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Friend has a ticket for the 2027 KGX-EDB tonight, has been emailed that it's cancelled. Email states she can get the 'next available LUMO Service which complies with ticket conditions'. Given there aren't any that night, it would seem to be the 0545 on Friday. Does this not violate 28.2 of...

Yeah, the fact it's £61.20 for an Off-Peak Single up to Manchester is what confused me.

Apologies, yes - journey specified as originating at Euston. Off-Peak Single, routed Any Permitted. So it's the tube fare. Which given I'll be going straight to Paddington, I don't need anyway.

Thanks, but that doesn't ease my mind regarding the price differential of the fare. Why's that there? If you remove the 'via RDG' spec from the journey planner, it comes up at £45.25 for what is (it seems) the same ticket.

So an interesting one here. I have an EUS-MAN OPS (AP) booked for tomorrow. With a 26-30 Railcard it comes to £45.25 I've had an emergency meeting put in the diary in Reading, so was looking at alternative ticketing arrangements. Having consulted this thread...

Weird one on the Journey Planner. WM/LNWR only Off Peak and Super Off Peak tickets are £16.85 and £10.55 respectively. Makes sense. There's then an 'Any Permitted' Super Off Peak single for £22.45 which is showing as available only on WMR/LNWR despite that being a contradiction, and a...

The most recent RUS for Kent pointed out that Cannon St & Charing X are now basically at capacity. You can squeeze a bit more out of them with platform extensions, relocking and remodelling but otherwise there's nothing to be done without some painful changes elsewhere (e.g. closing St Johns)...

London to Ipswich journey being made on 18th Feb. Engineering works mean official diversion is tube to Newbury Park, replacement bus service to Ingatestone and train to Ipswich. Given the disruption and discomfort that will cause, is Kings Cross - Cambridge - Ipswich a permitted route...

This is apocryphal. Stephenson said when asked during the building of the line why he'd gone past Northampton. The answer he gave was that he 'could get the line into Northampton but not back out again' due to the gradient going northwards. The line climbs 60m between Northampton and Rugby over...

Yes, there is a bus service. It takes 1hr 45 mins end-to-end, and as such is only used by people who have no other option at all. This is the thing that several on the thread don't quite understand - in rural areas, car ownership is pretty much a requirement, so bus services will usually not...

I think people seriously underestimate the benefits for reopening lines through rural areas. It may be true that local bus services are unsuccesful, but that's usually for two reasons: 1. Everyone living in rural areas owns a car as a matter of course, and the cost of a bus fare is usually...

This has been something I've known for a while, but never really considered. Between Leeds and York it's impossible to get anything more than a day ticket, even via Harrogate. Given these are supposed to be standard universally-available tickets on the network (i.e. Anytime & Off-Peak...

Quick question: Where a platform is signalled such that it can host two departing trains at the same time (e.g. Manchester Picc, Glasgow QS, Leeds P1-6) what's it called? Thinking specifically of instances where (hypothetical example) the 1728 will leave from Platform 4B (far end) and...

Is this a valid route? If not what's the best ticket combination? Looking to go out LDS-HUD-SHF to arrive at 1130 and depart sometime after 1800, SHF to LDS direct via either WWG or WKG.

Standard Advance from York to Wembley Central, seat reservation York to London Kings Cross.

Travelling to Wembley tomorrow from York on a STD ADV ticket. Journey planner indicates going via Euston. Is it a valid route to get the Metropolitan Line to Wembley Park & walk? My final destination is equidistant between the two, and going from KGX on the Met will be slightly quicker

Anyone know what stock is rostered to work the 1248 LAN-LDS or 1432 LAN-LDS services this Sunday (15/02/15). Travelling home and weighing up pros and cons of a new route versus a lift to Preston and back via Copy Pit.

London is one of the biggest travel markets on the network, both as a population centre and for the connections from the south & west it offers. It's all very well saying 'let's improve east-west connections', but that's of less use for those places (such as Lincolnshire) with already very...

Obviously would require the electrification of the line to work as a service, but in the case it did happen, would it be viable and useful? Something like: Finsbury Park, Stevenage, St Neots, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Werrington Parkway*, Littleworth*, Spalding, Donington*, Sleaford...

Genuine question.