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This morning I got two lots of tickets out of the machine at Lichfield TV - one lot a return to Birmingham today, and the other lot to go to London in just over two weeks. Put them all in the ticket wallet, in what I thought was the right order, and didn't think anything of it... Just after...

Tomorrow (assuming no more cable thefts!), mum and I are travelling first class on the 0641 Lichfield TV to Euston service (cheaper than standard class!). I have to admit that this is the first time we have ever been first class, and being ignorant of such things, what do Virgin provide for...

I've been trying to book tickets to travel from Lichfield TV to Huddersfield sometime in either late October or November. I would most likely be getting there sometime after 10am, and coming away sometime after 4pm. I've tried a variety of different dates including both weekdays and weekends...

This evening I witnessed an interesting incident at a station in Staffordshire. A train working an inter-city service departed about on time, and then stopped just a few metres outside the station. After about 30 minutes the train reversed back into the station. The chap in the ticket office had...

Does anyone know whether it's possible to buy rail tickets online with a Travelcard attached? They usuall give the destination as 'Zones 1.....etc' rather than 'London Terminals' or whichever London station. In a couple of weeks, I need to buy an off-peak day return (with railcard) from Wendover...

On Friday I travelled from Watford Jct to Euston with an Oyster Card. The price as I expected was £4.10. While I was in London, I added my railcard to the Oyster. I touched back in at Euston at 18:51 so still peak times. The single peak fare shows as £6.90. I was charged £5.40, and I can't quite...

On the 27th June, I need to travel from Lichfield TV to Imperial Wharf. I need to be there by about 11:30am and will be leaving sometime after about 5:30pm. I have a disabled adult railcard and also an oyster card. Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best way of doing this? It seems to...

As well as me going to Stalybridge on the 23rd July (I got my tickets for £11.50 in the end), I've got a friend travelling up from London. She's hoping to arrive at Stalybridge for 12:26 and leave at 19:46. She says that NRE are saying to change at Manchester Victoria for Stalybridge and that...

I'm looking at the live departure board for Lichfield TV and it gives a 1213 VT service from Crewe to Euston, arriving into Euston at 1502 - this surely must be an error? It runs fast from LTV to Euston too!!! David

Anyone have any bright ideas for this journey on the 9th July? I need to be in Stalybridge by 11ish and coming away after 6pm. I've done it once before via Manchester Picc, but the 10 minutes for changing isn't enough for me. I've got a disabled railcard which reduces the cost a bit. I could...

Recently, my mum and day have both got Oyster cards. My dad set up an online account and bought his; when it arrived, he took it down to Waterloo undeground station to add the senior railcard. He then bought a second card for mum and we want now to add her senior railcard to that one. So far, we...

I'm hoping to go away at the end of May for a week to Wendover (Bucks) but being a non-driver I will be reliant on public transport (trains mainly) for the week. Either I'm being very dense, or it's not there yet but I can't find details of any Chiltern/Met Line engineering works for the...

Well, the live departure boards seem to have gone totally mad tonight. There is a departure showing from Lichfield TV at 19:15 for Wrexham General. I'm guessing that it's stopping because of the cancellation of the 19:08 to Glasgow Central. At present it's showing the following calling: Crewe...

We sat on the station at Lichfield TV tonight and for about 30 minutes, just one train went south, and none went north. This is very unusual, particularly for a Friday night. The 2009 VT Preston service was nearly 20 minutes late, and just after it stopped, trains then starting running through...

This morning, I saw a 4-car white National Express unit travelling south on the WCML at Lichfield Trent Valley. I am assuming this is some sort of special working as I'm not aware of any regular service and haven't seen it before?

Sorry...me again with my Oyster queries! Today, I looked up the single fare between Tower Gateway and Stratford; no alternative options are given, presumably as it's in Zone 1. Will the machines mind how I get there? For example, if I did Tower Gateway to Canning Town on DLR and then Jubilee...

Does anyone know what sort of time I might get a glimpse of the sleepers going either north or south past Lichfield TV? David

Well I got my Oyster card and used it for the first time on Sunday and it worked fine - all the right prices etc. Does travelling by Oyster permit you to break your journey, for example, if I did Richmond to Waterloo, but got off for 10 minutes at Clapham Jct to take a photo (but didn't go out...

I'm sure these questions have been asked many times before... I'm currently considering getting an Oyster to make life easier when in London. At the moment, I just get a day's off-peak travelcard; often, I'm not always entirely sure where I need to go/will end up, so I like the flexibility of...

I've just been reading about the Crossrail plans, and it seems that when these services begin to run, Greenford Branch services will terminate at West Ealing rather than running through the Paddington. To me, this begs the question of the future of the branch. Greenford is already on the...