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I am a 26-30 railcard holder who renewed my railcard for another year in early June. I am turning 29 in January. My understanding is that you remain eligible to purchase a 1 year 26-30 railcard right up until the day before your 31st birthday, meaning you can use it right through being 31 with...

The connection time is 24 minutes. My train is due to get into Edinburgh Waverley at 17.06 and then the LNER train leaves at 17.30 My question is basically if the ScotRail rail is heavily delayed or cancelled, will I be allowed to jump on the next London bound train despite the fact that my...

I’m planning to take the train from Edinburgh to London King’s Cross next month and bought an advance single ticket for the journey. In order to get to Edinburgh I need to take a local ScotRail train. I absent mindedly just bought a ticket from Edinburgh to London rather than buying a single...

Seems that something happened between Newark Northgate and Doncaster. The usual 21 minute journey between these took some 5 hours!!!

I have too, albeit with a weekend in Edinburgh in between

You misunderstand, I’m looking for which two London terminals are the furthest apart in terms of the most direct NR only route. Perhaps we could make this more interesting by excluding the overground.

Not sure why he didn’t just change at one of the suburban Glasgow stations with services to both Central and Queen Street (Partick?)

London Bridge to Victoria could be done through East Croydon, you don’t need to go all the way to Brighton. Charing Cross to Waterloo/Victoria could be done via changes at London Bridge, East Croydon and (in the case of Waterloo) Clapham Junction, no need to be going anywhere near Portsmouth.

Yes and yes. I’ll say fastest in terms of time as opposed to miles travelled.

Don’t care about tickets, just the fastest national rail only route between any two terminals

Suppose I wish to travel between two London terminals but I’m constrained by not being allowed to use the tube, buses, walk, use a taxi or any other form of transport other than national rail. For example, if travelling between Victoria and Waterloo, then the fastest acceptable route is to go...

Fair do’s. I do London to Falkirk return six times a year and it’s usually a 3/3 split of train or flight. I’ll take a flight if I’m only going for the weekend because STN is very accessible for me on a Friday night straight from the office and with it only being a couple of nights then hand...

Let’s count the errors in your post: 1. Leaving Falkirk at 10:30 for a flight that takes off at 12:10 is not a very good idea. As you say with google maps this gets you in to the airport just 73 minutes before the flight. Risky. 2. You’ve made the crude assumption of hand luggage only. If the...

Garbage. I can leave Falkirk High tomorrow at 11:04 and be in Central London at 16:38 via a connection at Edinburgh Waverley. Now, to be in Central London at that time via air travel means you’d be wanting to land at LHR/LGW/STN by 3pm latest, which means taking off at 2pm. Given travel time...

The best option for the OP here would be to take the train all the way from Edinburgh to London. Minute for minute it’s about the same time due to airport faff, it’s often cheaper and is a hell of a lot more convenient. Tottenham Hale is then a simple Victoria line train from King’s Cross...

I’ve been away this weekend, flying from Stansted, and I took the Stansted express to the airport on Friday. I bought an open return with my 16-25 railcard from Tottenham Hale to the airport but I’ve just realised that there’s a service alteration tonight with the late night trains calling at...

Hi everyone, Got an early start at King’s Cross on Friday, 8am up to Edinburgh to spend Christmas with the in laws and Boxing Day with my folks. In order to fuel myself for the long journey I’m going to need a full English in my belly. Is there a spoons or something at the station that can...

I was gonna order one today... might not do it now

I currently live in London zone 2 and paid £1,320 for an annual zones 1-2 travelcard that runs from 5/1/17 until 4/1/18. I did this because work runs one of those season ticket loan schemes so I could take advantage of the cheaper rate of buying a yearly pass rather than splashing out on...

Me and a couple of mates are considering flying to Barcelona in July, spending a few days there then heading down to PortAventura for a couple of days there then on to Benicassim for the music festival and finally on to Alicante for the flight home. Just wondering if anyone knows the...