19QOS19 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I was kind of assuming it was industrial action that was affecting everything, but maybe not.Anyway thanks for all the replies and any other suggestions are welcome.If you end up splitting the ticket don't buy one from Carlisle to Dumfries online as they charge double to what you can get it from the booking office. Wait until you get to Carlisle and buy it there. Think the CDR is about £6.50 now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairn Terrier Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 If you end up splitting the ticket don't buy one from Carlisle to Dumfries online as they charge double to what you can get it from the booking office. Wait until you get to Carlisle and buy it there. Think the CDR is about £6.50 now. Driving home from Carlisle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Cairn Terrier said: Driving home from Carlisle. Might be worth filling this in. https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/tickets-and-savings/ways-to-save/advance-ticket-alerts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 14 minutes ago, Cairn Terrier said: Driving home from Carlisle. Not my favourite Chris Rea B Side tbh 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 why do scotrail bother having seat reservations when every time I book them the train that arrives has unsurprisngly cancelled all seat reservations 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 why do scotrail bother having seat reservations when every time I book them the train that arrives has unsurprisngly cancelled all seat reservationsLeading to various folk still demanding their seat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.i Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Just please don't buy your tickets from Trainline; the Ticketmaster of rail travel. Also been known to sell tickets for services that don't exist due to engineering works etc... You can almost always get the cheapest tickets from the website of the company you are going to travel with. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul_Latif Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Reading this morning that ScotRail were refused their request to return to normal as regards alcohol on board by Jenny Gilruth. Looks like that’s it for drinking on trains then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Nannying gimps 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Reading this morning that ScotRail were refused their request to return to normal as regards alcohol on board by Jenny Gilruth. Looks like that’s it for drinking on trains then. SNP thread for this pish. Heard a few weeks ago that one of the Unions had agreed to bringing it back. Our nanny state leaders in full effect again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 As always, folk will continue to ignore this ludicrous nonsense, including the vast majority of conductors. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 What ban on alcohol ??? It's totally "notional" with zero adherence or enforcement. Utterly pointless nonsense. -4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 The British Transport Police confirm the blindingly obvious that nearly all the trouble comes from people who are already tanked up getting on the train, it's pointless and seriously annoying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 What next, bouncers on trains? "Not tonight mate, you've had too much." "Not getting on with those shoes". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jambo-rocker Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I'm rather fucked off about this. A can on the train is one of life's simple pleasures. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 39 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: What next, bouncers on trains? "Not tonight mate, you've had too much." "Not getting on with those shoes". And thats just to the drivers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) On 28/08/2022 at 23:43, mac.i said: You can almost always get the cheapest tickets from the website of the company you are going to travel with. I don't find this to be the case at all. I always check both as I use trains to go to the fitba all the time, but splitmyfare has saved me a fortune over the time I've been using it. This very day they've saved me four quid on a Scotrail journey compared to Scotrail themselves. Savings coming from the Midlands to Scotland are sometimes quite substantial compared to the operator's online pricing. Edited August 31, 2022 by VincentGuerin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, VincentGuerin said: I don't find this to be the case at all. I always check both as I use trains to go to the fitba all the time, but splitmyfare has saved me a fortune over the time I've been using it. This very day they've saved me four quid on a Scotrail journey compared to Scotrail themselves. Savings coming from the Midlands to Scotland are sometimes quite substantial compared to the operator's online pricing. You'd save another quid by buying the tickets on Scotrail after finding out how to split them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, welshbairn said: You'd save another quid by buying the tickets on Scotrail after finding out how to split them. Probably. But then comes the effort of spending time to do that on each different route that I use over the course of a year or so. We're into dodgy cost/benefit territory there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 2 hours ago, DA Baracus said: What next, bouncers on trains? "Not tonight mate, you've had too much." "Not getting on with those shoes". Can’t wait for the SNP to ban alcohol from Clubs next. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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