Best rail ticket website

The smart money is on www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com despite its name it covers all National Rail, not just its own bit. A nice interface, good at picking cheap fares and even has a system for letting you know when booking opens. Copes well with railcards and lets you reserve cycle space though I had problems with this when buying a special low price ticket. It automatically reserved me a seat (no problem) but then greyed out the cycle reservation option, which it wouldn't let me take before I'd picked the ticket. I had to phone up the rain company and reserve the space (they did it well without fuss) but NEEC need to fix the bug.

Online train ticket booking

http://www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com/

This site was tipped by A to B magazine in its May 08 issue (no 65). They say "it accepts cycle as well as seat reservations. No word yet on whether this actually works". There's apparently no booking fee and there's Fastticket support. The interface is very impressive. I like the way you can click on a train by time and the screen updates to show you the fare you would pay.