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    No fares available please choose another journey

    I never used to see this message but nowadays it sometimes pops up. Today for trains from Leicester to London St P it is showing several consecutive trains like this. I am booked on the 11:12. Does the above message mean that my train will be completely full? Thanks for any information. Best...
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    Confused about ticket type. Sorry if I'm missing the point

    Travelling tomorrow, Tuesday, from London Liverpool St to Cromer. I intend to travel on either the 19:02 (£38-50)or the 20:30 (£34). If I buy the ticket for the 19:02 but miss it will they let me on the 20:30 or will I have to buy a new ticket. Second question. When do these cheaper tickets...
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    New layout National Rail Enquiries

    What do people think of the new(ish) layout on NRE? I find it less convenient. Because, if I want a return journey I am now forced to select an outward journey and then go to the next page to see the return journey. If, like today, I want to plan a period of time in a destination, say 4 hours...
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    VIA Liverpool St or Tottenham Hale. And where find directions

    Can anyone please help with some advice for my journey tomorrow, Saturday. I am travelling from Leicester to Stansted airport at 18:33 due to arrive into Stansted at 20:59. However, there isn't the usual direct train from Leicester to Stansted. Instead they are routing me via London. The...
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    Stansted Sat 28 October not straight through train

    Can anyone offer some information please. I need to be at Stansted Airport before 22:00 on Saturday 28th October, travelling from Leicester. Usually the train from Leicester is direct to Stansted. But on the 28th I have a choice of two changes via London or train to Cambridge then bus. Does...
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    Confusing announcement about Kings X St P and ticket validity on Euston route

    Hello can anyone please help with some information about what just happened to me this afternoon in London. We were on the tube going to St Pancras to catch the train back to Leicester. But there was an announcement on the tube train to the effect that trains were not running from "Kings Cross...
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    No returns available Leicester to Rugby. Day return of two singles £59-70 !

    Good afternoon I have come up with what seems to me a shocking price for the short journey from Leicester to Rugby return on Wednesday 9 November. Leaving Leicester at about 10am and returning from Rugby at about 5pm. Three questions 1. is there a cheaper fare 2. why is such a short journey so...
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    17:50 from Nottingham to Leicester cancelled (02/11) - Any more information?

    Good afternoon My usual evening train from Nottingham to Leicester is showing cancelled at the moment. Should depart at 17:50 from Nottingham. Purely out of interest: 1. does anyone know why 2. is there any likelihood of it being reinstated 3. is this likely to be a long term issue or just...
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    Help with complicated route please. Leicester to Kew Bridge to Cromer

    Hello can anyone please give me some help with the following route: Friday 21 October Leicester to Kew Bridge BUT including a break at Blackfriars and then from Blackfriars to Piccadilly Circus( or Oxford Circus) then on to Kew Bridge Sunday 23rd Kew Bridge to Cromer Tuesday 25th Cromer to...
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    Friday 19th August. Kew to Leicester. Strike

    Can anyone please offer some advice. I shall be in London for 5 days prior to 19th August and hope to travel back from Kew To Leicester on Friday evening 19th August. I realise there is a strike on but I have no choice on the date I travel - family matter Is it the case that during the last...
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    Will my connection be held at Nuneaton?

    Am on the 15:46 train from Euston to Leicester via Nuneaton. BUT the Nuneaton to Leicester leg has been cancelled. The previous train from Nuneaton to Leicester departs 3 minutes before I arrive into Nuneaton. Is there any chance of them holding that train at Nuneaton so that any Leicester...
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    London St. Pancras to Leicester this Saturday 2nd July, problem Luton to London

    Can anyone please help. I am about to buy an off peak return. There is an issue with the Luton to St P section. https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/service-disruptions/no-direct-trains-between-luton-and-london-st-pancras-0 Can I use my ticket on the Euston to Nuneaton to...
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    Leicester to Bath tomorrow Tues 8 Feb 2022

    Hi and thanks for all of your help in the past. I have just discovered I have to meet an elderly friend in Bath tomorrow. I must be in Bath by about 12 noon. Return back to Leicester late afternoon anytime. I have a senior railcard. For the cheapest ticket I used trainsplit and got £64 arriving...
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    Leicester to Rugby to Leamington Spa to Leicester. This Friday

    Can anyone please advise on the best way to buy tickets for this journey. I need to be in Rugby at 12 noon. I need to be in Leamington by abour 4.15pm. Back to leicester by about 9pm I have a senior railcard. Thanks for any help. Sorry I can't work it out myself but it's rather complicated.
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    Refund not received

    Hello everyone, can anyone please offer advice I bought a ticket from CCT for Peterborough to Stansted Airport for the wrong time. I tried to change it online but it didn't work. So I phoned them. The guy I spoke to said that the only solution was for them to give me a refund and for me to...
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    Cross Country Train amending ticket

    Hi can anyone please help. I booked online with CrossCountry for a ticket tomorrow - Weds 11th August 2021 - from Peterborough to Stansted. However, I got two things wrong: 1. Didn't get my senior railcard discount. Because I couldn't see a place to opt for that - probably me being stupid. 2...
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    Busy ? train travel

    I have not used trains since February. I don't know how things work. If I buy tickets for Saturday what happens if the train is really full? Or do they have a maximum number of people per train - in which case are all seats forced to be booked? Thanks for any help
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    Sorry but this maybe a rather complicated question

    A week tomorrow on Sunday 23rd February I am travelling from London to Leicester. I want to buy my usual off peak return. St Pancras to Leicester. BUT.... there's a bus replacement service for the journey from London St Pancras to Leicester, which I don't like using. I would prefer to go...
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    Leicester to Glasgow flexible ticket required

    Hello all and many many thanks for help in the past. I have to go from Leicester to Glasgow next week: Outward depart Leicester about 7.30am on Thursday 21 Nov. Return depart Glasgow about 9.45 am on Friday 22 Nov. I have a senior railcard. Because I don't like changing trains I would prefer...
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    Leicester to Nottingham return today

    Hello again. Another question but this time for my partner. He is travelling from Leicester to Nottingham this evening and wants to be in Nottingham at 7pm. He makes this journey often. And usually catches the 6.22 pm train from L to N. But.... due to problems on the line is it likely this...

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