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    Free weekend travel on Chiltern Railways for monthly or longer season ticket holders

    Hello By 'free weekend travel', should I presume the season ticket holder is only entitled to free travel on Saturdays and Sundays, and not on Bank Holiday Mondays? Thanks
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    ticket help for the East Coast mainline

    Hello I have a Peterborough to Huntingdon (full price ticket) and Huntingdon to Boundary Zone 4 (with gold card discount) ticket route any permitted for today. I have an annual zones 1-4 travelcard for the journey from zone 4 to Kings Cross. Can I use it on an East Coast train from...
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    Help for East Coast - what do do when credit card is lost

    Hi I had booked an East Coast ticket using Print@Home using a credit card which I had lost and its replacement has arrived. It states on the ticket that the credit card is needed for verification while travelling. I would appreciate if anyone could advise whether I need to approach any...
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    Validity of London to Holyhead SVR on WSMR

    Would a return portion of a SVR return from Holyhead to London Terminals be valid on the WSMR between London and Wrexham General, where interchange possibilities for Holyhead can be made? Also, if there are restrictions associated with this ticket, what is the earliest departure time from...
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    Credit card fee on Thetrainline.com

    When I was booking a MML Advance C return ticket to Sheffield from London, it displayed the correct total of £7.90 in total. However, after I input my credit card details it charged me a fare of £9.40 stating that there is a £1.50 credit card fee. There is no mention of this before I pay...
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    RM 1708

    http://busphotographs.fotopic.net/p25309818.html Where is it, and is there anyone familiar hanging off the back of the platform?
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    London to Brighton

    On the National Rail website, it says that a CDR costs £8.65 provided I board at London Bridge (presumably Thameslink service), whereas it costs £11.10 if I want to take a service from London Victoria (Southern). Is this because Thameslink offer cheaper fares when using their services? IIRC...
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    Arnos Grove to Finchley Central Rail Replacement (Fri 8/7)

    A rail replacement service was operated by Sullivan (with Blue Triangle and Ensign vehicles present) to connect the Northern Line with the Arnos Grove-Cockfosters Piccadilly shuttle. The service was relatively infrequent (every 10-20 mins), but a total of 6 Routemasters were in service today...
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    Penalty Fares at Ticketless Stations

    I was just browsing the details of one of my local stations, Angel Road and was quite surprised to see that it neither has ticket machines nor it is manned at any time. What surprised me even more is that the National Rail website states that it is a Penalty Fare station (and the services...
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    Last day specials for the 14 and 22

    Routemasters will be withdrawn from routes 14 and 22 on Friday 22nd July. To commemorate this, a few special trips would be made by guest vehicles. To view the details, please click on the link: http://www.londoncentral.com/leaflets/Supplementary%20Schedule%2014&22%2022-07-2005.pdf
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    Heritage Routemaster Routes

    According to the BBC, the two Heritage Routemaster Routes will operate between Tower Hill and Piccadilly Circus (via the 15?) and from Aldwych to Royal Albert Hall (via the 9?). Travelcards/passes will be accepted and the service will run daily between about 9:30am to 6:30pm. No mention has...
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    Metroline orders 28 Enviro 400 buses

    London will receive its first Enviro 400 buses in December 2005/ January 2006 when Metroline introduces this new bus type (most probably on route 4, which still has standard floor buses). Pictures of how this bus looks are here: http://www.busandcoach.com/107news1.html...
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    252001 and Class 254

    Does anyone know where 252001 is now, and on which lines it was in use? Were HST's initially numbered class 254's, and if so when were they re-numbered to class 43's?
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    Last Days of Routemasters on the remaining London routes

    As you may be aware, traditional crew-operated Routemasters would be coming to an end in London this year, and the dates have been finalised by Transport for London. These are: Route 14 - Tottenham Court Road to Putney Heath Green Man - 22nd July Route 22 - Piccadilly Circus to Putney Common...
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    Waterden Garage open day - 25/6 (at Stratford)

    From www.lots.org.uk: Saturday 25 June. The Stratford Waterden Road open day on Sat 25/6 now from 10.30 am rather than 11am. There will be several special bus services with interesting vehicles over parts of routes 25 and 86, and local open-top bus tours as well It is hoped that...

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