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Hi All - I’ve just seen the above incident as I’m due to travel back from Winchester to Doncaster at lunchtime. Anyone got any more information, assume I’m going to be delayed somewhat.

Hi All, Blyton Road just north of Gainsborough is closed at the railway bridge where local gen says a truck carrying a forklift hit it a few weeks ago. I haven’t seen anything about the railway being closed but the road is apparently closed for more weeks if not months. Seems strange that the...

Morning All, I’m on the 07:41 Hull Trains Paragon service from Retford to London and the ride south of Grantham has been horrendous. Sections of severe rattling side to side, I’ve never experienced anything like it in 25 years on this line. Is this a known issue as I’ve not seen anything.

Hi All - I need to go to Nottingham and back from Doncaster on 9th Feb. I'm looking at going via Grantham and am being offered an Anytime Short Distance (Return Included) ticket. Is this ticket also valid via Sheffield in case of any disruption please, the info on the ticket just says "Travel...

Hi All - Before I try and submit a Delay Repay to Northern for the late running 11:48 Manchester to Sheffield which caused me to miss the 13:11 Trans Pennine from Sheffield to Doncasster (it sailed past us at Edale, the stopper already 13 down having been held at New Mills for 10 minute to let...

Hi All - I'm plannning a return trip from Doncaster to Horton-In-Ribblesdale and am looking at breaking my journey, certainly on the outbound leg, at Crossflatts. The planners (including the forum one) are offering me an Anytime Short Return but I can't decipher the break of journey conditions...

Hi All - My mum would like to sell my late dad's railway lamp collection. Has anyone got any ideas of the best way to do this please, ideally someone would come and appraise/buy them but auctions are a possibility too, Thanks

Hi All - I've booked my wife and daughter to travel on Advances on 30 Sep from Doncaster to Newcastle and return. Has anyone got any information on the likelihood of LNER trains running or not please? If they don't will getting a refund be easy (e-tickets) and will I get the LNER Credit back...

Not sure if this is the right section but I’m on a Cross Country where someone just boarded earlier than their Advance ticket. They said that Trainline showed their later service as cancelled and the “bloke on the gate” had told them to board this one. The conductor eventually gave him the...

As per the title, I’ve had a couple of Northern Anytime Returns in their app only showing one screen, i.e. there is no return portion. The conductor says he’s reported it and has seen it a few times now. His first reaction was “that’s the wrong direction” but acknowledged that it says “return”...

Hi All, The 08:12 Doncaster to Edinburgh (that I was booked on) hit a deer near Grantham this morning. Luckily it managed to get going again but we’d all been shuttled onto a Newcastle Cross Country service “only as far as York” where the conductor kept announcing it had been cancelled! It...

Hi All - I was booking my family (2 adults, 2 children) a day out in London in August and having got a pretty poor and expensive set of options from Retford, switched to Doncaster. This revealed a fantastic value (approx half the price) "LNER Family Ticket" on most services that hadn't appeared...

Hi all- I tried to find threads on this but they were all closed to replies. The Pumpkin cafe on platforms 2-5 at Sheffield has closed and is boarded up, I was only in there a couple of weeks ago. Anyone know what’s happening with it please?

Hi All, I was looking at connecting trains back from Sheffield to Doncaster off the Hope Valley stopper and unfortunately the 15:05 departs at exactly the same time as the stopper arrives (might make it if the stopper comes in on 5 and the Donny goes from 3/4). There is a 2 hour gap in the TPE...

Hi All, I normally like my CSST tickets but was out and about this week not knowing which train I would catch home and from a station with no TVM so I bought an e-ticket from the Northern App. This then emailed me with the ticket attached as a .PDF. When I heard the conductor coming I tried to...

Hi All - As the title says, I just saw a Class 73 Double Header Light Engine on the ECML just north of Retford, GBRf branded I think. It's a long time since my spotting/bashing days but was this an exotic movement or are they regular on the ECML, I'm pretty sure I haven't seen one before. Thanks.

Hi All, I couldn't find a thread specifically on this but do TVMs have the "intelligence" to know that the next train is off peak, so should offer that ticket? The LNER TVMs at Retford show Anytime Returns to stations towards and including Sheffield on the home screen, even after the last peak...

Hi All - I got an email from TfL to update the debit card on my Oyster account. This prompted me to look at my history and I haven't used it since 2019. I have £16 credit but can't find a simple way of cancelling the card and getting the money back, any clues please? Thanks.

Hi All - I need to go to Bristol tomorrow (Tuesday) from Sheffield. I'm staying in the centre of Bristol overnight then am at an event near Filton Abbey Wood on the Wednesday so will get a train there in the morning. I then want to return from Bristol Parkway in the afternoon, will a...

Hi All - I'm looking at buying an anytime return Doncaster - Bridlington and the journey planner gives me one return option as Bridlington - Seamer - York - Doncaster. Would this be valid please as it seems to be going quite a long way round and in the wrong direction to start. Thanks.