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Removal of EMU 100 differential now reflected in the September 2026 LNE Sectional Appendix update (14MB pdf - see pages 66-81).

In the Play Store app open your profile menu and select gift cards. It's only visible when using an Android phone.

It's been two weeks since I used my Android to make Tap & Go journeys and there's no record of the transaction value in my Google Wallet listings (same goes for TfW's North Wales PAYG). Just to be clear this isn't a complaint. All the transaction details are listed correctly in my Merseyrail &...

East Croydon - Norwood Junction (Anytime Day Return route Not via London) is an example to the contrary. Even the same ticket from West Croydon (LO-managed like Norwood Junction) is another one. The first fare is set by GTR, the second by RDG (by themselves, or with TfL?) I do wonder if an...

That explains why I spotted one of them on the 101 at Luton Airport today. Thought the ex-Fastrack E200MMCs had returned until I looked at the number plate!

19 August 2026 resident/business update uploaded today. For those of you who remember the milestone table from February 2025, NR have produced another table of what are really mini-milestones... Beyond 20 September the northern walkway will reopen up to 10 days later. Details of the...

That'll be because the Tap2Go "traffic day" is defined as commencing 0430 / finishing 0429 the following day, so no fare calculations can be made within that interval. The three taps labelled touch are those successfully transmitted to the back-office, as should happen when the system works...

@mrg9999 if you post a screenshot of your smartcard journey history don't forget to redact your smartcard number and other personal details if need be. It sounds like your Kingston taps were not transmitted to the back-office but a screenshot would help us to ascertain why SWR charged you for...

Fare changes on 1 September include the following: More details in the fares booklet. Will Plus zone tickets remain valid on the 905 (Beds / Cambs) and X5 (Beds)? I can't tell. Oops. Guessing it wasn't the drivers on my MK1 rides the other week, they both took the trap entries very carefully.

Another routeone article, this one explaining the project at length. https://www.route-one.net/news/fair-and-consistent-revenue-apportionment-keys-in-project-coral/

Summary below as per Find a Tender Southeastern have also issued a press release focusing mostly on the upcoming TVMs which'll be the Worldline/Evoke model currently used by TPE and (at Luton DART stations only) GTR. Not often you see Scheidt & Bachmann TVMs being replaced by those of another...

Perhaps not since the DART station building opened but during the works I once used it to commence a smartcard day return. It must have erroneously ended it instead because on arrival at St Albans my Key failed to operate the gates!

Playing hardball with central government can only go so far when you're reliant on it for capital renewals funding. When negotiations for the next settlement take place or you make a separate one-off bid for funds to enable a particular project their perception of your revenue protection efforts...

That shopping bag analogy only holds for ITSO purchases at a ticket office or self-service machine. The own-issuer restriction for online ITSO purchases is just like Tesco (hypothetically) preventing use of non-Tesco bags.

Yes it is. Had a look on the Nexus website and their Smart Ticketing project page includes the following: