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Further confusion... Bought two single 'day tickets' for a return journey from Bedford to 'Balham (For The Games)'. The website routed me via Tulse Hill and Streatham Common (no mention of needing a Games Travelcard - I wil take my Olympic event ticket with me). But the tickets do not say...

I've actually been able to answer my own question: railcard discounts are available at any time of day, including during the peak. There are also no minimum fares... http://www.nationalrailgamestravel.co.uk/discounts-on-2012-games-train-fares/

Thanks for replies. One important point on which I'd be grateful for clarification: the website lets me book tickets with a Network Railcard discount at all times of day (including in the morning peak). Will these tickets be valid if used before 10am?

On the face of it, there are some great offers to be had here. I'm particularly interested in Bedford to either London Games or St Pancras - which clocks in at £7.30 for a single, or £4.80 with a Network Card discount. But the booking engine offers the Network Card discount on ALL trains (ie...

Thanks for all replies. I've searched up and down platform 16, and if there is an Oyster reader there it is well-hidden. There is no presently operational reader on platform 1. Which makes the two on platform 17, situated either side of the bottom of the station's narrowest stairwell, the only...

Hi. I frequently make a journey which requires me to change from a paper advance ticket to an Oyster pre-pay at Clapham Junction (or vice versa). I have found that the process of touching in or touching out, without actually leaving the station, is a bit of a nightmare. Those that know...

Hi. I'm taking my bicycle from the southeast of England to the Scottish Highlands, to take in some gradients. Been dealing with a well-known online booking engine, whose staff have been very helpful... However, they messed up the reservations a bit. This won't adversely affect me (I am...

From T&Cs: 11. Normal Railcard time restrictions and minimum fares do not apply for Great Escape tickets bought with a Railcard. I'd presume that also extends to geographical validity, but would welcome confirmation from LM.

Hi. Can anyone tell me if a Crewe to Kirkdale off peak return is valid via Warrington stations? Grateful as always for help.

Is there anywhere I can find out now, prior to the full implementation of NFM11, what a particular fare will be, so that I may compare this with the NFM10 price?

I've used one of these scratchcards on the bus to Luton Airport with no problem. I just put 'Luton Airport' as the destination, and the ticket man didn't bat an eyelid. May not work for everyone, but did for me.

It is presently possible to buy tickets for travel in 2012 at 2011 prices. Does anyone know when the 2012 prices will be loaded onto the ticketing systems? I will be doing a lot of rail travel in January and February, and with individual fares expected to rise by anything up to 10%, I'm...

True, it is no cheaper. But the walk from St Pancras to Covent Garden, through Bloomsbury, is far more pleasant than the peak-time pavement saturation of Fleet Street and The Strand.

Hi. I have an advance ticket from Milton Keynes Central to Blackburn (route 'VWC and connections'. Upon booking, the journey planner gave me a route of Milton Keynes - Stockport - Bolton - Blackburn (with specific services listed). The only mandatory reservation that came with it is for the...

Several of the members of staff I spoke to (including a senior RPI) were well-briefed on the whole 'Zone B/C to Zone D' business, and believe it or not some even used this as a reason to explain why my ticket was not valid. The argument was that as I was travelling from St Pancras (in Zone B -...

Hi. FCC's evening peak restrictions have long been a source of bafflement to passengers. Now they appear to be baffling staff... I am today travelling on a standard Off-Peak Day Return from Bedford to Cobham & Stoke D'Abernon. It is a Network Railcard discounted ticket costing £19.15. This is...

Previously the buses were contracted by a partnership including Thameslink Rail, Luton Borough Council, Luton Airport and NCP. They ran as long as there was a train to take people away from the station at the other end (and frequently longer than this - I once found an Itailian businessman at...

Luton Airport Parkway to Luton Airport departures is 800m. Plenty of airports I can think of with covered walkways/travelators longer than that. And feasible or not, it's a legal requirement.

On a recent trip to Lorraine Chase's favourite place, I found the criminally over-priced FCC bus from Parkway to Airport was delayed by a time in excess of 30minutes. This would appear to be a daily event, with peak time roads to the airport being so clogged that what should be a 10min walk...

On the 2240 from West Hampstead Thameslink to Bedford. One of the other passengers in my carriage obviously thought the same as you - just been Penalty Fared by a team of RPIs. Seldom see them this late, but they are about. No objection to RPI teams on board: indeed there should be on every...