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  1. brompton rail

    Bicycle and cancelled train

    Most bikes should fit into the boot of a car type taxi, albeit with an overhang. London taxis and similar can fit a bike upright into the passenger accommodation. Of course a hatch back car type taxi would be perfect. You might have to pay for the taxi hire though!
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    Grand Central missed connection - do you have to wait 4 hours?

    From 15 December the connecting Northern service will be 11.05 (Sheffield -Adwick stopper, nodding donkey!) arriving Doncaster 11.45.
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    Grand Central missed connection - do you have to wait 4 hours?

    Be aware that the xx.25 Northern Sheffield to Hull and the Yorkshire Coast line (class 170) trains are often delayed on departure from Sheffield, perhaps due to XC departure at xx.21. Arrivals at Doncaster around xx.05/08 are possible. Just saying!
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    Best value fare for a combination of bus/train/tram

    I don’t know the definitive answer to your question, but South Yorkshire Connect plus ticket costs £8.20 (£8.50 in New Year) and covers buses, trains, trams in South Yorkshire. These tickets can be purchased on First buses and Stagecoach Yorkshire, but I don’t know about East Midland. BR fares...
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    Sheffield to Rotherham fares

    The £8.20 ticket you mention South Yorkshire Connect Plus (formally SY One Day Travelmaster) is valid throughout South Yorkshire by bus, train, tram-train and covers from Dore to Thorne North or South, Derby Dale,, Darton and Moorthorpe, and thus offers good value for money.
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    Doncaster to York

    The Swinton fare is the same as Sheffield to York and “any permitted “. Therefore valid via Doncaster or Leeds or Pontefract, in my opinion!
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    Doncaster to York

    Suggestion: at Leeds ticket barriers show your ticket to staff to be let through, rather than using the battier (oops... barrier!) machines. It saves time etc if the machine does swallow your ticket!
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    Northern Rail m-tickets

    And if the train doesn’t arrive you don’t get your money refunded. Always check with RTT that it is actually running!
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    York to Hull routeing

    Isn’t the York to Hull ticket via Doncaster (priced by LNER) the Any Permitted, and the Northern priced ticket the Not Via Doncaster ticket? York to Doncaster is permitted via Leeds and therefore it follows York to Hull via Doncaster is permitted via Leeds. However it doesn’t follow from that...
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    York to Hull routeing

    York -Hull is hourly during the week. The Any Permitted ticket (priced by VTEC/LNER) is valid via DONCASTER and GOOLE. As a York to DONCASTER ticket is valid for travel via Leeds and Wakefield you could get to Leeds on it, but still require a new ticket Leeds to Selby! Incidentally there is...
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    Railcards, Rovers & Rangers: Should they be means tested?

    So who would operate the Means Testing? No one outside of Government Officials is empowered to demand that you complete a ‘form’ detailing your income, and compelled you to back that up with evidence. Such a database would need to be proven to be secure and huge penalties imposed for the...
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    Sheffield Booking Office

    Copied from Derbyshire CC website: “Derbyshire Wayfarer ticket prices 2017. £12.60 for an adult (plus one child under 16) £6.30 for a senior citizen (aged 60 or over), a child under 16 (a dog may travel in place of a child) or a holder of a Gold Card or other English National Concessionary...
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    Leeds/Wakefield to High Wycombe day return split tickets

    Only the Newcastle - Reading trains miss out Chesterfield (and not all of them), and all services via Wakefield Westgate do call at Chesterfield (including the 06.16 ex Leeds which goes via Doncaster)..
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    Freedom of North East rover validity

    I think the point is that Rovers are valid on all franchised TOCs covered by the Rover, but Open Access Operators do not have to accept them.
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    Split tickets

    If your tickets are valid on the trains you choose to use then they are valid for your complete journey. If you can find unreserved seats you won't have to move, though if your tickets include reservations you may need to move around to occupy those reserved seats. Whether you show all your...
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    Ticket office staff attitudes and tickets from other destinations

    Doncaster (VTEC) Travel Centre are quite happy to issue me with, say, tickets from Sheffield to Derby, and / or Derby to Birmingham. No questions about "how will you get to Sheffield (etc). It helps if you know what you want, are able to quote the correct name, and know the fare (so you know...
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    Chesterfield - Middlesborough advice please

    By changing at YORK for a direct service to Middlesbrough your wife would arrive about quarter of a hour later than via Darlington. This would avoid the issue above, but involve a wait at York from 07.23 until 08.15 (and the 05.56 Derby to Newcastle is one of the best performing XC trains...
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    Cheapest way to get a Pacer from London

    If you come to Sheffield or Doncaster, however, almost all Trains on the Scunthorpe-Doncaster -Sheffield - Lincoln - Sheffield - Doncaster -Adwick circuit will be Pacers. Having said that, today saw a 153 substituting on one diagram. Also Hull - Doncaster stoppers at around 09.25 from Hull and...
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    No Conductors on short journeys

    I have to agree that this is the simplest answer. Purchase ticket via Northern's App on a smartphone. To do so, - you need to register with Northern (after downloading the App, of course!) - register a credit/ debit card with the app - book your ticket BEFORE you board the train. If...
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    Doncaster Plusbus

    http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2034 is the link to the X4 service on the SYPTE website, essentially the same as First SY's t/t. THE X4 is normally operated by recent single deckers. It operates, limited stop, via the link road to the M18 junction and then...

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