extendedpaul
Member
I'm about to buy an advance ticket for a journey in March from Birmingham New Street through to Rainham (Kent). The train is scheduled to arrive at Euston at 20.23 and I am then given a reservation on the 21.25 from St Pancras International to Rainham. More than an hour for this transfer seems excessive as it can be done in well under 30 minutes. I've managed 9!
If I tick the box "allow less time to transfer through London" on the National Rail Enquiries website I am transferred to the 20.55 service from St Pancras which is what I would prefer. However no matter which rail company I then choose to buy the ticket, the booked train from St Pancras reverts to 21.25. Is there a way round this, and if there is no way of actually reducing the transfer time why does NRE offer the option and a result ?
I know from past experience that there is no problem travelling earlier in these circumstances on Southeastern providing it is on a through ticket but it does seem illogical that it can't be booked from an offered itinerary.
If I tick the box "allow less time to transfer through London" on the National Rail Enquiries website I am transferred to the 20.55 service from St Pancras which is what I would prefer. However no matter which rail company I then choose to buy the ticket, the booked train from St Pancras reverts to 21.25. Is there a way round this, and if there is no way of actually reducing the transfer time why does NRE offer the option and a result ?
I know from past experience that there is no problem travelling earlier in these circumstances on Southeastern providing it is on a through ticket but it does seem illogical that it can't be booked from an offered itinerary.