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Hi all, I'm arriving in Victoria at 11:50 tomorrow and have to get a train from Euston to Glasgow at 12:30. With the tube strikes I'm worried this won't be possible?

I've looked at changing my first train to arrive at St Pancras International so I can just walk to Euston but as it's an advance split booking via my company expenses portal they're saying they have to cancel the whole thing and start again but that would then go via Edinburgh and add an extra hour! No idea why they can't just change the first leg... Anyway, I digress!

What are the chances the tubes will be OK enough to make that connection?

I've also looked at busses but that says 40 minutes which gives me no leeway at all. I could get a bike but I've got luggage and an Uber is like £50. Running out of ideas!

Thanks in advance

Hi all, I was traveling from London Euston to Edale via Manchester on Saturday.

Because overhead line damage at Manchester Piccadilly caused multiple cancellations, the 12:13 from London became so overcrowded that staff told me to take the following service, which only ran to Stockport. From there I had to switch to a CrossCountry service to reach Manchester Piccadilly. That delay caused me to miss my connection, and because the train to Edale runs only once every hour, I arrived in Edale at 16:32 instead of 15:32, so I was exactly 60 minutes late. My understanding is that this should qualify me for a 50% refund on my Off-Peak Return, yet Avanti is only offering 25% and has rejected my appeal.

I'm petty. What are my next steps to claim the rest?

I am going to Edinburgh next week with my wife and we are going to take a day trip to Glasgow. I've been looking on ScotRail and seen that they do an anytime day return ticket. As I rarely use trains, I wanted to know how the return would work? Do we just go to the train station when we want to go home and use the ticket or do we need to pre-book a time for return?

Thanks in advance for any tips/advice.

Trigger warning

Our train came to an abrupt stop today and it didn’t take long for us to realise what happened

Unfortunately we were also sat by a window and so could see something which is now stuck in my head

We were then stuck on the train for about an hour and could see emergency train staff and police go up and down the platform

I ended up crying and couldn’t stop shaking and now feel so upset by what happened

I saw that someone suggested on another post to donate the delay and repay to a charity and I think I’m going to do that for Samaritans

I’ve also thought about going to a church to light a candle as I’m unable to go lay flowers

I feel dreadful about what happened and disturbed from being around the situation

It felt worse when the train moved along to the next station and the tannoy kept announcing what happened. I appreciate it’s factual information but…

Anyway I have no idea how to stop thinking about it and wondered if there is anyone else who has experienced this and could help / advise on how to deal with the mental sounds/feelings/images

My thoughts and prayers are with the individual and their friends and family along with all the staff at the scene especially the driver and those on the platform and at the front of the train

Thanks