is passed on?

I know there is some sporadic conversation every so often around this ticket, which has intrigued me enough to want to do the day trip in November. However, I notice there is a version of the ticket with origin Croydon Stations instead of London Terminals, which is no more expensive than...

I was on the 1806 London Victoria to Brighton express service this evening. This was the service where a passenger was taken ill between Victoria and Clapham Junction. From my understanding the passenger was very seriously ill and their condition meant the train was unable to move from the...

Hi all, I don't think I'll need to do this, but I have a Dorking to Banbury route: Via Reading Not London Off-Peak Day Return. In the event that my plans change, my backup is to excess the return portion of this to an Any Permitted (incidentally, the only any permitted options are the Super...

Hi all, I am looking to travel to Birmingham to see some friends I haven't seen in too long this coming Saturday (9th August). My plan is to leave relatively early (7:30/8:00) and return quite late (leaving Birmingham ~8/9pm). Ordinarily this would be a nice and easy Three Bridges > St...

Hi all, Pondering this dilemma at present - I have an Advance ticket from Crawley to Birmingham International, with reservations on the VT section (of course) plus a reservation for a train from Three Bridges to Victoria). It's a very early morning train (I'm connecting into the 07:43...

Hi all, After a bit of a discussion with a colleague of mine not believing that the 'railway day' runs until 04:29 on the day following the date printed on the ticket, I felt the need to revise my knowledge of the NRCoC - partly to prove them wrong and partly because I'm a bit rusty...

Hi All, I am trying to work out the validity of an SVR Off Peak Return from Crawley (CRW) to Birmingham (BHM). Routeing is Any Permitted and the restriction code is 9I. I am looking to travel northbound this Friday afternoon/evening, and southbound on Saturday, but I am confused by the Friday...

Hi all, I have already booked tickets from Kings Cross (KGX) to Edinburgh (EDB), going up on a Tuesday afternoon and returning Friday afternoon (this is w/c28th Oct). However, it looks like now I will have to return via either Newcastle or (more likely) Liverpool (LIV) - so my travel...

Hi all, As Virgin's customer support team don't do Sundays.... I was unfortunate enough to be travelling on a train from BHM-EUS today which was delayed by 40 minutes due to displaced train crew from an earlier faulty train. I was travelling on an Off-Peak return, from CRW-BHM (the...

Hi all, I need to travel to Birmingham (BHM) from Crawley (CRW) this weekend, going out Saturday morning and returning Sunday afternoon. A quick check of trainscanbecheaper.info suggests that the cheapest way to do this (before I start getting railcards involved) is a Off Peak Return from...

Hi all, I need to travel from Crawley (CRW) to Haddenham & Thame Parkway (HDM) this Saturday, fairly early morning (leaving any time after 8 really, but ideally around 9), with a stopover of ~2-2.5 hours in London. I only need to go one way, and the Southern website has presented me with...

Hi all, A few days ago, a friend of mine was complaining about the London Midland evening peak restrictions. On closer inspection of her ticket (Dudley Port > Birmingham New St Off Peak Day Ret, it looks like they're using restriction code GM: Return Journey: By any train except not...