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  1. Silver Cobra

    RMT Strike affecting London Underground services from 23rd to 28th July; ASLEF Strike action on 26th and 28th July. (Strike now suspended)

    I just spotted on the BBC News website that the RMT have announced 6 days of strike action on London Underground from Sunday 23rd July until Friday 28th July. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66127959 It's interesting that the RMT have chosen dates that coincide with the strike action on...
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    Need assistance with who to claim delay repay from: Thameslink or Southern

    Hi everyone. I have a query regarding who I should claim delay repay from for a journey I've undertook today. The itinerary for my journey today is/was the following: 0724 Arlesey > 0810 Kings Cross (Thameslink) 0837 St Pancras > 0914 Ashford International (Southeastern) 0925 Ashford...
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    LNER and TPE - Through Advances not available while Advances for individual legs of the journey are

    I'm currently scouting out a potential day trip for myself and my mum to visit Scarborough during the summer, which would involve travelling on Thameslink from Arlesey to Peterborough, LNER to York and TPE to Scarborough. The dates I'm looking to travel, which is either July 13th or July 20th...
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    Face coverings mandatory in shops in Scotland

    It's been announced in the last 10 minutes that face coverings will be mandatory in all shops in Scotland from 9th July. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53252760
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    GWR and Southeastern to offer free rail travel to domestic abuse victims

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51751582 It's great to see the rail industry doing what they can to help those suffering from domestic abuse. It'll be interesting to see how many more operators join this scheme. As GWR are already part of this, I imagine that other First Group operators...
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    GTR Delay Repay - Two passengers making the same journey but paid different amounts

    Hi everyone, Back on 26th July myself and my brother made a journey from Arlesey to Sheffield to visit the National Video Game Museum, using advance singles costing £12.80 each way (total cost £51.20) routed ‘Peterborough & LNER’ and changing trains at Peterborough and Doncaster. This was the...
  7. Silver Cobra

    Reversing a bus on the public highway (when not part of the route)

    I encountered an interesting situation today while travelling on the Stagecoach East service 66 between Huntingdon and St Neots. (Long explanation coming up...) Travelling through the village of Buckden, the bus pulls out to pass a row of parked cars in the centre of the village, when a van...
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    Commuter 'tries to push past blind man' on escalator at London Bridge

    Just spotted this on the ITV news a moment ago, and found an article and video on the BBC News website, regarding an impatient commuter trying to push his way past a blind man on the down escalator at London Bridge underground station...
  9. Silver Cobra

    Major disruption on the ECML 26/01

    There are currently major delays and cancellations to services on the ECML between Peterborough and Doncaster, due to a person being hit by a train between Grantham and Retford. Delays are expected until 1830, and Newark North Gate station is currently closed...
  10. Silver Cobra

    Delay Repay or Refund?

    Hi everyone. Got an interesting little query based on a failed journey today. The journey which I was making was from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban on an Off-Peak Day Return (£29.30), using the following services for the outbound and return: 0821 Glasgow Queen Street - Oban 1127 1441 Oban -...
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    Advance ticket - booked on a service that's no longer running

    Hi everyone. I'm in a little bit of a quandry right now. Back on the 17th March I purchased through VTEC's website an advance ticket from Arlesey to Blackpool North routed via Leeds for the 8th June, departing Arlesey at 0658, with changes at Peterborough and Leeds, and arriving into Blackpool...
  12. Silver Cobra

    All Line Rover - ticket marked affects validity?

    Firstly, I'd like to apologise if this is posted in the wrong forum. Wasn't sure if this should go in disputes or the general fares forum. Now, I am currently on the fourth day of my 1st class 7-day All Line Rover, intending to use the Caledonian Sleeper tonight. Up until now, when I've had my...
  13. Silver Cobra

    Edinburgh to Arlesey routing via Stevenage

    After the success of my trip to Edinbugh a few weeks ago, I'm planning on going again on a Saturday sometime towards the end of February. As advances for weekends in February are not available yet, I've been using December 12th as a reference point to see the possible options for advances from...
  14. Silver Cobra

    Virgin Trains East Coast reducing their advance ticket discount

    It appears that Virgin Trains East Coast have decided to adjust how much discount they offer on their cheapest advance fares that are purchased through their website. Up until today they offered an 11% discount for the cheapest tier of advance fares, but that has now been seemingly reduced to...
  15. Silver Cobra

    Couple Busted for Ticketless Travel by BTP Cambridgeshire ...with a Twist

    While checking Thameslink's 'On Track' app around 1:30pm today, I spotted a tweet by British Transport Police Cambridgeshire referring to an incident of vandalism to a TVM at Cambridge station. Intrigued by this, I paid a visit to their Twitter page, and spotted an even more interesting series...
  16. Silver Cobra

    Delay Repay Query with Abellio Greater Anglia

    Hi everyone; new user here. I've been reading these forums for a while now, but I've now registered to post a query on a potential delay repay with Abellio Greater Anglia, to see if it is worth making a claim. Today I travelled from Hitchin to Great Yarmouth, using a combination of an Anytime...

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