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That screenshot is the LNER app - which only does a very occasional fudge of split tickets (where an eVoucher is applied for the value of the saving). Basically, it's one of the least likely candidates to try and offer you a better deal! As a regular Newcastle to London traveller, I'll...

Well I'm 6ft (though fairly slight build) and had a good amount of legroom, even when the person in front fully reclined. I wasn't a fan of the headrest (think LNER First but a bit less invasive) as I fell asleep on it funny and woke up with a sore neck. In fact, it's probably the best sleep...

Ironically I'm about to fly Economy Delight on a Virgin Atlantic 787-9 (in about two hours!) back to the UK, so will report back. The upgrade FWIW was £143 - so not totally nuts.

Back in March 2008 there was quite an outcry when Go North East cut Hadrian's Park services to North Shields and the Coast as the new services between Newcastle and Whitley Bay skipped there. Eventually they introduced a service - basically hourly between the peaks (around 9 til 3) on weekdays...

Go North East's 58 had a phase of running between Hadrian Park and Heworth, originally with brand-new Citaros. It then had a daft couple of years with older Citaro Artics during which time the service north/east of Newcastle was halved. The Hadrian Park-Newcastle section was then transferred to...

One example I can think of is Budapest to Osijek. I remember doing it and there was only a refundable ticket available for the through journey but you could get two "Advance"-esque tickets if you split your ticket in Pecs. You need to change there anyway.

My bag was searched by customs on arrival at Birmingham Airport from Porto back in Nov 2021. They were just picking out random people and this was really just as international travel was picking up again after Covid - so the first real Brexit test. I did accidentally wander into the 'Nothing to...

Up to half an hour is quite common. I can see today one service was 45 minutes late and turned at Basel Bad Bhf (the Swiss don't look too kindly upon late-running trains from abroad and will terminate them at the border if needs be). However, it's a case of how long is a piece of string. DB...

I would also warn against doing an out-and-back day trip to Switzerland like that on ICEs. You can almost guarantee a delay on both. I'd recommend staying overnight somewhere in Switzerland and making the most of it there. Similarly with the plan to go out and back to Berlin. It's highly likely...

Borders services today are hourly and turning at Newcraighall due to the disruption, so it's more likely to be an issue with signing/signalling.

I've never had the sale of a PlusBus (standalone) refused at any ticket office. I just flash my ticket/Railcard and explain what I'm after. A guard has even sold it (standalone) before when I've asked. It can definitely be done without issues (as it should be). I've had a few weird complaints...

Looks like 1A96 is due in at the same time next Saturday - and it's down as WTT - as in, the usual scheduled time: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G82352/2024-05-04/detailed

I did Kemi-Tornio in 2022 and paid on Matkahuolto. There were a couple of others who just paid the driver. It looked like cash only, mind you. It might have changed since. I wouldn't worry about such services being rammed - there were about six others on board.

At a glance it looks like an Off-Peak Return to Worcester would be valid this way? This would be £38.20.

Definitely not valid on Aarhus trams. Though you can get some fairly reasonable value regional tickets to cover both those and the Midtjyske Jernbaner.