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    London to Ashwell and Morden - Sunday 17th March

    I am trying to buy a flexible ticket for this journey on Sunday. I don't mind whether I leave from London Kings Cross or London St Pancras but that is what seems to be causing confusion and I don't know what ticket to buy and different websites tell me different things. Taking (for example)...
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    Refund of Advance tickets due to strike

    I recently booked tickets for the 3rd June but now a strike has been called for this day. The tickets are Advance on LNER. Can I cancel them and get a refund as I would now prefer to make alternative arrangements due to the uncertainly as to whether the trains I am booked on will run (they have...
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    Obtaining itemised receipt with VAT number for ticket purchased via SWR app

    I need to claim expenses for a train ticket I purchased via the SWR app. At the time of purchase the ticket office at the station wasn't open so I used the SWR app. However the online form for the company I'm claiming from is insisting they require an itemised receipt, which must include the VAT...
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    Clapham Junction to Shepherd's Bush: why are paper tickets so expensive?

    I just used the National Rail app to look up the train times between Clapham Junction and Shepherd's Bush. I was quoted £12.60 return off peak (this is on Sunday so off peak)! This seems ridiculously high it's no more than 2 miles, probably less and a direct train. Why is the price so high...
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    Refund from LNER for cancelled Transpennine Express and £10 admin fee charged.

    I bought a ticket from Malton to York a couple of weeks ago from the LNER website for the 1759 service today (29/5) which is cancelled. According to the TPE website if you choose not to travel due to strike you are entitled to a refund but must apply to whoever sold the ticket which was LNER. I...
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    National Rail enquiries android app

    Has this been discontinued? I cannot find it in the play store and the link from the national rail site gives a not found error.
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    Delay repay for abandoned sail part of Rail and Sail ticket?

    I purchased a ticket from Greenock Central to Dunoon on Saturday, for travel on Sunday. This is a Rail and Sail ticket routed to Gourock and then via the CalMac ferry from there to Dunoon. I took the 1st train of the day, the service being reduced and starting later due to strike. This is meant...
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    Gomshall to Guildford - double back via Dorking

    I was travelling from Gomshall to Guildford but just missed the train I planned to get (20:24). However National Rail Enquiries showed another journey departing 20:35 to Dorking Deepdene, changing there and coming back to Guildford, which means doubling back but much quicker than waiting for the...
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    Unrealistic connection time - Norwood Junction

    Yesterday I made a journey with a connection at Norwood Junction. I didn't look at the itinerary in detail until I needed to change. Then I noticed that the schedule allowed just two minutes to change (from a north-bound Thameslink to a Southern service to Epsom). The Thameslink train was 2...
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    South West Trains nostalgia?

    I accidentally mis-typed www.southwesternrailway.com and missed off the last m of .com, so ended up at www.southwesternrailway.co which apparently is real. I was a little surprised at what came up. I wonder who created that. Apparently .co is the top level domain name of Colombia. I wonder what...
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    Are we heading to completely isolating areas?

    It has been widely reported today that the South African variant has been found in certain parts of the UK, that they don't believe it's linked to international travel and that in these areas people will be going door-to-door to distribute tests. It has been stated that Councilors will be...
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    Dispute with EasyJet

    Moderator note - posts #1 - #7 originally in this thread. Since there are a few experts on here I wonder if I could ask for some help for a dispute I'm having with EasyJet? I booked a 1-way flight from London Luton to Inverness, along with 5 days car hire with Europcar (also booked with...
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    UK Covid alert level reduced to 3

    It has just been announced that the UK (just England? but the news story says UK) has just moved from alert level 4 to alert level 3. Alert level 3 has the comment "social distancing relaxed" so I'm hoping this means 1m rather than 2m. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53106673
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    Obtaining a refund from Eurostar

    I am booked to travel on Eurostar on a London to "Any Belgium Station" ticket over the first May bank holiday weekend. Since travel on Eurostar isn't allowed any more from the UK unless you live on mainland Europe clearly that isn't going to happen. (The Eurostar website currently has this...
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    SNCF Strikes - Bus replacement/compensation?

    Next Saturday (1st Feb) I need to travel between Lourdes and Biarritz. Back in November I booked a train ticket on the SNCF Website on train "Intercities 14157" departing Lourdes at 19:24 and ariving at Biarritz at 21:19. This is a direct train and I believe it is the last possible journey of...
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    SWR Strike - Do I really have to accept 2.5 hour delay on pre-booked ticket

    I booked an Advance Ticket from Woking to Bath Spa for the 29th December 2019 departing at 09:47 and arriving at Bath at 11:56. This was booked on the 3rd November 2019, before any strike action had been announced. This is a direct service. SWR have now published the strike timetable for Sunday...
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    Eurostar - alighting early

    I had a quick look on this forum and couldn't see a previous post, so apologies if this has come up before. I want to travel out from London and alight at Calais and return from Belgium on any "Any Belgium" ticket (not exactly sure which station I shall be returning from yet). I'm actually...
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    Guildford to London Road Guildford fare anomaly

    I noticed planning a journey for Sunday from Guildford to London Road Guildford. I notice on trains departing Guildford at xx:50 I am quoted a fare of £2.70 "Off Peak" but on trains departing at xx:20 I'm quoted £2.80 "Anytime". Both trains take 4 minutes so there is no different routing...
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    Rail ticket transaction identified

    I got my credit card statement and was mistified about a transaction shown I didn't recognise. I was on the point of telephoning the credit card company (Amex) because I didn't recognise the transaction. But I finally found the source of it by searching through my email. The transaction was...
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    Old posters at Wemyss Bay

    I was surprised (and pleased) to see these old British Rail posters on display in the entrance area of Wemyss Bay station. I do wonder if people still turn up at the ticket office and ask for these fares! I assume they are deliberately preserved, but it seemed rather an eclectic mix of posters...

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