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Thanks for the advice - I'll look into that.

Ahh ok thanks. :) I think we will tolerate it for the fairly short journey. I commute on the main Glasgow-Edinburgh line daily, so the cramped, noisy, dirty, smelly, expensive and often delayed aspect doesn't worry me too much. However, in future I will definitely submit my plans to this...

Hi, The original tickets are the normal off peak open returns. I bought them from The Train Line I'm embarrassed to say. The new tickets for the Edinburgh-York section of our journey are Advance tickets. They were £52 for the 7am train, but to go on the 7.30am train it would have been...

Oh gosh this has been one saga after another. I bought the new tickets because the person on the phone today told me that I couldn't just upgrade my existing tickets, I would have to cancel my booking, get a refund, and pay for a whole new set of tickets. (The Edinburgh/York part is only...

Thanks to all for the useful information you've given me. I've solved our problem by buying new tickets from Edinburgh to York for the 7am train. I was able to reserve a table for us. :) The £52 I paid was well worth it for the peace of mind to be honest. So, we will now arrive in York...

Hi, We have open returns. I called this morning earlier and it's not possible to reserve the 10, 10.30 or even the next train. I've also had a look at the 10.10 Cross Country train and it seems to be full too. I feel like a complete eejit as I was aware about it being school holidays...

Thank you all for your kind help. Given the problems with reserving a seat for the outward journey I've now managed to reserve us seats for our return journey a week later. Even so, we don't have three seats together - but that's ok. We will just have to loiter with intent on Friday...

Oh I didn't realise that was the quiet coach. We will head for coach H instead. The children don't "do" quiet unless they're sleeping. :) I don't think it would go down too well with the other passengers. We will be there early - hopefully it doesn't arrive at the platform just before...

Thanks for this Peter. We will definitely get there early and hopefully will find something in that carriage. Perhaps the guard will be able to advise us if there are any anywhere. Thanks again.

Oh dear, it's Friday we're travelling. There's a total of four people travelling - two adults and the two children. I was lulled into a false sense of security when I looked at the Virgin website and it said that the 10am from Edinburgh to York on Fridays was "likely to have lots of seats"...

Thanks for your reply Yorkie. That's helpful. Yes we do have a family railcard (and I have a disabled railcard) and did get the discount for this journey. Great savings there. To be honest it never occurred to me to just buy two child places - I will bear that in mind for any future longer...

Hi, We will be travelling on the 10am Edinburgh to York train in a few days and haven't reserved seats because we were unsure at the time of booking which train we would be travelling on. Also, one of the children is under five so we didn't pay for them and obviously wouldn't have been able...

Ah... thank you NajaB.

Thank you so much for all of this very useful information. You've given me exactly what I need to take the stress out of the journey. :D We don't have to arrive at the destination at a particular time, it's just that I'm hoping to make it as smooth a journey as possible - within my control...

Hi again, We plan to take the 10.00am train from Edinburgh Waverley to York, which is due to arrive in York at 12.28. Our connecting train to Seamer is due to leave York at 12.40, therefore there's only a 12 minute time period to get off one train, find the platform we need to go to and trail...

Thank you all for your welcome and very helpful answers. You've helped alleviate my worries. Travelling with luggage and family isn't so daunting when you know what to expect. ☺

Hi. Apologies if you've been asked this question many times. I just want to check that I'm understanding this properly. I've bought off peak open return tickets between Edinburgh and Filey, with changes at York and Seamer. I used my Friends and Family railcard to do this. On the return...