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I'm hoping to travel from Barcelona to Paris on 27 or 28 March, but am absolutely stunned at the price of tickets, around £200 single. Is this usual? Is there any sort of split ticket way to bring the price down?

The post is the thread title really! I never had a chance to sample it but the Elipsos Train Hotel stock always looked really nice, did it get broken up when the service was rather shortsightedly discountinued?

I’m currently on the train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen. It’s busy with football fans who are having a drink or two. Despite the booze ban the staff have said nothing. Yet when I’ve been enjoying a quiet drink on a train on my own I’ve been advised to get rid of it. Obviously it depends on...

I was on the Euston to Aberdeen sleeper last night, which was cancelled at Edinburgh around 5am with passengers put in 8 seater people carriers (though CS insist on referring to them as coaches, but I can guarantee FAR less comfortable) to complete the 3 hour journey to Aberdeen, where we...

I'm planning a trip to Portugal (Porto) and am looking at getting the ferry to Bilbao and then trying to take up Seat 61's itinerary to Porto via Vigo. However I can't seem to find anything other than buses on Renfe / Trainline between Bilbao and Madrid - is this right? Travel date is 22 March.

On Monday 29th I'm travelling Inverurie to London. Trainsplit is showing a £75.80 LNER advance fare on the 08.47 from Inverurie, changing onto the 09.52 from Aberdeen to London KX. I'd prefer to book on LNER as I've a 20% discount to use plus they're doing 8% cash back with Monzo at the...

I had a delayed trip recently but stupidly didn’t take a picture of the ticket before it was swallowed by the barriers. Is the return portion of an open return sufficient evidence?

My Aberdeen - London train has ben cancelled tomorrow, yet again, and as per usual with no ticket acceptance arranged. Despite their website saying they're running a good service there is a very long list of trains cancelled or only running part of their schedule, all due to a shortage of crew...

I travel Aberdeen to London and vice versa every few months and in the (seemingly frequent, including today’s 16.00 to Aberdeen) case of disruption between Edinburgh and Aberdeen LNER seem to only ever give the option of road transport or another LNER service, rather than arranging acceptance on...

Apologies if this has been asked before, I did look! Does anyone know if Delay Repay is payable on an on-board upgrade to Standard Premium on Avanti?

I’m booked on the 09.52 Aberdeen to Kings Cross tomorrow 30th October, which has been cancelled and is now starting from Edinburgh. LNER aren’t offering ticket acceptance on the preceding Scotrail service, which seems unreasonable to me, and only offer the 14.52 departure instead, which gets me...

Scotrail have suspended all direct services between Aberdeen and Glasgow / Edinburgh, though the local trains are still running, with a 40mph speed restriction north of Carnoustie. This kicked in yesterday and will just till Monday. Part of me feels it’s a bit over the top, certainly ant the...

Second time I’ve been caught out by this. Deliberately chose a ‘London terminals’ ticket on a Southern ticket machine. (This at Newhaven, prior instance was at Lewes). Then chose cheapest option and paid. Only to realise the ticket I’ve been sold is actually to Victoria only. This seems...

Hi there, Has anyone used the Dieppe-Newhaven ferry as a foot passenger? I'm taking in it a week on Monday and wondering how long, roughly, it takes for foot passengers to disembark. I think I read that they're the last off...

I had to make an early morning trip from London to Lewes this morning. The peak fare cost me around £15 more than I’d usually pay with a Network card and the trains were pretty empty. Given the demand in the morning is towards London, not leaving it, and given that trains into London in the...

I recently travelled from London to Vienna, and did a small amount of travel within Austria too, and thought I'd do a quick post on my experiences, comparing and contrasting with the UK. I wasn't 100% sure if this belonged here or trip reports, so mods do feel free to move if necessary. I was...

I’m currently sat at the front of an ICE from Frankfurt to Brussels and there are two others in the cab in addition to the driver. I presume they are being trained but seeing him talking and gesticulating to them makes me feel slightly concerned! Is this usual? Would it be allowed in the UK?

Does Avanti not do Advance tickets on a Friday? Or do they just sell out super quickly? I want to travel from London to Oxenholme / Windermere on Friday 3rd nov and there's absolutely no advance tickets available as far as I can see. A search on Fridays before and after showed the same. I'll...

In today’s Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/sep/04/with-domestic-flights-banned-in-france-we-test-its-rail-network I’m fairly sure that if this report was about the UK, a train so over crowded that someone was almost injured by flying luggage would be the lead and headline...

Is there anywhere to tap in/out at London Bridge other than the gates? Travelled on contactless from St. Pancras but then have a ticket from London Bridge to Wadhurst, so needed to tap out but the only way I could see to do this was at the gates.