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Hello, a friend wants to go from London to Liverpool, then to Manchester, then back to London. Or possibly the other way round. She needs flexible tickets so no Advances. Since Manchester isn't a permitted route for London to Liverpool any more, what's the 'best' way to do that? I...

A family member has an Off Peak Return from Manchester Picc to Dorking Sts with a senior railcard. Ticket doesn't seem to show a restriction code (I've not seen it myself) but I'm fairly sure it's SVR with code 2C. brfares.com says Does that mean you can take any Euston to Piccadilly...

I've just had a delay repay claim rejected by Southern because 'our systems show that we did not have a train depart at the time you specified'. It was the 12:03 Preston Park to Victoria on 17/4/16. It definitely existed, at least until it got to East Croydon when it was cancelled for...

I've got an Oyster card that I only use occassionally for pay as you go tube and bus journeys, and I've got credit on it. I'd like to start using contactless instead - is there any way of transferring the credit from they Oyster card to contactless? Or can I cash the Oyster card in at a tfl...

I notice some stations have single line track that serves platforms on both sides, Norwood Junction is one. Do any trains get listed as stopping at both platforms with the doors on both sides opening?

All the tickets for collection I've bought in the last few months from the southernrailway.com site have failed to upload to the ticket machines at the 'Southern' run stations I've tried to collect from. In each case I've had to fill in a form at the ticket office so the ticket clerk can...

Hello, I've been caught up in today's midlands flooding fun and games. I bought my ticket from Southern. Route was Thameslink - Tube - Virgin - Northern. The Thameslink train was delayed a few minutes but made no difference to my connection. The main delay was on a Virgin train that arrived...

I've searched for an off peak return Brighton to Heald Green, leaving this Wednesday on NRE. Heald Green is in the Manchester and Wilmslow groups on the routing map. I'm being offered a 12:05 that goes St Pancras International - Sheffield - Heald Green I can't see how that's a valid...

Does anyone know if I can buy a Senior Railcard at http://www.senior-railcard.co.uk/ for somebody else? Basically, will it be a problem using a credit card registered to somebody else with a different billing address from where the railcard needs to be sent? I want to buy a railcard for...

Travelled from Manchester Piccadilly to Hassocks today. Some very odd routing from NRE. It wanted me to take an XC to Reading, then wait nearly an hour, then an FGW to Gatwick and then a Thameslink. Would have taken 6h31. And that's if the last Thameslink leg hadn't been cancelled...

Hello, I have an advance single from the Styal line to London, restriction VR. (Valid on Virgin Trains West Coast (TOC Code:VWC) services (and connecting services where applicable.) The VT seat booking is from Crewe, no other booked seats or trains. The itinery is a local train to Crewe...

Hello, I'm planning to travel from Brighton to Manchester on Wednesday this week , returning Sunday. NRE shows normal services both days - anyone know what the effect of the strikes is likely to be? Will I be able to make both journeys? Thanks

Hello I've got a Brighton to Victoria season ticket. Does anyone know how much it would cost to excess it for a single journey from Brighton to St Pancras? Hoping it's less than the £2.30 tube fare :) The season ticket has no route/TOC restrictions. Thanks.

Hello, I'm shortly going to need to go Blackfriars to Paddington during morning rush hour, and I don't have much time for my connection so need the fastest route possible! If there's a district line train at BF but no circle one for a while, I'm going to get that and change to the Bakerloo at...

Lucky I spotted this in time to make it into a theoretical question! I often split Paddington to Bristol TM at Didcot Parkway. I've always just assumed all trains stop at Didcot, but just realised that that the weekday 10:45 (which involves a change at Bristol Parkway) stops at Reading and...

This is currently theoretical, because the ticket I've opted for isn't available on Southern's Key card. But suppose I had a Key card with say a Brighton > Victoria season ticket, and nothing else, and not activated for pay as you go. And imagine I started my journey at a station along...

I've just used Southern's mixing desk to find the price for a standard class peak Brighton>Victoria 1 week season. It's offered me: £93.20 London Terminals Thameslink only. £101.40 zones 1-6 travelcard £101.70 Brighton>Victoria £110.20 London Terminals £129.90 zones 1-6 travelcard...

I've just realised that Preston Park PRP isn't in the Brighton group. For ages I've used the 2 interchangeably - started journeys on PRP tickets at Brighton - both along the coast and along the mainline, including ones that stop at PRP. And vice versa. And same with ending journeys 'short'...

Probably a stupid question: Does 'timed to depart' in a restriction mean the time the train was due to leave the station you got on at, or the initial station the train started from? Thanks

Hello, a friend needs to travel Bristol TM to Brighton shortly. Connections need to be step free (though a step from platform to train is fine) as she'll have loads of heavy luggage. I know she can go via Southampton but that's really slow and the Bristol-Salisbury trains are always...