Recent content by Cheeseman

Until it’s fixed, abandon the whole reservation system imho

That too. And even if they didn't discover it, why have they not introduced procedures to deal with it?

My suspicion too. In which case they need to organise the platform allocations to mitigate this known problem. It really isn't good enough that they haven't implemented a robust procedural work-around.

Why is it possible some days and not possible other days? Given that the dimensions of each half-set are identical from day to day, as long as they line up on an agreed mark where there is no conflicting infrastructure then all should be fine. Otherwise we have to put up with this until...

So, apparently the reason IET sets keep running 5-carriage instead of 10 on the SWA-PAD is that there are certain points on the platform at SWA where the curvature prevents successful coupling of the sets. And this seems to have been going on for ages. Why are they not sorting this out by, in...

Thanks. Yes that’s it

ATW ticket app says it won't support purchase of tickets past 12 Oct. Trouble is, 'mTickets' are cheaper than other options. Anyone know if TFW/KA is going to have an equivalent in place in time?

Is it fair to conclude at least that our fares system is a hopeless complicated mess?

GWR was easily persuaded. But I’d already had the problem at the other end of the journey at Bridgend and Arriva forced me to pay the upgrade.

It was London terminals to Reading.

Has anyone ever been charged an off-peak fare for a peak journey and the ticket actually issued? This happened to me today on a Trainsplit booking. Only trouble was, I couldn’t get through the barriers but as I had a seat reservation coupon they had to let me in. 1814 LONDON to READING. Off...