Recent content by ikorodu

i did indeed mean off topic.

Slightly OT, but offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act reverse the burden of proof, such that the defendant has to prove they had done what is required. Eg an employer would need to prove (training docs, systems of work, etc) they had taken all reasonable steps to ensure the...

As I see it, the inspector either misled the OP about refunds on purpose (in which case he lied) or he gave what he thought was the right information (in which case he is badly trained and/or incompetent). The fact the OP was also incorrectly charged lends weight to the idea that the...

Now that is (to coin a phrase) frankly ridiculous. Consider this; I arrive at the station with my wife and three kids, I go to ticket office to get tickets while wifey takes kids to WH Smiths to get comics for them to read on the train. I get told 'Sorry Sir, you need to go and get your...

I think that because a TOC do not have onboard checks then they do open themselves up for this kind of fraud (i.e. make it easier for this type of fraud to be committed on their seviced without being detected), yes, they are bound to think that this is the case too. Not that I condone any type...

But TOC's are happy to allow this 'link' to be broken both online and at machines, so they are clearly not that concerned about it. So why keep it at the ticket office? If it is a big issue for the TOC's then I would have thought they would update the online systems/machines to only issue...

That makes no sense at all. If your tickets are not checked then a 50 year old could travel on a child fare without detection as easily as a 24 yo could get away with the discounted fare but no railcard. The risk of fraud is the same whether getting a railcard fare or a child fare. The t&cs...

Would you sell me a child ticket, without seeing my child?

The nonsencical thing here is the fact that you can get as many railcard discounted tickets as you like online without holding a railcard. I would have thought that if this was such a big issue for the TOC's then some system would be in place online (eg. have the tickets printed with the...

jamboree, Your post sounds like an advert for splitfare.co.uk. You wouldn't happen to be the owner of that site would you? Ikorodu

I agree, for as long as its in the public domain, errors will be discovered and ATOC will finally accept that its not cost effective for them to maintain it. It will become another seceret of the railways! ikorodu

To be honest, I find both a bit patchy on searches I have tried. Better than nowt, but not as good as some of the experts on this board. Ikorodu

http://www.splityourticket.co.uk/ is another website that tries to do the splitting thing automatically. ikorodu

By my recokning someone travelling five days a week from cambridge to london and back would actually better off getting five anytime cambridge to ipswich returns compared with the weekly cambridge to london season! ikorodu

This is generally good advice unless you need travel on national express services and want to reserve seats. At the moment the trainline system does not (indeed can not) charge for reservations on the NX services, hence if you were to book a journey for two from Newark to Bury St Edmunds and...