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How much flexibility do I have when a delay has caused me to miss my connection (UK national rail)?
Suppose I have bought an advance single ticket for a UK rail journey that requires a change of trains at some intermediate point. By default, my ticket is valid only on a specific pair of trains. ...
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"Mandatory reservation" on Off-Peak ticket?
I have booked Super Off-Peak tickets from London to Bath and back. My understanding is that this ticket allows me to travel on any train (peak restrictions not being applicable on weekends). However, ...
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Can I board a train without a valid ticket if I have a Rail Travel Voucher
If I have a Rail Travel Voucher, received due to delay repay, and the ticket office at my departing station is closed, and I obviously cannot use it the ticket machine, can I board the train and pay ...
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Can I combine two "consecutive" tickets on the same journey without leaving the train?
I booked off-peak return tickets from London to Oxford. Unfortunately I mis-tapped in the Trainline app and accidentally bought tickets to Oxford Parkway rather than Oxford (the main station). Parkway ...
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UK Station served by greatest number of TOCs?
Liverpool Lime Street is served by seven Train Operating Companies:
Avanti West Coast
Merseyrail
East Midlands Trains
Transpennine Express
Trains for Wales (via the recently reopened Halton Curve)
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Can I use any route to get to my destination on national rail?
To give some context, I'm currently stuck at a station where the line splits to go to several different locations, so my question is: can I go on a different train that goes past my destination ...
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If I buy a super off-peak ticket, can I travel on a off-peak train and pay the difference?
So I always try and buy the cheapest, off peak ticket - i.e super-off-peak.
Sitting here at my desk on a long Thursday, I really want to get that earlier train which is "normal" off peak - but alas, ...
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Fareham to london
I need to visit someone in Reading I have an open return from Fareham to London. Can I disembark at Reading for a few hours then get back on a train using the same ticket?
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Can I board a UK train I am booked on half way with a mobile, advanced ticket? [duplicate]
I have a ticket from Southampton to Manchester in the next month or so. Its a non-refundable Single Advance ticket but due to circumstances out of my control, I won't be in Southhampton on the date - ...
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Am I missing a seat reservation or any other part of my ticket?
I bought advanced singles (from the East Midlands Railways website) to Hope (Derbyshire) from London and back, which has an East Midlands leg till Sheffield and a Northern leg further to Hope (see ...
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Very cheap but inaccessible UK train fares
While searching the fare spectrum for London - Birmingham, I found these but the main BRFares listing(at the bottom of the page) says "Not normally available for purchase." When are these tickets ...
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How do I calculate the required time between London Terminals?
According to BR Times, the Minimum Connection Time between London Paddington and London St. Pancras is 20 minutes from 0700 until 2359 or 25 minutes otherwise. It also notes the minimum connection ...
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What is the meaning of the icons in and the letters below the train drawing on a UK train announcement board?
At this train announcement board, there are two lines near the bottom. One with a drawing of a train, below that letters. The letters refer to coach numbers, so this does not tell me where on the ...
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Any railway stations more than 1 change from London?
This question is just for curiosity, rather than for anything practical.
Is there any railway station in the UK from which it is not possible to get to London with only 1 change? The obvious ...
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Anytime offpeak tickets: purchase in advance without specifying a day?
I often travel Oxford to London offpeak, so it'd be convenient if I could pre-purchase a stack of anytime offpeak tickets, rather than having to queue when I get to the train station (they only have a ...
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Is my domestic train component of a Rail&Sail ticket valid if I ignore the ferry?
An Anytime Return London to Glasgow costs £365. The same route in Off-Peak costs £137.60.
An Anytime Rail&Sail Return London to Belfast via Cairnyran costs £108.
Rail travel from London to ...
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Is there a way to determine which UK rail trips have variable prices, based on advance purchase, vs. those that do not?
That is, is there a way to determine this without doing an actual search for each route on multiple days to see if the price changes?
I am traveling to London and considering several day/overnight ...
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Being late to a train (UK) because of overground/underground cancellation?
I had this happen to me a month ago but I didn't want to risk it, so didn't find out myself what would happen in such a case.
I had two single advance tickets with Virgin Trains. One in the morning to ...
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What does the letter "A" signify at the end of the expiry date on a British rail ticket?
I just bought a 7 day season ticket this morning when I noticed the letter "A" at the end of the expiry date. The last time I bought the same ticket on the same route, there was no letter.
Does this ...
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Until when can you (for a fee) change a UK advanced purchase train ticket?
As detailed on the National Rail Enquiries page for Advanced Purchase tickets:
Advance fares are valid only on the date and train shown on the ticket and are non-refundable. You can change the time ...
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Can delays permit me to taken an earlier train?
Suppose that I have a booked train only ticket (such as an Advance fare) consisting of more than one segment.
If the first train is late and I miss my connection to the second train, I can take a ...
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UK Rail Season Ticket and Intermediate Stations
Suppose I have a UK rail season ticket for journeys between stations A and D on the following line:
---A---B---C---D---
Can I use the same season ticket to make the following journeys:
A to B
C to ...
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Identifying reserved seats on British trains
Is there a clear way to tell on British trains (generally) which seats/tables are reserved seats? In Germany we definitely made some mistakes accidentally taking seats that were eventually reserved, ...
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Using Britrail Pass - reservations
We decided to go with the Britrail pass for our journey (thanks for the recommendation there). I understand it's like a German train ticket (my only European experience) in that you can get on ...
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Buying/using Railcard (UK) from USA
I'll be in the UK in a few weeks, and will do some train travelling with my wife and two (under 5) children. The kids are free on trains, yay, so we're planning to get a Two Together railcard (As we'...
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What's the point of reserving a seat when purchasing an Off-Peak/Anytime train ticket with National Rail?
My understanding is that Off-Peak UK National Rail train tickets can be used on any train serving the selected route, as long as the travelling time window fits in the off-peak definition. Or Buy ...
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Heathrow to Oxford without going through London
I will be traveling to Oxford, UK this summer. My flight lands at Heathrow around 12:30pm on a Sunday; it is on British Airways so I believe it will arrive at Terminal 5. Based on this map and other ...
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How early before departure can I reserve train tickets in the UK?
I'm trying to book a train journey in the UK for September. We are currently in April and the National Rail website does not allow me to reserve tickets such a long time (5 months) in advance.
So ...
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