Recent content by electrostar357

What really needs to be done is find the most expensive ticket per mile. However, I have a feeling that's been done to death now.

Both you and @MrJeeves are not seeing things. Those yellow lights are for the benefit of revenue protection staff and basically flag up when a particular ticket type is used (programmed in the barrier's control unit). A lot of the time it's forgotten about and left programmed in from the last...

That's the route I sometimes work on. I don't bother with the front white lights, it's the red ones. With St Pancras and Farringdon being curved platforms, seeing a red light jump out at you as you're rounding the curves coming up off the ECML going south or heading north at St Pan or...

This thread has made me chuckle somewhat. I don't know whether it's because I deal with a different type of passenger with a bicycle, but in general I've never experienced an issue with asking somebody to switch off their red bicycle light. I ask and explain why and they comply. They become...

I had an incident once when my wife was learning to drive a few years back. I took her to a very quiet road to do some reversing and turning practice during a period of gale force winds. We had magnetic L-plates on and during the drive home (she was driving) a traffic police vehicle passed us...

Quoted from both the Thameslink and Southern Railway websites (will also include Gatwick Express and Great Northern) If your query is relating to an “Intention to Prosecute letter” we would ask that this is completed and returned to us for consideration. All matters of appeal should be made in...

I'd accept the payment and keep my mouth firmly shut.

Would Aston to Birmingham New Street be one of these journeys?

Why do I have a feeling you've signed up as two separate accounts asking for advice on two different fraud investigations (Any123321)?: I find it very coincidental that two new users appeared today starting two new threads with the same title asking for advice about two incidents on West...

The closest I've got to how they've calculated the total cost of £180.80 is as follows, and this is presuming that you bought all these tickets online and they've delved into your purchasing history: - £100 penalty fare (par the course) - £89.60 which is based on the journeys you mentioned in...

Only 4 pages? Woah! The RDG one is 48 pages. Thanks for clarifying the second section, very helpful.

Absolutely it can happen in reverse and I think this is a big issue when it comes to TfL operating services outside of their zonal pricing area. One can easily be misled to believe that because your TfL staff pass is valid on inter-available TfL/NR routes within the zonal area it MUST be fine to...

Oh gawd yes. These things do tend to be done on the quiet and hidden in staff briefings!

Did the RPI take down any of your details? If not then it's highly likely they've let you go with a rather close warning shot to your bow. It's also my understanding that RPIs can withdraw travel facilities there and then and filling out the necessary documentation (Travel Irregularity form or...

Even after 20 years on the railway, the 'conditions of use' of staff travel facilities can be and is a minefield. The use of such facilities can be more restrictive than many publicly available products and it's quite easy to unintentionally fall foul of some of the rules. Strictly speaking...