Recent content by eljajo95

Thanks all. I spoke to the retailer, and have refunded & rebooked. It cost me a bit in the fact that the Advance fares available have gone up in the meantime, but not disastrously so. Quite. The railway wouldn't have lost any revenue compared to if I had declared a Two Together Railcard...

I have a silly situation entirely of my own making and am wondering how best to solve it. My other half and I have a trip planned for the Easter weekend. A couple of weeks ago we purchased, but haven't yet collected, Advance singles London Kings Cross–York for Friday 3rd, and the return on...

Yes they are. In the evening rush hour the platform is packed along the whole length, sadly.

Thanks all. In the event I didn’t pass through a gate-line, so I haven’t tested what staff would have made of it.

Hello all. I think I know the answer to this, but wanted a second opinion to be sure before I take the plunge. I hold a season ticket between Great Chesterford and London Terminals. Of course I usually travel direct to Liverpool Street, but tomorrow I want to change at Tottenham Hale [TOM] and...

I would be seriously considering writing to my local paper, and my MP. It may be right in law but this outcome is manifestly outrageous!

It happened to me this evening that, after having started a train journey covered by my Annual Season (London Liverpool Street [LST] to Great Chesterford [GRC]), my plans changed and I needed to continue on the same train one stop beyond its validity, namely Whittlesford Parkway [WLF]. I duly...

Haha! Not sure I could face the inevitable grief at Liverpool Street!

Oh thank you! (What a ludicrous system we have, that I can't buy it from the operator of the train I'll be using, but I can from a different one...) There is indeed a machine at GRC so I will collect it there - assuming it works on Monday morning, which in my experience is by no means...

I'll finally be going back into the office on Monday after working from home since April. I need a Weekly Season for Great Chesterford [GRC] - London Terminals, but I'm a bit confused by them (as I usually have an Annual). The National Rail season ticket calculator gives the price for a...

Ah yes – of course! What I said about a little knowledge... Come to think of it, I would guess the same point about a Routeing Group probably applies to lots of similar short branches. Say, Colchester Town, Wrexham Central, even Newhaven Marine (!), ...?

Ah, crossed posts. What alistairlees says here seems to agree with what I just suggested. Is this widely accepted (at least on this forum, if not in real life!) to be correct?

I would defer to fares experts (a little knowledge is a dangerous thing), but I would say generally not; however, it does occur to me to wonder if the 3 mile rule helps here. If the branch line is less than 1.5 miles long, AND the branch junction station is on the shortest route between the...

I’m vaguely aware of the “London Thameslink” destination being different from “London Terminals”, but as I don’t usually use Thameslink services I’m not sure of any detail and am worried of a little bit of knowledge being a bad thing. The situation is this: on Wednesday, I’ll be travelling from...

Thank you very much for this. I think on reflection the saving isn’t as much as I’d hoped. Given how often I go into Cambridge, and, as I say, the convenience of not having to buy separate tickets to do so, the £300 saving a year isn’t worth it for me. Good to find out though – I’m grateful. As...