Trains Leicester away problems

[Guest]

Just looking at trains back from Leicester and there seems to be 2 problems.

1. RMT have announced a cross rail strike on Sat 19th Aug - not sure if that affects trains from Cardiff to Leicester
2. Every train coming back from Leicester to Cardiff says sold out or not available.

I was looking at the train line website

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Just looking at trains back from Leicester and there seems to be 2 problems.

1. RMT have announced a cross rail strike on Sat 19th Aug - not sure if that affects trains from Cardiff to Leicester
2. Every train coming back from Leicester to Cardiff says sold out or not available.

I was looking at the train line website

If I was going to Leicester I wouldn't go by train

It's two changes I believe ?

[ABLUEBIRD]

Re: Trains Leicester away problems

Just looking at trains back from Leicester and there seems to be 2 problems.

1. RMT have announced a cross rail strike on Sat 19th Aug - not sure if that affects trains from Cardiff to Leicester
2. Every train coming back from Leicester to Cardiff says sold out or not available.

I was looking at the train line website

I had same issue , looking at train from Aberystwyth to Leicester, so went in to local train station this morning and booked returns no problem.
Got tickets in hand but still shows sold out on Trainline so not sure what’s happening.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I had same issue , looking at train from Aberystwyth to Leicester, so went in to local train station this morning and booked returns no problem.
Got tickets in hand but still shows sold out on Trainline so not sure what’s happening.

Why use Trainline? It's usually much cheaper if you use Trainsplit.

[Former Labour leader]

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Why use Trainline? It's usually much cheaper if you use Trainsplit.

Interesting. He could have done the Aberystwyth to Leicester journey for £62, not the £75 he probably paid. I'll have to check the trainsplit site when I next venture onto railway.

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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I had same issue , looking at train from Aberystwyth to Leicester, so went in to local train station this morning and booked returns no problem.
Got tickets in hand but still shows sold out on Trainline so not sure what’s happening.

It normally means that seat reservations have "sold out". I have no idea why they won't sell you a return with the caveat that no seating will be available as that is what in effect happens by buying a ticket at the train station.

[BLUETIT]

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£27 on the coach, 18 seats remaining

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[splott parker]

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£27 on the coach, 18 seats remaining

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Can you pick up and drop off ABLUEBIRD? :hehe:

[ABLUEBIRD]

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Interesting. He could have done the Aberystwyth to Leicester journey for £62, not the £75 he probably paid. I'll have to check the trainsplit site when I next venture onto railway.

Me and my mate have a rail card 2 together ,
Cost us £37 each rtn , Aber to Brum to Leicester

[ABLUEBIRD]

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Why use Trainline? It's usually much cheaper if you use Trainsplit.

Never heard of trainsplit will look at that for Shef Wed home game. Cheers

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Never heard of trainsplit will look at that for Shef Wed home game. Cheers

The Trainsplit system is pretty clever. As I am starting off from Yatton on Saturday but returning home to Taunton, I bought a single to Cardiff from Yatton and another single from Cardiff to Taunton. The latter single consists of 4 electronic tickets i.e. Cardiff to Newport return*, Newport to Bristol and Bristol to Taunton.
*I sent an email to Trainsplit as to why one of the three legs is a return ticket and I received a very quick reply stating that their system had calculated that it was cheaper to have a return on that particular leg even though it wouldn't be used. They think that the official system they tap onto and which belongs to the train companies is pretty dopey.

P.S. Even if you have 3 tickets for a journey it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to change trains!

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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The Trainsplit system is pretty clever. As I am starting off from Yatton on Saturday but returning home to Taunton, I bought a single to Cardiff from Yatton and another single from Cardiff to Taunton. The latter single consists of 4 electronic tickets i.e. Cardiff to Newport return*, Newport to Bristol and Bristol to Taunton.
*I sent an email to Trainsplit as to why one of the three legs is a return ticket and I received a very quick reply stating that their system had calculated that it was cheaper to have a return on that particular leg even though it wouldn't be used. They think that the official system they tap onto and which belongs to the train companies is pretty dopey.

P.S. Even if you have 3 tickets for a journey it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to change trains!

A new one to me so useful for future reference. I usually split my ticket myself if I take the train. Does their ticketing address the problem of having a ticket from a station the train didn't stop at? I know some have had issues with that in the past as it invalidates the ticket.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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A new one to me so useful for future reference. I usually split my ticket myself if I take the train. Does their ticketing address the problem of having a ticket from a station the train didn't stop at? I know some have had issues with that in the past as it invalidates the ticket.

You book specific trains and from specific stations old fruit - so I'm not sure I understand.

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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You book specific trains and from specific stations old fruit - so I'm not sure I understand.

Scenario would be for example - you are travelling Taunton to Cardiff, but you buy a ticket from Taunton to Bristol and a Bristol to Cardiff ticket as it works out cheaper. However, if you then get on a train at Taunton to travel to Cardiff that doesn't stop in Bristol your Bristol to Cardiff ticket is not valid.

[Michael Morris]

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I use

https://www.splitmyfare.co.uk/