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Strike update: Midland Mainline 1st November

Midland Mainline are still proceeding with the strike this Thursday. This meens that services again will be severly reduced and some stations will not recive any MML services.

The following trains are scheduled to be the only services to run.

Southbound

• 06:34 Derby to London St. Pancras, due 08:36
• 07:34 Derby to London St. Pancras, due 09:36
• 13:34 Derby to London St. Pancras, due 15:36
• 14:34 Derby to London St. Pancras, due 16:36
• 15:34 Derby to London St. Pancras, due 17:36

These services will call at Long Eaton, Loughborough, Leicester, Market Harborough, Kettering, Wellingborough, Bedford, Luton Airport Parkway and London St. Pancras.

Northbound

• 09:00 London St. Pancras to Derby, due 11:03
• 10:00 London St. Pancras to Derby, due 12:03
• 16:00 London St. Pancras to Derby, due 18:09
• 17:00 London St. Pancras to Derby, due 19:04
• 18:00 London St. Pancras to Derby, due 20:09

These services will call at Luton Airport Parkway, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Leicester, Loughborough, Long Eaton and Derby.

No Midland Mainline services will be running to / from Leeds, Wakefield Westgate, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Nottingham, Beeston and Luton on Thursday 1^st November.Further industrial action is planned for 8 November. Details of the service disruption will be issued when available.

GNER £5 Singles! All Routes

GNER have decided to offer people a farewell by offering £5 singles on all of its network.

For example you can travel from London to Edinburgh for a fiver or from Newcastle to Peterborough for a fiver.

As per normal for these tickets you have to book in advance at GNER.co.uk/five and have to stick to the train times on the ticket.

We have found a new GNER easier to book ticket site at http://tickets.gner.co.uk/gner/en/journeyplanning/GnerWebTISHomePage

You can also only buy this ticket online. Please dont go to ticket offices asking for this fare as they will look at you as if to say “what are you on about”.

You can buy from other online ticket sellers but you must use the promotion code “MALLARD225″. The £5 fare will come up as “PROMO FARE” and will have a different coloured background. However please be aware that thetrainline.com charges £2 for credit cardbookings.

Tickets brought for travel after mid December will be vaild on the new operator National Express East Coast, even though they will say GNER on them.

Why not book for the new year?

The offer applies to Standard Advance fares, for travel from 30 October 2007 to 27 January 2008 inclusive.

This offer is bound to be devilishly popular. The sooner you book and the more flexible you can be in terms of your travel times and dates, the better your chance of bagging a £5 ticket.

If you’re cunning, you’ll also take advantage of the two frighteningly good offers on the right.

Bookings open on Monday, 29 October 2007 and close on Sunday, 4 November 2007 inclusive, subject to availability.

Please note that when the offer starts, tickets will be available for travel up to and including Friday 18 January. On 1 November, tickets for travel to Sunday 27 January will go on sale.

You can travel between Tuesday, 30 October 2007 and Sunday, 27 January 2008 inclusive.

Seats are available on off-peak services, with limited availability on Friday and Sunday afternoons. There will also be limited availability when major events are taking place.

Please note that engineering work will take place on some weekends during this promotion and may affect journey times.

You must book at gner.co.uk/five

Seats are subject to availability, so please book early to avoid disappointment. We expect the biggest demand for travel at weekends—if you can travel mid-week you will have more choice.

If you require space for a wheelchair or have access requirements during your journey, please call our dedicated Assisted Travel Team on 08457 225 225 before you book.

Major credit, debit and charge cards are accepted as payment. No booking fee with GNER.

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Family Railcard for Half Price (£10)

It’s possible to buy the Family Railcard for £10, half the normal price of £20. The railcard lasts 12 months and gives a third off many adult fares and 60% off childrens’ fares throughout Great Britain.

To use the railcard at least one child and one adult must travel although up to four adults and four children can go, plus there’s no need for them all to be related. For the purposes of the family railcard a child is aged between 5 and 15 years.

This means even if you’re just doing one big journey in the year in these conditions, the purchase price of the ticket should easily be saved.

What should I do?

Simply go to the Family Railcard website (link below), complete the application form and in the promotional code box enter either of these two codes: FRACXG10 or FREXPN10. Offer ends 31 October.

Are there any restrictions on use?

The railcard can’t be used during peak times Monday to Friday if the journey is entirely in the London or South East area.

http://www.railcards-online.co.uk/Family.do

Silverlink to Strike on Friday 26th October 2007

Due to Silverlink train drivers taking industrial action on Friday 26th October 2007 there will be a very limited train service running on Friday 26th October.

Silverlink amended timetable http://www.silverlink-trains.com/upload/Timetables/Metro%20Industrial%20Action%20Timetable.pdf

Silverlink County:
Tring, Berkhamsted, Hemel Hempstead, Apsley, Kings Langley, Watford Junction, Harrow & Wealdstone and London Euston
A limited half-hourly service will operate between Tring and London Euston, calling at the above named stations only.
The first service on this route will depart from Tring at 0726 until the last service of the day departs from London Euston at 1734

Northampton, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Leighton Buzzard & Cheddington
There are no Silverlink train services operating to/from these stations all day on Friday 26th October.

Bletchley - Bedford & Watford Junction – St Albans Abbey lines
There are no Silverlink train services operating on these routes all day on Friday 26th October.

Silverlink Metro:
Watford Junction, Harrow & Wealdstone, Willesden Junction, Kensington Olympia and Clapham Junction
A limited Silverlink Metro service will operate between Watford Junction and Clapham Junction, approximately on an hourly basis. It is expected that there will be no Silverlink train services operating on this route during the middle part of the day, and services will end earlier then normal.
Gospel Oak to Barking
There will be an extremely limited Silverlink Metro service operating with gaps of over an hour between trains which will only run during the morning and afternoon peaks to cater for the commuter market.

Watford Junction to London Euston (local services)
There will be no Silverlink Metro services operating.

Richmond to Stratford
There will be no Silverlink Metro services operating on this route all day on Friday 26th October.

Midland Mainline to Strike on Thursday 25 Oct 2007

Due to Midland Mainline train drivers taking industrial action on Thursday 25 October 2007 there will be a very limited train service running on Thursday 25 October.

The following trains are scheduled to be the only services to run.

• 06.34 Derby to London St. Pancras
• 07.34 Derby to London St. Pancras
• 13.34 Derby to London St. Pancras
• 14.34 Derby to London St. Pancras
• 15.34 Derby to London St. Pancras

These services will call at Long Eaton, Loughborough, Leicester, Market Harborough, Kettering, Wellingborough, Bedford, Luton Airport Parkway and London St. Pancras.

Northbound

• 09.00 London St. Pancras to Derby
• 10.00 London St. Pancras to Derby
• 16.00 London St. Pancras to Derby
• 17.00 London St. Pancras to Derby
• 18.00 London St. Pancras to Derby

These services will call at Luton Airport Parkway, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Leicester, Loughborough, Long Eaton and Derby.

No Midland Mainline services will be running to / from Leeds, Wakefield Westgate, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Nottingham, Beeston and Luton on Thursday 25 October.

Further industrial action is planned for 1 November and 8 November. Details of the service disruption will be issued when available.

Upgrades again.

Following the last posting. The new blogging version has been updated and you might notice some slight tweeks here and there.

However we decided not to change the sites design as to be honest we couldnt find any decent ones.

Upgrades

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