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I was planning on travelling from Alfreton, in Derbyshire, to Manchester tomorrow morning. Due to the Whaley Bridge dam situation there are no trains running through the Hope Valley between Sheffield and Manchester. If there is announcement that the line will reopen on Tuesday I may delay my...

There are no trains in the area around Bristol Parkway for 3 weeks from Saturday 15th September. I’ve heard that XC services between Birmingham New Street and Bristol Temple Meads are diverted and will be calling at Gloucester and Newport. I’ve also read that XC will only be running hourly...

At the end of this month I am planning using a 7 Day Heart of England Rover and basing myself in Crewe for 6 nights. Very good value at £73.90 with a Senior Railcard. I will use it to travel out to Crewe from Nottingham on the Sunday and return on the Saturday. Both times by a route to avoid the...

I recently read comments in the Blackpool to Manchester electrification thread about residents of properties backing onto the railway, I think in the Bolton area, complaining about excessive tree felling. Whilst I fully appreciate that wide scale tree felling does need to take place prior to...

Can you buy a Plusbus ticket for the day of your return journey when using an Off Peak or Anytime Return ticket? I’m going up to West Yorkshire for a few days next month and when I buy my Off Peak Return to Leeds with my Senior Railcard I will also buy a Leeds Plusbus ticket for the Monday 5th...

My Senior Railcard expired at the end of November. As I was not intending to make any journeys of any length during December and January I have not renewed it yet. I can’t see the point of paying for at least 2 months when I will not be using it for anything except the occasional low cost local...

BBC East Midlands Today lunchtime news had post HS2 extended journey times between Derby and Nottingham as its headline story. It was stated in the broadcast that some journey times between the two cities will be extended by up to 14 minutes as routes such as Nottingham to Matlock will be...

Am I missing something or are East Yorkshire Motor Services fares exceptionally high especially for their day and weekly rover tickets. Looking at their website it appears that the Go Anywhere Day Ticket is £12.50 and they do not seem to do an all areas weekly ticket. Similar day tickets in most...

In two weeks time I'm travelling up to Newcastle and back from Hucknall (Robin Hood Line) in Nottinghamshire. I'm actually going to West Jesmond on the Tyne and Wear Metro. My original plan was to travel up on Monday morning and return on Saturday morning. I'm using a Senior Railcard. My...

Does anyone have any recent experience of the situation regarding barriers at stations accepting or rejecting Rover Tickets. I'm going to be using a North West 7 Day Rover in a few weeks time and I wondered if things had changed since I last used one about 3 years ago? I'm staying with friends...

At the end of April I'm going down from Nottinghamshire to Sussex, staying between Eastbourne and Bexhill. On the way back I'm stopping over in London for 2 nights staying at the Travelodge next to Vauxhall Station. With a Senior Railcard I've already booked Advance tickets from Nottingham to...

I'm in Manchester for a few days in February and was looking at the cheapest options for travelling around the area by train, tram and bus whilst there. I'm only going to be there for 5 days maximum so I will be looking at Day tickets rather than a 7 day ticket. I was originally looking at the...

Earlier this year I was on holiday up near Helmsdale in the far North East of Scotland. I considered using the train for a couple of relatively local days out but couldn't believe how high the fares were for relatively short journeys on the Far North Line. Despite its slow and long journey time...

I have just returned from a very enjoyable short break staying in Colchester. It was fantastic to be able to easily travel around Essex by bus using the multi-operator Essex Saver Ticket costing £8 each day. All I had to do was to buy my £8 Essex Saver Ticket on the first bus that I boarded each...

Next week I am staying with friends in North London and want to do a few trips out by train. I'll only be a few minutes walk from Hampstead Heath Overground Station and so have decided to do a few trips out into Essex via Stratford. I'm going to use my Oyster Card to travel from Hampstead Heath...

In these days of bus services having to be commercially viable and local authority subsidies decreasing, the bus companies must find local authority school contracts extremely valuable to them. However, is anyone else finding it increasingly difficult to travel by bus during a large period of...

In a few weeks time I am travelling down to Exeter from Derby on the Cross Country train which departs Derby at 10.30. I think I'm correct in the fact that this is usually a HST. I have a reserved seat from Derby as far as Cheltenham in coach G as I've got a cheap Advance ticket for that part...

I already have an Off Peak Return from Lomdon to Folkestone which is not valid on high speed services and the price was £34.90. If I wanted to upgrade for use on the Highspeed route from St Pancras for the outward journey only how much would the excess fare be? I don't want to do the return...

I'm staying in North Norfolk for a few days next week but I am finding the details on the Norfolk Green Website very unhelpful regarding ticket prices and validity for day and weekly tickets. I'm staying near Little Walsingham on the Fakenham to Wells 29 route. What are the options for travel...

I know this subject has probably been raised many times before but I'm not quite sure of the rules. Next week I'm staying near Vauxhall in London and will have a 7 Day Zones 1 to 6 travelcard loaded onto my Oyster card. Do you always have to touch in and out on the Oyster card readers when...