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Thank you! Turns out I was looking at the wrong reservation confirmation in my email and 11U actually refers to a seat in the seated carriage. Mystery solved as actually in room 8!

For an upcoming trip to Fort William from Euston, my classic room has been allocated Coach M, Berth 11U. Can anyone shed any light on where the berth is within the coach? Wondering if it's worth telephoning to discuss moving if possible. Thank you.

Interesting. Thanks all for the input. Must say I still don’t understand the logic for the negative easement in the first place - doesn’t seem to be passenger friendly.

Thanks. Would it maybe be because the 0752 service does not stop at Clapham Junction?

The SWR website indicates that an Anytime Day Single (£16.90) ticket from Guildford to London Terminals is valid to Vauxhall changing at Waterloo. I.e. the 0752 service on weekdays. I thought there was a negative easement in place to prevent this routing. Has something changed?

Hi, looking for advice on different commute options for a friend who’s about to start travelling between Cambridge and Canary Wharf three times a week. The Jubilee line station at Canary Wharf is better for them, but Elizabeth Line would also work. The two most practical options as far as I...

That would work, but only in one direction, and I’m sure the journey history would raise eyebrows if it was ever looked at. Not to mention it would be obvious to gateline staff what you were up to if they spotted someone tapping out, but not actually leaving.

SWR’s Tap2Go smartcard is a simple way around this for frequent users.

And I suppose having a paper ticket would mean to evidence trail of when you actually got to Canary Wharf; making the theoretical compensation even harder to claim! Think I’ll just leave a bit more time in future so I have time to get to Waterloo by other means.

What I’m taking from this is that I would need a combined ticket, and only then would I have any kind of chance of being able to claim against TFL. Then assuming I would need to allow 35 minutes (20+15) before the train, the latest I would need to tap in at Canary Wharf would be 2358.

I thought that would be the case. Would it be different if I had a paper ticket from Guildford to Zone U12?

I commute to Canary Wharf from Guildford (via Waterloo). The last train from Waterloo to Guildford is 0033 and often make use of it. I tapped in at Canary Wharf at 0008 only to find a 20 minute wait for the next Jubilee line train which has not happened to me before. I use SWR Tap2Go...

I recently missed my last train home from Waterloo as there were delays of 20+ minutes on the Jubilee line. I assume that in this situation TFL won’t compensate me for my expensive taxi? Would it be different if I had a paper ticket to a specific London zone?

Thank you both. I will give it a go and report back! I’m planning a trip to Paris during the Olympics next year, and expect many will be trying the same as me!

The cheapest Eurostar tickets seem to be £49 each way when booking 330 days in advance. I want to return a week after I arrive, hence I would risk missing out on the cheap £49 tickets for the outbound portion as they may have been bought by others. Is it possible to just buy a return day...