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    Seatfrog upgrade for someone else

    Hi, I have a relative travelling from Glasgow to Wigan next week on Avanti with an advance ticket. Depending on availability/cost I would like to upgrade them to first class via the Seatfrog auction. However I will get the email rather than them and I don’t hold the ticket, obviously I can...
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    Weather disruption Sunday 17th July and following few days

    Stopped between Widrington & Acklington for a few minutes but now running at approx 20mph There is wine left in 1st class thankfully!
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    Weather disruption Sunday 17th July and following few days

    Voyager running 1V64 has front windscreen smashed sat just outside Newcastle with passengers still on board. Interesting journey starting an hour late from York, getting cancelled at Newcastle then jumping on the Inverness train for what will probably be a 5 hour trip to Edinburgh...
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    Merseyrail Class 777 introduction updates

    Recently boarded at Pemberton on a couple of occasions on Kirkby - Wigan/Blackburn and all 4 cars were available for boarding
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    Avanti West Coast catering

    1547 Blackpool - Preston today, no sign of any staff in first class for the journey, not even a cup of tea! Is this normal? Doesn’t seem right for the price of the service compared to standard (nearly double when I booked).
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    Merseyrail Parking Fines

    Thank you all for your replies. To give a bit of context (for anyone who knows aintree station) it was the bay of spaces in front of the station building which has curved edges. Every time I’ve been there people have parked on the edges which is what I did yesterday - there was a car parked on...
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    Central London to Heathrow

    We’re flying in from New York. Our trains north are around 1pm so our current thinking is if all goes to time we may get the tube and then have brunch somewhere before the train back north. If flights are delayed then we will look at Heathrow express for getting into London for speed
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    Central London to Heathrow

    Hi, looking for some advice regarding transport out to Heathrow and return. Friday 22nd Need to be at Heathrow Terminal 3 around 8.30, we are staying in west London and our nearest tube station is Earl’s Court. We were looking at getting the Piccadilly line out to Heathrow but wasn’t sure if it...
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    Merseyrail Parking Fines

    Hi, I received a parking fine from merseyrail today at aintree station for not parking within a marked bay. Are these fines legally enforced? You read a lot on social media today about car park fines not being legally enforced and should be ignored and just wondered what the situation was here.
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    Walking through 1st to get to Standard

    I was on a Virgin pendolino heading south this morning in coach K. A lady boarded in coach K, walked to the open door to the staff kitchen and watched the train manager make an announcement. She was then acknowledged by a member of first class staff and queried where coach B was, a long walk I...
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    Glasgow Queen Street refurbishment and remodelling

    I am looking to book a trip in October between Glasgow and Dundee with same day return on either Tuesday 8th October or Thursday 10th October. I'm aware that Scotrail haven't released these advance tickets yet but on the advance tickets page on their website...
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    Merseyrail and Giants event

    There seems to be bus replacement this Sunday between Formby & Southport according to both the national rail website and virgin trains app when I try to buy a ticket from Seaforth & Litherland to Southport. However the national rail website future engineering works section says no works are...
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    Please explain what stations this information could describe

    Could it be New Brighton? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brighton_railway_station

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