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Is it really the case that the morning peak restriction starts at midnight? If so, then I've probably broken that rule a few times in the past! The 23:00 departure is listed as: Depart SSD 23:00, arrive BIS 23:09 Depart BIS 23:14, arrive CBG 23:51 Depart CBG 00:14, arrive WBC 00:20 In...

I intend to make the following journeys: Sat 24th Dec: Waterbeach to Stansted Airport, arrive before 11:00 Thu 29th Dec: Stansted Airport to Cambridge, depart after 22:30 I plan on buying an off-peak return from Waterbeach to Stansted Airport, and breaking my journey at Cambridge on the...

I tried calling into Cambridge station again today, and was able to collect the tickets. The staff member I was speaking to looked decidedly unsure about what he was doing, but didn't question my story and agreed to look through all the paperwork I'd brought in with me, and was then quite happy...

OK, I've re-read all the Terms and Conditions on their website, and I accept that this is the case. Knowing that has just convinced me even more that I don't want to be booking tickets online unless I can immediately collect them, just in case the card does get lost/stolen/broken/replaced etc...

I've just made another call to Virgin, where I got to speak to a senior manager, and was again told that there was nothing they could do to the booking that would allow me to collect the ticket from Cambridge. They said they could update the booking so that it was marked as "to be collected...

Yes, I agree they have provided a solution. It's just that the solution they've provided (go to London) seems to be the most non-sensical and convoluted thing they could have come up with that I wouldn't be at all surprised to have problems collecting the tickets on the morning of travel due to...

It's an online account. I can print out the old statements, but I don't have any that were actually posted to me. No - I've destroyed that as well. Yes. Only the e-mail confirmation from the booking, which just has the last four digits of the old card number. Er - does a passport have...

Hi all, I'm after some advice regarding a potential problem collecting pre-booked advance tickets. I live in Cambridge, and on New Year's Eve, will be making a return journey to Preston. I have some of the First Capital Connect free scratchcard tickets, which I was going to use to travel...

It was the cheaper NXEA only version. Although it was a weekend, where cheaper versions of the two tickets are available (£19.40 and £22 respectively). And at the time I had a Network Railcard, reducing the fares again to £12.80 and £14.50 respectively. So the general concensus of this thread...

I'm asking this question as a result of an incident a couple of months ago, having just rediscovered the ticket in question whilst clearing out my ticket wallet. I sometimes buy a Cambridge to London day return + travelcard ticket for trips to London at weekends. I've always assumed that this...

Splitting at Stamford saves a little bit, but not huge amounts: £14 each way on advance tickets (£7 Birmingham to Stamford, £7 Stamford to Cambridge), but still at the same departure times on Friday. Or £48.50 on an off-peak return (£27.30 Birmingham to Stamford, £21.20 Stamford to Cambridge)...

I've got a journey I'll be doing a few times in the next month that might require me to buy an off-route excess, depending on circumstances. The rules regarding excesses don't seem to be explained very clearly anywhere, and after reading a number of threads on here, I've got a few questions...

In an attempt to paint TOCs/railway staff in a good light (which doesn't seem to happen too often on these forums!), I just thought I'd add to this thread by saying I had a day return from London to Honiton (passing through Salisbury) on South Western Trains today. My outward journey was...

It was actually a TransPennine Express train. The East Midlands staff at Sheffield station seemed very keen to make sure everybody knew who to direct complaints at, and how to get hold of TPE complaint forms :-)

Just thought I'd post to say to say that all the advice given above turned out to be correct. The guard on the final leg of the outward journey from Manchester to Southport did look a little puzzled with my ticket, but then asked me if I'd done an overnight stop. He was quite happy with my...

That's a fair point, I suppose! I was so surprised that it offered me any journeys at all that spanned overnight that I focussed on trying to get the route via Doncaster and Sheffield to work overnight, rather than trying it a "normal" time of day. If I make the departure time from Cambridge be...

Thanks to everyone for the replies. To answer clagmonster's point about the fares check, I actually quoted the wrong routing point in my original post. Both Wigan and Preston allow the CN+ER+PS map combination, but my final train to Southport (from Manchester) goes via Wigan Wallgate and not...

I'm wanting to make the following journeys: 1) Cambridge to Sheffield on Sat 6th Nov (via Doncaster, need to be flexible times, but departing sometime after 17:30) 2) Sheffield to Southport on Sun 7th Nov (dep 07:50, arrive 10:48) 3) Southport to Cambridge on Sun 7th Nov (via Ely, flexible...