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    Incremental environmental cost of flown luggage

    Certain items can only be used, reused, or recycled in certain countries. For one reason or another, these items come to exist in other countries. It is possible for the items to be transported, by air, from the countries where they cannot be used or recycled, to the countries where they can be...
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    What is this symbol on a ticket?

    I found the attached bus ticket from 2012 - I believe 58 is the route number but what is the symbol before it? Thanks
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    Quer durchs Land ticket historical prices

    For 1 person it currently costs €44, and it was also €44 in 2016. However in August 2020 I paid €42 for this ticket. Can anyone confirm these numbers and why was there a short-lived dip? Also surprising that the price hadn't gone up while most transport associations inflated their prices every...
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    Albania to/from North Macedonia buses/coaches

    Looking for a way to get between Skopje and Tirana I know Ohrid is supposed to be a nice place to visit, but I plan to go there on a future trip anyway so I don't necessarily have to go this time. The direct buses seem to take 6-7 hours but they either take all day which is a waste of time, or...
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    Any problems with buying rovers at Ealing Broadway

    Not been there for a while and a bit wary as I have the impression TfL offices are only good at TfL products. Do they issue CCST tickets / orange bog roll or something else?
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    Whitland bay platform

    I am on 1B64 which just called at Whitland at 1748 (12th May). There was a TfW passenger train in the bay platform with passengers, driver and guard, but I can't find any information about what this train is meant to be? Nothing is timetabled to use that platform except on one Sunday in May and...
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    Break of journey on advance

    I have a journey which involves two trains. If I buy an advance ticket from a TOC site it would offer the shortest interchange time of around 15 minutes. I would not have thought of doing this before, but as Trainsplit offers the option, I am able to obtain an itinerary with a 2 hour 15 minute...
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    Avanti ticket checks

    I have been travelling up and down the WCML fairly often this month on the Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool routes with Avanti. There have been ticket checks on every train, but my e-tickets were not scanned on any train. Most of the time I enlarge the barcode, meaning that the station...
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    Delay repay LNER/Scotrail

    A friend has asked me about a delay repay claim he has made. I do not have the full details but I think the following is sufficient information: He had one advance ticket, on Scotrail to Edinburgh, then connecting to LNER. There were delays in Scotland and so he obtained permission to take an...
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    Southern services on Sunday 5th February

    Trains from Victoria to Gatwick are diverted via Horsham. Contactless is not valid at Three Bridges or Horsham but I presume it would still be valid to travel between Clapham Junction and Gatwick? I don't expect it to be, but would a paper ticket from Victoria to Gatwick or Three Bridges be...
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    Christmas Eve restrictions

    I am considering a trip on Christmas Eve on WMT using a Super Off Peak ticket with restriction LG The restrictions normally apply on Saturday but according to BRFARES.com in the unpublished data they do not apply on 24 Dec. Thus on TOC websites I am able to select trains in the early morning...
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    Citylink 900 Edinburgh Glasgow

    I'd normally take the train and have not taken any coaches in the UK for over 10 years, so the following may be stupid questions. Next Sunday I arrive in Edinburgh and want to get to Glasgow ASAP. Then on Monday night I go back to Edinburgh and want to get off at the zoo - hence the 900 makes...
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    Waverley / Haymarket

    I have a TPE advance ticket from Edinburgh to Newcastle. I should have booked it from Haymarket as it would be more convenient. I have read on here that Waverley and Haymarket tickets are treated as interchangeable. I have used them as such in the past, but only to go one extra stop on the same...
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    Buying ticket on board in Germany

    I'm currently on a train from Konstanz to Karlsruhe and had my ticket checked. One passenger presented a Swiss Pass (GA) and some sort of Austrian e-ticket, which was obviously not accepted, despite the passenger arguing. I thought that travelling without a valid ticket would result in a...
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    St Pancras timings for Eurostar

    I am taking the 0559 to Paris next week. When we were in the EU I would happily leave home at 0415 and take the a night bus to arrive St Pancras at 0520 for a train at 0559. During peak travel seasons I might not have reached the ticket gates until (the equivalent of) 0550, but we always made...
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    Leman pass

    Is there somewhere which lists all the available products and the corresponding prices, like other transport associations in Switzerland do? I probably want one return journey from Annemasse to Évian-les-Bains, and I may wish to break my journey along the way, plus unlimited travel within...
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    Fort William lockers

    I was in Oban recently and I saw a wall of lockers like the ones you find in many German stations, but they were blocked off, not sure why. There is no indication that this is the case on the NR website, so if I had been planning to use them I would have been in trouble. I believe Fort William...
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    Advance ticket LNER and connections (Scotrail)

    I have an advance Newcastle to Glasgow, with Newcastle to Edinburgh reserved on LNER, 30 minutes interchange time at Edinburgh and then no reservation on Scotrail to Queen St. It is an e-ticket I would like to spend 1 hour at Edinburgh instead - will there be a problem if I take a later train...
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    LNER ticket issues

    1. I was on LNER from Doncaster to Kings Cross in 1st class and another passenger had a Grand Central only ticket (the next train from that platform was GC). The TM said a new ticket would need to be bought and asked the passenger if they wanted standard or 1st class; the passenger chose 1st...
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    Heysham cancellations

    Looks like the train between Morecambe and Heysham has been cancelled every day this week (but still ran from Lancaster). Does anyone have more details about what is happening? I have an upcoming trip to the Isle of Man - should I be planning an alternative way to get to the port?

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