Recent content by CNash

Surely this should already have been worked out, given that the Elizabeth Line was due to open in late 2018? They'd have to have had all the fares and rules in the system in preparation for that date. In fact some PAYG journeys made now will assume you've used the Elizabeth Line, like Abbey Wood...

I'd guess it would have invited confusion with the East Coast Main Line - itself a little confusing as it's not on the coast until it gets closer to Scotland. Whereas the Anglia, East Anglia, West Anglia etc. franchise regions all combined together form "Greater Anglia" on the Great Eastern line...

I stayed on the Metro from Schiedam to Rotterdam Centraal, changing at Beurs. Didn't take that long, considering it was rush hour as well.

I sent a quick tweet to RET myself the other day to see if they would confirm, and they did: "Interrail passes are not valid on the Hoekse Lijn Nash. You can only travel with the OV chip card." https://twitter.com/RETRotterdam/status/1180146305773031424 I will nonetheless eagerly await the...

Interrail / Eurail passes are apparently no longer valid on this route, according to Interrail's Twitter team: "...the RET line in this route is unfortunately not included in the Interrail Pass. You can purchase a ticket for the metro at the station in Hoek van Holland."...

I’m planning a trip to the Netherlands on the ferry in October. I do hope the September 30th date for the Hoekse Lijn is still on track - not just for the convenience but as a train enthusiast too! While I’m here - are Interrail passes accepted on RET metro services in Rotterdam?

You're right of course, I had forgotten about Cromer. I should've said, "northwest of Norwich" or indeed "northwest Norfolk". Some good discussions going on here I see. I'll have to look into the reopenings in Scotland more closely, but as has been said, Transport Scotland is a different beast...

Curious as to why the area to the north of Norwich has no rail provision outside of heritage lines, I found several articles, campaign sites and other materials all dedicated to the reopening of some of the former railway lines that were closed either by the Beeching axe or soon after. The Lynn...

It does become worthwhile if you want the flexibility to (for example) use the Northern Line between London Bridge and St. Pancras when Thameslink isn't cooperating, or to use buses. OP: have you considered going from Deptford instead, where Thameslink trains run directly through to St. Pancras...

Is this debacle partly due to the TOCs’ fear that people will be able to give printed-out copies (or screenshots of tickets in this case) to other people, thus violating their sacred “non-transferable” rule? I don’t know exactly how e-tickets work on the backend but presumably once it’s bern...

Would it be cynical to suggest that the government would want to hand responsibility for franchises over to NR in order to give themselves a "buffer" for when the franchises (or the franchise renewal process) attract negative media attention? They can point at NR and say "nothing to do with us...

Is the return portion of a return ticket considered to be a separate ticket for the purposes of being "non-transferable", or are both portions jointly non-transferable? If it's separate, then who's to say that the plan wasn't always for one person to use the outward portion and the other to use...

Mansion House is only a few hundred metres away, let's throw that one in too! Mansion House-Cannon Street-Bank-Monument-Moorgate-Liverpool Street .... at this rate we may as well start building a new underground city!

FYI, Abbey Wood is managed by TfL and has a ticket office, ticket machines and a gateline which is staffed from first to last train. I'm fairly certain that Penalty Fare posters are displayed in the station building. It's very common to see Networkers with orange interiors, which will have...

When I tried to book from Abbey Wood before, it wouldn't give me the £20 fares for some reason. Tried again after clearing my past journey and now they're showing up. No idea what happened there. So, this is a much better idea and I'll just do this instead. Thanks!