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This seems to have been last considered on this Forum in 2011, but what is the current position on the 'Ticket Expiry Date' for Off Peak Return tickets for which the return half can be used at any point in the following month? For the purposes of refunds, does the 28 day period within which...

I seem to recall some years ago the Belgians built, at great expense, the viaduct across the throat at Brussels Midi to allow the ES and Thalys trains faster access to the station. The trains used otherwise to have go over the throat and often quite amusing routes round the side of Forest depot...

By way of an information for this forum, NS have announced this week that they are going to make the ICE trains to/from Germany compulsory reservation from 17th June to 18th August, to help reduce the risk from the big issues they had last summer as a spillover from the all the problems DB has...

Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere but can interrail reservations for France be obtained on any website other than the interrail.eu one? SNCF's used to be able to do it as did SNCB/NMBS's but this option seems no longer to be there. SNCF's was best, and its app could be used to...

Mod note - thread split off from this one: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/great-british-railways-livery-branding-and-appearance.217495/unread More fun to come on branding! From the settlement letter sent last Friday (!) by DfT to city Mayors explaining the conditions of their funding...

My first long distance rail journey since March 2020 .... provides today's challenge question to all of DR specialists out there. I had an off-peak return ticket and seat reservation from Paddington on GW for a Sunday. (I know, never travel on GW a Sunday "unless your journey is really...

I'm thinking of getting back on Eurostar and visiting the UK again (after a long time...). Has anyone used ES since the C-19 restrictions eased? Is the Brussels route still emptier than the Paris route? And when's the quietest time to travel given that there is not much business travel...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/excessing-an-itso-ticket.210822/#post-4847998 Great stuff, but the return routing implied here is Tonbridge - Orpington - VIC - [LUL] - Charing Cross - Lewisham. So the Maltese Cross permits LUL travel but how come there is...

Let's take a moment to remember Kerr's Miniature Railway in Arbroath which closed (forever) today. Usage had dropped to 5% of the level seen in the mid-1950s, apparently. It's survived wars, credit crunches and mainline rail strikes but has finally reach the end in the age of Corona. Old...

Quick question: I had my Oyster annual season ticket refunded at the start of the Covid crisis. But I still have a gold record card: is it still valid? I assume not.

If you are not already aware, the Railway Convalescent Home at Dawlish has now finally closed. It shut in March because of COVID-19, but it has now been announced that this is to be permanent. A shame, as I had been looking forward to going there one day but I guess too much has changed in the...

Note that someone seems to have changed the coding on the gates for Platforms 2-5 at Paddington so that if you swipe out here without having tapped in anywhere (ie you have used a BZx extenstion) you will get charged a huge amount as it thinks you have got there on HEx. Presumably this is...

Another old chestnut, but what are the Forum's views on using ES plus Thello to reach Venice, from the point of view of train delays and the CIV convention? 'CIV' doesn't seem to cover such a journey unless it's made on one ticket, but is there anyone that sells such a thing? Loco 2...

Correction: St. Louis. Today's challenge question: the mobility card issued to hotel guests covers all Basel Stadt canton, ie. Switzerland only. It is not valid on the tram extensions in France or Germany (other than Roderdorf, presumably). But the ticket machines don't seem to have any...

Any one know what's going on with Eurostar cancelling services tomorrow and Monday because of the SNCF strike? I have a booking, they've said it's cancelled. Can't get through to ES to change it and the website won't allow changes either. Are they just going to queue everyone up in the order...

Any thoughts on this one? I'm trying to book a 'Saver Half Single", ie. an SSU or SSH, from LDS to KGX this Sunday for £54.50 but the system refuses to offer a railcard discount for this. It does offer a railcard discount on the ADV fares, however. I get that these fares are only sold via the...

...er... ie. Germany and Switzerland. Looks like these far-off places have got chopped off Eurostar's booking engine again: I was redirected to SNCB Europe when I tried Cologne and computer said no altogether to Switzerland. And it looks like the quotas for the Netherlands have been...

Anyone any idea what the latest position is on refunding an anonymous OV Chipkaart? I have one that expires on 1st November and I read that up to EUR30 can be refunded if I take it to an NS/GVB/RTM etc office, and I am charged EUR1 for this service. Some questions: a. Can I do this after 1...

Without giving too much away, I am now eligible for ScR's Club 50 promotion. The terms and conditions of the £17 special return fare currently being offered appear to rule out BoJ, other than for interchange purposes. But since the tickets appear to be valid on any train (within time...

I've just noticed a range of VTEC SSH and SSU Single Leg Singles now being offered via their Website, apparently for one way purchase. I thought VT/VTEC only offered these tickets as part of a round trip purchase, ie. thus allowing SSH/SSU to be combined by an ADV fare? Have they changed the...