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  1. Bungaroosh

    Last two trains cancelled tonight from Gatwick to Brighton

    My flight into Gatwick tonight is delayed by an hour and the last two trains to Brighton are showing as cancelled: dep -- arr 00:49 -- 01:16 01:58 -- 02:28 https://traintimes.org.uk/gtw/Btn/02:28a/2023-06-30 Short of paying for the National Express at 2am, might I expect Thameslink to lay on a...
  2. Bungaroosh

    Possible ticket from Brighton valid to either St Albans Abbey (via Watford Jn) or St Albans City?

    I wonder: is it possible to get an Off Peak Return from Brighton to either Watford Junction or St Albans City, also allowing the return to Brighton to start from either of these stations? Reasoning behind it: there's just one connection an hour from Brighton to Watford Junction, changing at...
  3. Bungaroosh

    Thought I was buying an Anytime ticket, but on collecting it was an Advance

    Hello, I'm looking for your sage advice. I bought these from the Chiltern Railways website. 2 x Anytime Day Singles from Manchester to London St Pancras via Sheffield (Two Together Railcard) on Sun 5 Feb ... on the understanding that I could break the journey in Sheffield and then get any...
  4. Bungaroosh

    Slightly shrill pop-up on Transport for Wales's ticket website ...

    Simmer down! Etc. Etc. "Find out more" leads to this: A bit redundant and somewhat ridiculous, I would suggest, to pitch this at customers who are in the payment section of their ticketing website ...
  5. Bungaroosh

    PlusBus with Network Railcard (for Advance train fare not offering railcard discount)

    I plan to travel from London Paddington to Oxford after 10am on a Friday and returning on a Sunday. The ticket price each way is £5.40 for an Advance Single, so £10.80 return. I would like to buy a PlusBus ticket for the Friday and one for the Sunday in Oxford at a Network Railcard discounted...
  6. Bungaroosh

    Preferred ticket format poll (paper ticket vs smartphone app etc.)

    Off the back of this thread ... https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/are-e-tickets-the-way-forward.231423/ I will be interested to see the results!
  7. Bungaroosh

    Blackpool South to Preston -- train missing from online timetable, but on printed one

    I have this Advance Single: Thu 3 March 17:13 dep Blackpool South 17:50 arr Preston then another Advance Single: 17:58 dep Preston 20:10 arr London Euston The 17:13 from Blackpool South is missing from the online timetable, but the 16:13 and 18:13 are showing. Online...
  8. Bungaroosh

    Blackwater to St Albans fare — via Gatwick?

    Hello, I'm doing a trip from Brighton to St Albans, going out on a Saturday, coming back the next day, Sunday. A friend who lives in Blackwater is also going to St Albans, and would rather do just the single change at Gatwick (avoiding the Tube) and join me for the Gatwick–St Albans part of...
  9. Bungaroosh

    Brighton to Guildford -- is there a 4th type of fare based on routeing?

    Hello, I'm looking to do a Day Return from Brighton to Guildford on a Saturday or Sunday with a Network Railcard. My understanding (possibly wrong) is that there are three types of fares based on route: -- via Gomshall -- via Clapham Junction -- any permitted (presumably central London + tube)...
  10. Bungaroosh

    Worthing station -- pedestrian routes

    For anyone familiar with Worthing station ... Is it possible to walk from the main entrance of the station (south side) then walk under the A24 towards and past Morrisson's? I can't work this out from Google Streetview – the train arrival time (first available cheap day return from Brighton)...
  11. Bungaroosh

    Brighton to Amberley -- quicker route more than double the cost?

    Hello, I was looking to travel from Brighton to Amberley on a Sunday soon. Via Barnham: 1hr 28min and £12.10 single Via Three Bridges: 1hr 18min and £25.90 single I would be more interested to take the Three Bridges route as I'd like to see the landscape between Three Bridges and Amberley...
  12. Bungaroosh

    Omio: 15% cashback but don't want eticket

    With Omio giving 15% cashback on train tickets via Topcashback.co.uk, it'd be rude not to. Even on a Brighton to London Thameslink return, it's giving £2.80 cashback. Trouble is though, I can't find how to select an option to get it to give a code to pick up the ticket at a machine rather than...
  13. Bungaroosh

    5% cashback on all fares booked on Chiltern Railways website via TopCashback

    Just to pass on my pleasing discovery that the Chiltern Railways website gives 5% cashback on all tickets if you go via TopCashback. Free 1st class delivery also (gasp). Prior to this I was using TransPennine to get 1.05%. The right amounts have tracked already:
  14. Bungaroosh

    South Western Railway 1st class -- worth paying for?

    Hello, I'm looking to book a return journey from Clapham Junction to Exeter. On a Two Together Railcard 1st class costs just £10 extra each for the return journey. I'm not familiar with these trains though, so if the only difference in the seats is the presence of an antimacassar (as on...
  15. Bungaroosh

    Brighton to East Midlands Parkway during current Thameslink turmoil

    In theory I'm travelling from Brighton to East Midlands Parkway on Tuesday (12th June) to arrive around 10am. I had planned to leave Brighton on the 06:47 Thameslink to St Pancras but this service has vanished from the timetable since I bought the Advance ticket: £36.00 advance single...
  16. Bungaroosh

    Thameslink times once London Bridge to Blackfriars is open: major disappointment!

    Hope this is in the correct topic. I'd been looking forward for a long time to the reinstatement of the Thameslink line between LBG and BFR. Just seen though that the time saving is going to negligible to the point of complete irrelevance...
  17. Bungaroosh

    St Pancras to Brighton (Not Underground) - poss to join at London Bridge?

    Hello, I have the return portion of a Brighton to St Pancras (Not Via Underground) Off Peak Return. Given that there is currently no rail line between Blackfriars and London Bridge*, would I be permitted to travel from St Pancras to London Bridge at my own expense and join a Thameslink to...
  18. Bungaroosh

    Brighton to Blackwater rtn; permitted routes and break of journey

    Hello, I'd be grateful for any advice as to whether the routes etc. below are possible. Outward: dep Thu after 10am; return dep Fri after 10am, with Network Railcard. Outward route: Brighton > Gatwick > Blackwater (passing through Dorking Deepdene) Return: Blackwater > Dorking...
  19. Bungaroosh

    Brighton>Horsham>Arundel>Brighton -- possible on Day Return ticket?

    Hello, I'm trying to fathom the Routeing Guide for this journey. I want to travel off-peak on a weekday from: Brighton to Horsham (via Three Bridges) Horsham to Arundel Arundel to Brighton (via Ford/Littlehampton). I want to travel in an anti-clockwise direction around three sides of...
  20. Bungaroosh

    Spotted in WHSmith bargain bin ...

    ... but not such a bargain, by my reckoning. Any takers (at that price)? :) GB RAIL TIMETABLE WINTER EDITION 10 13th December 2009 - 22nd May 2010 £7 OFF -- RRP £16 -- NOW £9

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