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I recently booked tickets on the forum's website for my wife and I, travelling in June from Glasgow (GLQ) to Edinburgh, then down to Newcastle (see image of one of our tickets) We are travelling first class, so we are obviously we are looking forward to our LNER journey down the ECML from EDB...

My wife and I are travelling to Glasgow early in June. We are actually going on the 9th June, but I thought I would take a look today as I saw tickets are now available on the LNER website, for the previous Sunday (2nd) .. just to get an idea of prices For some reason, I would be able to book...

I've just received an email from LNER giving me 20% off my next booking Yipee ! Does this work with railcard discounts .. my wife and I are travelling to Glasgow in June, but tickets are still not available, but hopefully soon will be. We both have senior railcards. I got my free 'bus pass'...

I am looking for fares for a friend, who wants to travel from Newcastle to Kings Cross next week .. see images Out (from NCL) Wednesday, Return Saturday 2 adults and 1 child I told him to buy a family & friend railcard, but when I look at the prices the discount isn't showing .. not really...

I want to book a ticket from Glasgow Queens Street to Edinburgh then on to Newcastle, with a longer stop at Edinburgh (say an hour) Is this possible on the LNER website .. and if so, how I know it is possible using the Forum's own ticket site, but then .. is there the availability of booking...

If I were to book the journey shown on the image, picking the first-class option .. does the Scotrail service have first class too, or just the LNER section please ? thank you

I recently bought advance tickets in the Northern Rail sale Newcastle - Carlisle - Harrington (3 miles south of Workington) Workington - Carlisle - Newcastle I have a couple of hours so should easily be able to walk between stations, but if it ended up to be pouring down, would I be able to...

How will I be able to find out whether or not my trains will run on Sunday? 4th February NCL - Prudhoe at 10:55 Prudhoe to NCL 13:03 I am travelling with a friend who I'll be meeting at Newcastle station ... Obviously I want to inform him in good time if anything changes, as he'll be...

My daughter is trying to book a trip to London (Stratford) from Newcastle for February. Looking at 'normal' NCL - KGX - NCL fares, there seem to be several changes on each route, but when she puts in her final destination, it looks better. (See image) Does the price shown include the actual...

My wife and I shall be travelling from London down to Godalming in a few weeks to see a relative. Looking on the forum's website, the price was shown as £31.20, which I initially (and wrongly) assumed was for those fixed times. I like the NorthernRail website, as it alerts the user of any...

I recently travelled with TPE from Newcastle to Leeds. I actually had a seat allocation in carriage B, with a table as requested, but not by the window, so I wasn't too keen on that idea (I had assumed the train would have been busy, as I got my £1 in the recent sale) I waited for the train to...

I'll be 66 next month, so hopefully I'll get a free bus pass thingummyjig .. I applied a couple of days ago, as it says to apply up to a month before the actual birthday date. Will this be only for my local area (Tyneside) or can I travel on any bus in the UK ? I booked train tickets for a few...

I want to book a day trip to Saltburn for early February, leaving Newcastle at 10:31 The NorthernRail website is showing this journey as follows.. 10:31 Depart from Newcastle to Thornaby, arriving at 11:43 12:15 Depart from Thornaby to Saltburn, arriving at 12:51 I would rather spend the...

Just watching The Great Escape for the umpteenth time made me think .. which other films seem to be shown almost every Christmas. The Bridge over the River Kwai and Home Alone are also 'candidates' I think

I am thinking about booking a ticket from Haymarket to Dundee for early in January for my wife and I. I would have preferred to travel with LNEr to their fantastic seat allocation system. We would obviously like to be seated on the right (going forward) for the better view. However, to give...

I am planning a return trip from Edinburgh to Dundee for January and was wondering whether all trains take the same route. It looks like only Scotrail and LNER use this route, with some trains having only 3 intermediate stops.. Haymarket, Cupar and Leuchars while others have several. It...

I want to book a trip from Leeds to York and add on Plusbus tickets for both cities. On the TPE website, it gives options of collecting tickets from various stations or for an extra £1.50, have them posted. My local station is Newcastle, where I will be leaving a few days earlier .. Could I...

My wife and I are having a short break in Leeds and York next March, with the hotels and return journey from York already booked. I intend to book the outward and intermediate tickets today. The Leeds to York train may be very busy (don't know why I say that, just have a funny feeling), so for...

My wife and I are visiting Edinburgh for a few days in January .. the hotel and the return journey (LNER) are already booked. However, for the journey to Edinburgh, on the Sunday morning, it seems no LNER tickets are available yet. On RailUK tickets there are two decent options. 09:19 TPE at...

My wife and I have travelled a few times this year on LNER and find their system for booking brilliant .. decent prices when booking in advance and more importantly, they offer the ability to book specific seats. Just look at the carriage plans, select two available seats and hey presto .. they...