Recent content by LJA

For me a system where split tickets are cheaper for a simple point to point journey on the same train is pretty illogical at its heart. Given it’s a (unintended?) result of the whole ticketing system in the UK I’m not saying I have any idea how to fix it, but I’d imagine the vast majority of...

Yes - of course resale markets work with other things. But there’s a big difference in supply and demand for a concert and an advance ticket on the 19.11 from Leeds to Kings Cross. Perhaps it could work but I think it would be a struggle for a new platform to get the volume of users and...

To me this just feels like a project by someone (probably a student) who’s come up with a business plan without really thinking it through A ticket resale market could never work. Maybe I have an advance ticket that I can’t use - but what are the chances of finding someone who does want that...

The story being suggested by the original tweet (and the daily Mail clickbait nonsense) was that the corrie “stars” had demanded their own carriage and kicked all the proles out. Which obviously is not what happened. Complete non story.

Maybe not that relevant to this case given the penalty fare looks to be completely invalid, but in general would the requirement to travel together extend all the way to exiting the station? Eg if my partner was catching an onward train in Birmingham, but I exited the barriers alone (and could...

Is going right to the front of the train rather than just waiting in the furthest forward standard class carriage really making a material difference to the time it takes to exit the station Although I recognise it’s sometimes more about the the principal and getting a “win” (from both the...

Not uncommon to see some pretty outdated advertisements on buses and around public transport but this film came out in March 2019 so getting on for 6 years now! Reddit thread re one in Stratford last year for same film...

What a mess Probably not as bad but overrunning engineering works around Doncaster caused a lot of trouble on the ECML and surroundings this morning as well. Not ideal on what is a very busy travelling day. Of course works can always overrun but bad day to happen (and you always wonder whether...

I definitely would have to where I am. And so the (probably irrational) fear of going under a lorry puts me off

Well given the number of cars on the road it’s clearly not And even if it’s a struggle, it’s pretty much a necessity outside of central-ish London. Yes it’s possible to get by without a car but it makes life so much harder.

When I used the bus to commute in Leeds the selling of tickets definitely added a significant time to the overall journey. Especially when on some routes you seem to have a bus stop every 200m. It’s not just the printing, it’s the faffing around with change etc as well. On plenty of occasions it...

https://theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/17/london-students-fear-abandoning-courses-over-inability-to-apply-for-discounted-fares what a mess. I’m sure these things are very complex but it does seem to be taking a long time to fix - and possibly not down by Christmas! Issuing refunds is going to...

im no IT expert so maybe I’m being harsh but the amount of time it’s talking to fix this is getting a bit ridiculous

obvious solution would be to get rid of the minimum fare restriction Increasingly irrelevant given it doesn’t apply to advances Of course simplification will probably mean no railcard discounts at all before 10am, rather than the opposite…

what’s the reasoning for it only applying to anytime and not advances (apart from the the fact that cheap short distance advances maybe weren’t a thing when the t&cs were devised) if the supposed purpose of the minimum fare is to dissuade peak time travel then why is it only applied to a...