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  1. Polarbear

    Liverpool South Parkway - Chester fares

    Looking at BR Fares, the cheapest single available is £6.10. This is for an Anytime Day Single - Route Runcorn. I've tried booking through London North Western but that only offers me a £7.80 single on routes via Crewe, and the lower fare for journeys on the TWF service that runs direct from...
  2. Polarbear

    Disruption-Far North Line (02/11)

    Flooding this afternoon in the Rogart area has suspended rail services on the far north line. I’m currently in Thurso awaiting a rail replacement of some description. One customer is travelling to Altnabreac. That’ll be fun for a rail replacement of any kind...
  3. Polarbear

    Merseyrail issues 18-07-19 onwards

    Merseyrail's Northern Line has been closed for most of yesterday, and all of today, due to power supply issues. Although It's happened before, I don't recall things being so serious that the line has had to be closed for more than a couple of hours at any time. Does anyone happen to know what...
  4. Polarbear

    Holiday period & AP availability

    Hello A colleague of mine is looking to travel from Liverpool to Brighton on Sat 29 December, returning on Sunday 30 December. According to the booking horizons page on National Rail, Virgin haven't yet released Advance Purchase tickets for the period 27-31 December, presumably because Network...
  5. Polarbear

    Newton Abbot fire at disused engine shed (21/10)

    Just passed Newton Abbot station on a bus & it looks like the formerly engine shed is well alight. Fire brigade in attendance.
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    Liverpool - Frodsham validity

    Hello I'm organising a trip with work colleagues to visit some pubs in Chester & Frodsham in a few weeks time, and spotted an off peak day return for £7.45, which seems to be pretty good value. As the routeing is shown as "Any Permitted", I assume that I can go out via Chester using...
  7. Polarbear

    Virgin WC "Easyrider" ticket

    Hi A colleague of mine is travelling to London soon & has had tickets booked through work. The ticket for the outward leg from Liverpool to London is entitled as an "Easyrider" ticket and I can't seem to find exactly what this means? The validity of the ticket appears to be for one month...
  8. Polarbear

    Strengthening for Uttoxeter races

    Hello A colleague of mine is off to Uttoxeter for the racing this Wednesday, and has asked me whether he's likely to get on the usual 153 on the route. East Midlands trains have a note on their website to say that some services will be strengthened, but is there any way of finding out which...
  9. Polarbear

    Northern Duo tickets -BOJ?

    Hello Can someone confirm whether Northern Duo tickets are valid for Break of Journey, as a day return fare would be? Thanks
  10. Polarbear

    Discounts for employers?

    Mods - feel free to move if in the wrong section. I'm aware of the various discounts that are available to the general public (Railcards, Advance Fares, Off Peak travel etc.), but I was wondering whether any larger employers do (or are able to) negotiate discounts for their employees direct...
  11. Polarbear

    British Telecom woes

    Hello Couldn't see an existing thread about British Telecom and what they laughingly call "customer service". I've had a look on-line and there seem to be plenty of stories about BT and woeful customer service, but I'm wondering if anyone else on the forum has had problems with BT at all...
  12. Polarbear

    TPE Group Save

    Hello I've recently purchased a Group Save fare for 4 people travelling between Liverpool & Leeds on 31 March. I've since found out that one of my travelling companions on the day has done the same, so we now have two sets of tickets. D'oh! :!: Having consulted with my travelling companions...
  13. Polarbear

    Merseyrail issues - 26/09/17

    Looks like the Wirral Line on Merseyrail has been a bit of a problem today; https://www.merseyrail.org/ Apparently, this has been ongoing since this morning. Does anyone know what the problem is?
  14. Polarbear

    16-25 minimum fare

    Having just travelled on the mid-Cheshire line, I overheard a holder of said card argue about the minimum fare of £12. The line taken by the railcard holder was "I travel this line every day & I've always got the discounted fare". Now aside from any arguments about paying before boarding...
  15. Polarbear

    VTWC at Euston

    I'm asking this on behalf of a work colleague. My colleague was travelling yesterday (15 August) from Seven Kings to Stockport, using an AP ticket from Euston that was valid on the 15:00 departure from Euston. National Rail suggests the last train that will connect with this service is the...
  16. Polarbear

    Northern strikes & "routed" tickets

    Hi. I have the return half of a Bache-Manchester Airport Off Peak return, route Crewe, which I was intending to use tomorrow. As it appears there won't be any rail service between Manchester Airport & Wilmslow, I may have a problem going that way! Is anyone likely to object to me using the...
  17. Polarbear

    Liverpool Lime St remodelling

    Hello I understand that Lime Street main line station will close completely for 9 days, from 30 September 2017, to enable NR to realign the platforms & carry out work needed to increase capacity. The NR website doesn't have much information about this at present, (understandable given its a...
  18. Polarbear

    High speed TER - supplements?

    I'm currently planning a trip around France in late April & have come across the TER services in the north of France that are operated by TGV's! Certainly a novel concept. Anyway, Google translate tells me that to use these trains on the LGV, I require a high speed supplement, (certainly...
  19. Polarbear

    Inter rail validity on Eurostar

    I've just come across this article on Seat 61.com which makes for very pleasant reading; :D http://www.seat61.com/news.htm Excellent news for me as I shelled out several hundred quid on E* returns last year, as well as a cheeky flight to Zurich! As long as the promised availability is...
  20. Polarbear

    Merseyrail disruption - 18/10

    It appears there have been some problems with the Northern Line on Merseyrail this morning. Some sources show this as being due to power supply problems around Sandhills whilst another source has suggested a broken down train? Seems as though things are getting back to normal now, but can...

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