Recent content by joncombe

Thanks that is what I thought was the case otherwise you would be able to travel much cheaper than intended! - thanks for confirming.

Out of interest I have another query I have often wondered how this direct train rule works on circular routes. For example I buy a ticket Wandsworth Town to Clapham Junction. I travel west on a Kingston loop train which does, eventually, get me to Clapham Junction, via Kingston without...

Ah I see thank you. I mis-understood then.

I am looking to travel Woking to Clapham Junction direct on the way out (via the mainline, I.E. via Surbiton, Wimbledon) but back via Isleworth (Hounslow loop). I thought a simple Woking to Clapham Junction return would suffice for this, but having put in Woking to Clapham Junction direct and...

An airline that doesn't offer online booking, even if only temporarily, is very unusual in 2026. It certainly makes it more challenging to book if you have to wait for a reply to an email to confirm availability first. And how do you pay, at the check in desk?! Or over the phone? Bizarre.

I had it turned off on my phone, but still got one of the "presidential" alerts that can't be turned off when in Ibiza a year or so ago (heavy rain/thunderstorms). However I did get this alert and found the setting was turned back on again. I didn't do it, so is this something that gets turned...

Correct yes. The Guildford trains were withdrawn when it was still SWT.

Before the current or at least pre COVID timetable came in these stations were served by a 2tph Woking to Waterloo stopper and 2tph Guildford to Waterloo stopper. Worplesdon was generally only served by the Guildford stopper. For some reason SWT withdrew the Guildford stopper and extra calls got...

Unfortunately it seems now that a sale is inevitable and it's just a matter of who the buyer is going to be.

Yes I will try contacting Eurostar again but I am not confident. Although the email said the offer was final another template letter attached stated I had 14 days to accept or reject the mediator and if I accepted I didn't need to do anything and if I rejected I had to send a letter within 14...

I just wondered if there is any obligation for bus companies to help you if the last bus of the day didn't run. Yesterday I was waiting for the last bus of the day but the bus but it didn't arrive. I could see from the map on the bustimes.org website the bus appeared to have ended the route...

Yes I keep getting these ads too. One even claimed it worked without electricty. Really?!

It would be sad to see Easyjet go but yes unfortunately I suspect it will be a sell off of the planes to lease back, probably closing some of the smaller bases and loaded with debt so probably more extra charges for passengers and probably more Ryanair tricks like deliberately splitting up...

I've had an email today that Halifax are rebranding as Lloyds. So that brand will disappear. I expect any towns and cities with both a Lloyds and Halifax branch to lose at least one of them. Probably the Halifax one to save on rebranding. I don't know if they might rebrand some Halifax branches...

Thank you all for the helpful replies to my last post (especially @ModernRailways and @MotCO). Today I had a response from the SNCF Mediation. The good news is they appear to have upheld my complaint and told Eurostar to pay my expenses. The bad news is they have done so by telling Eurostar to...