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    Mallaig to Fort William...

    According to BR Fares, the return fares offered are: Anytime Return (£22.30) Anytime Day Return (£21.50) Off Peak Return (£19.70) Restriction: 8F - Not valid on trains timed to depart after 04:29 and before 09:16 except valid on the 07:01 service from Stranraer to Ayr. Off Peak Day Return...
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    Anytime Single vs Off Peak Day Return...

    I purchased an Off Peak Day Single ticket from A to B, traveling about 10:00, intending to return about 18:30. I checked before purchase and the off peak fare offered was valid on both the planned outward and return journeys. The price was £13.40 Whilst checking the schedule and punctuality of...
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    What is this near miss level crossing location...?

    Anyone know where this was - signage and signals looks like UK? Ignore the thumbnail, the video plays from the point I'm referring to.
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    Young Person's Railcard eligibility for postdoctoral research...

    As header, I know that PhD students are eligible for these even though there is no lecture component to attend at the university, you are expected to put in as much or as little research time as you find necessary to complete the thesis. Are posdoctoral researchers allowed to get the Young...
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    Zero fare excess possible on Advance?

    I have bought many return tickets from A to B, where A is where I live, B is the town where my family lives and several hundred kilometers are in between. Only a couple of weeks ago, my family moved to live at C. C is a fifteen minute local train journey away from B, and the prices of all...
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    ECML Return Fares (southbound)

    I'm just looking online and it seems that there are no more open dated return tickets available for stations in the north into Kings Cross. All the tickets I've found seem to be sold as two singles, which is not as advantageous as the previous arrangement. Any way around it?
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    Delay Repay - OMIO app

    When I travel I always have paper tickets, but I am assisting someone using a ticket purchased through the OMIO app... one I have heard of, but never used... Do I submit the claim to Avanti West Coast in the normal manner, i.e. screenshots of the ticket open in the app? Will 'automatic delay...
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    Do peak time restrictions apply on 24 Dec?

    As header, I am looking at the Trainsplit website which is suggesting that one may take a train at 08:10 from Edinburgh to Newcastle on the TPE only SVR costing £82, restriction code I3 which says not valid for trains departing before 0900...
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    Virgin Trains Delay repay

    I sent through a VT automatic delay repay through their website page about eight weeks ago. Have heard nothing since so am about to follow up by letter. Is the address for postal claims still Virgin Trains, Customer Relations, FREEPOST RRAE-UJZZ-ESUR, PO BOX 713, Birmingham B5 4HH? A bit...
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    Manchester to London

    Are there any more reasonably priced alternative routes or split tickets than the direct Virgin service? Cost is the primary concern, not too bothered about it taking a bit longer...
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    WCML Saturday 10 Aug

    Was going north to Edinburgh later. All websites saying trains are being cancelled at Carlisle. Is there bus transport laid on so I can complete the journey? I have an anytime single and am breaking my journey with the legs split over two days (ticket says valid 9 and 10 Aug) - how does delay...
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    London and Stuff...

    Have a couple of Advance tickets to London, staying for a couple of days before returning on another couple of Advance tickets the morning of the third day. Just checking the situation is the same as when travelled previously... 1 - Getting around in London, one of us has a YP discount, the...
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    LNER offers?

    Looking to make a long distance return journey exclusively on LNER at some point in January - no railcard, but does anyone know if there are any upcoming sales or discount codes that can be used to offset the cost?
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    Virgin Delay Repay refusal...

    I had a VT train cause me a delay of over an hour in mid April, submitted the delay repay claim through their website within a couple of weeks, heard nothing back until just after lunchtime today... VT: (paraphrasing for brevity - nothing here should be taken as a verbatim quote by VT Customer...
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    Season ticket Stockport to Bolton

    My sister has asked me about this for her new job as I 'know all about trains and things' apparently. A Stockport to Bolton season ticket is £111 per month. Would getting the GMPTE System One County Card (£118 per month) provide better value than the cheaper rail only season, or is it not worth...
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    Break of Journey on Sailrail ticket...

    First of all, I'd like to say that the terms and conditions of Sailrail tickets as issued from Ireland to the UK seem to be very much different than Sailrail issued from the UK to Ireland, in that the latter require specific trains to be used, as in Advance purchase tickets. From what I have...
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    Sailrail pickup...

    I have found some suitable Advance ticket to get me from my location in the UK across north Wales to Holyhead and the Irish Sea to Dublin. I have purchased one as I know my date and time of departure. I have also found a number of Advances to complete the return journey. But I will not be sure...
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    Possible to 'sleep' at Waverley overnight?

    Asking for a friend who's a bit of a bum. He will be arriving in Edinburgh too late for the last train to Aberdeen and would like to wait in the waiting room overnight until the early morning 05:30 train - is this going to be OK?
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    Stops to set down/pick up only

    What are the main reasons why trains have restrictions on setting down or picking up at a particular location? What sort of punishment could you expect for getting on/off a train in violation of the above? Would it mean you've travelled without a valid ticket?
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    Delay Repay VTWC and connections split tickets

    There was an A-B-C VTWC and connections Advance ticket that was very much more expensive than an A-B non VT operator specific single plus a B-C VTWC Advance. So I bought the latter, even though it meant that the journey I made had a connection of 1h10m at B. So my train from A-B was on time...

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