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  1. gnolife

    Tickets confiscated due to being in the new format

    I ran into trouble on Sunday evening with a Southern RPI travelling from Edenbridge (North) to Redhill on a Leigh (Kent) to Sheffield, which resulted in me getting the entire contents of my ticket wallet confiscated (including my Railcard, an Advance from SHF - MCO which I was supposed to be...
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    Do I need to get my railcard replaced

    Hi guys I was on a service from SYB to MAN today, and I had the guard comnent on an error with my railcard, which is that the number on the photocard and the number n the railcard do not match - what the issuer at WGW has done is put in the railcard number as being you010315, when the number...
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    Stockport - Ferriby

    Good afternoon all I'm wondering if anyone can suggest anything cheaper than the following for a journey from Stockport to Ferriby, 16-25 railcard discounted, travelling on Saturday. CDR Stockport - Thorne Stations £10.95 CDR Gilberdyke - Ferriby £4.45 (I'd be changing at Doncaster...
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    158s on Blackpool to Manchester?

    Good evening all I've just boarded the 23:17 Horwich Parkway to Manchester Victoria stopper, and a 158 showed up on it. Is it usual for this to be worked by a 158, and if it is, how long has this been the case?
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    Altrincham to Hale... via Stockport?

    Good afternoon all. I've just had a look on BRfares for the cost of a Altrincham to Hale ticket, and found that they are all routed via Stockport. Does the route restriction take priority, and I have to travel via Stockport, or does the rule prohibiting doubling back take priority, and I have...
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    Changing between mobile & full version of Forums

    Good morning all. I'm wondering if there's a way to change from the Mobile version of the site to the normal version of the site - I'd switched it because I didn't want the forums to eat all of my data allowance on my phone, but now can't find an option to change back.
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    Gnolife's Cheshire Day Ranger 01/04/13

    Good morning all This here's goimg to be my trip report for a Cheshire Day Ranger that I'm doing today. I'm going to try and provide a brief update while I'm on each train that I'll be travelling on. My day started out at the nice, sociable time of 0300, with me catching up with the...
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    Plusbus & Rangers

    Morning all I'm wondering if it is possible to buy a Plusbus Chester ticket if I hold a Cheshire Day Ranger?
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    Yorkshire Challenge 19/02/2013

    Doncaster Box. That's all I've got to say for the time being. More detailed report to come later
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    2200 Kings X to Newcastle

    Hi guys I've been on this train from Newark, and would like to know which funny little diversion we've gone down between Doncaster and York Thanks :)
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    London Euston to Gatley delay repay

    Hi guys I'm wondering which TOC I should go to with a claim for money back for a journey from London Euston to Gatley that I made yesterday, 18/01/2013. The tickets held were Return portion of an Off Peak Return from London Terminals to Crewe route London Midland only Return portion of...
  12. gnolife

    Indian Restaurants in London

    Hi guys I'm wondering if anyone knows a reasonably nice Indian restaurant in London, preferably somewhere within one change of Ealing Broadway station, and preferably feeding two of us for less than £40.00
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    Birmingham Mileage Challenge, 10/11/12

    So, after having only visited the West Midlands twice in my life before this week, I found myself having to go there 3 times in a week (twice as part of travel to the FA cup fiasco at Burton, and then again today). Having stayed up until 2 o'clock this morning trying to come up with an...
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    Birmingham to Tamworth, Burton and Willington

    Hi guys. I'm wondering if anyone knows why people travelling from New St to Tamworth, Burton and Willington are being told to go to Coleshill Parkway and change there for rail replacement buses, given that there seems to be services passing through these staions for places beyond Derby, and...
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    Travel Card & Boundary Zone 6 ticket

    Hi guys. On a combination of a Off-peak Zone 1-6 travelcard, and the return portion of a SOR Boundary zone 6 - Gatwick Airport, what would be the earliest that I could leave Gatwick?
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    Central Line Hainault loop

    Hi guys. Can anyone tell me if theres direct services from Liverpool St to Leytonstone on a Wednesday at about 13:00, travelling via Hainault, and if so, how long does this service take?
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    Route Direct

    Hi guys Can anyone tell me, for a Off-peak day return route "Direct" for Stockport to Sheffield, if it means that I must take a through train (IE barring change of train at Chinley), or if it refers to the direct route via Hazel Grove.
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    West Midlands Day Ranger

    Hi guys I'm planning on doing a WMDR on Saturday 19th November. Can anyone tell me if the attached plan is reasonable for me to do (I'm a pretty fast walker usually), and if so, what classes of train I'm likely to find on it. If its unreasonable, can you please tell me what the problem with it...
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    Heald Green to Crewe

    Hi guys I just want to check that my reasoning is sound for this I'm (hopefully) going from Heald Green to Crewe this morning, planning on taking the 8:02 service. I want to make sure that a Warrington to Crewe anytime return is valid for this service, if I was to claim to be breaking at HDG...
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    What is each TOC's over-served service

    This is sort of the opposite of the "what is each TOC's weak relation" thread For each TOC, what would you say is the biggest carrier of fresh air I'd say that for Northern (again, based on the fact that I'm not too familiar with the east side), would be the Romiley lines (Man Picc - Rose...

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