Recent content by Alteran Ancient

Mine isn't working now either. Just purple block-outs in the app where the Railcard should be. Website won't allow you to generate a new download code. Not good - I'm supposed to be travelling on business on Thursday at the crack of dawn and my already-booked tickets have a Railcard discount.

I do also want to add as well, because this is definitely an underlying topic theme, that I am generally against authoritarianism. There are many attacks on our civil liberties - a lot of them going unchallenged and unseen and this is something I am wholly against. So I really do understand if...

I've noticed you using this word "flimsy" a few times. If you're referring to those blue bibs that I see some people wear, then they're OK at catching potentially contagious droplets of spit, phlegm, etc. that may pass an infection onto someone else. They can reduce spray, but of course, they're...

As long as society deems it necessary. I know about as much as you do on how long this is going to last. Everything in balance, right? It's why, for example, now they're saying "You don't need to mask up inside a place of hospitality because that's kinda pointless" which I think is a fair...

I'm... surprised. I'm very surprised that I'm seeing such a level of "not doing it" stance on here, of all places. I caught Covid at the start of the year, and it sucked. And one of my neighbours died from it. Masks, when fitted correctly and adhered to by enough people, work. That's why...

This has been a problem for a while since before the pandemic - even with commuter railways. Fares increase every 12 months at a rate that either matches or outstrips inflation, whilst there is very little perceivable improvement to the service. If services are irregular and are timetabled such...

Agreed - I really love his enthusiasm. He did a piece on Bromley North a few months back and even though I'm already pretty familiar with the Bromley North line, it was still nice to hear some different perspectives from someone. ...and I'm not sure about that name! But it's good to see that...

No, it was confrontational. The inspector's tone and body language was intended to intimidate. Their colleague came off as far less intimidating. I don't mind being asked where I've travelled from, but when they start implying that they don't believe me or that I'm bring untruthful in the fact...

So this happened a few weeks ago, but I thought it was something worth mentioning. A few weeks ago, I purchased an Off-peak Return (+Railcard) from Tunbridge Wells to Stratford International (via London) loaded onto an SE Key Smartcard. I loaded it up via my phone and travelled via the...

For a while, there was a Thameslink service that would terminate at Bromley and then run empty to Bellingham Sidings, so the platform staff would need to assist in de-training any stragglers. The driver would close the doors with a member of staff on board at the back, walk through the train...

They installed one of these fences along Platform 1 at Hither Green a few years ago. It's principally adjacent to the "fast line" originating from Tonbridge and there's a station exit along the end of the Platform that takes you to Springbank Road. There are sliding gates on the Platform...

A few years ago I was on an SE service to Blackfriars (morning peak) that was routed into the Northbound through platform rather than one of the bays. I was told that the driver apparently didn't think much of it because "they sign all the platforms there", but as a following Thameslink train...

I'm in agreement with the consensus here - you did need an Adult ticket (or with a Railcard) for this journey. If, as you say, your boyfriend did purchase the tickets (this fact is largely irrelevant to the people who check the tickets) then hopefully he'll do the right thing and make amends for...

Indeed. A pair of flashing red lights carries a different meaning in the Highway Code - ABSOLUTE STOP. Do not pass. Which also applies to emergency service vehicles.

They don't need to stab anyone. A 2.5 ton Range Rover is perfectly capable of being just as dangerous to pedestrians and other road users. My point was that not building a stop for Crossrail in Chelsea isn't going to be safer on balance versus taking traffic off of the road. That might have been...