Recent content by LondonLarry

I'm sure most of the Island Line is using the original track from when the railway was opened! It certainly feels that way!

The name change is part of fares simplification to make it easier for customers buying tickets from TVMs.

Don't forget there's the strike next week!

It is available online, but not through the ATOS booking engine used on Southeastern's website. You can buy them through any TOC using thetrainline.com booking engine.

FGW's JourneyCheck page has the same content as the old SWT JourneyCheck page but has a different layout and is FGW's branding. SWT use a feed from National Rail instead of Journey Check.

Advance fares become available about 12 weeks before travel, so they should be available for both journeys by mid-May.

I don't think you could class it as "entrapment". No one is being persuaded to commit a criminal offence for personal gain. If it ever got to court, the judge would question why the RPI didn't make an attempt to check the passenger's ticket. If they could supply a satisfactory answer, the...

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It might be due to the high frequency of trains from the station. At stations with few trains (e.g. half hourly) they should offer Off Peak tickets before 0930

Might be an error in the way EMT have set up their TVMs. I think the TVMs can either offer all ticket types at any time of day (e.g. will offer Anytime and Off Peak at 0600) or you have to specify which ticket types are available from which time. (e.g. Anytime tickets until 0859, then Off Peak...

As DB is still state owned, I think there's a bit more of an impetous to make their TVMs more functional. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- All SWT TVMs allow you to buy tickets for travel the following day. It's available from 1500 and only offers Anytime fares

I don't think any TVM is linked to the timetable database or NRS and I doubt any one TOC would want to take on the cost of developing it.

There's a badly written leaflet! Glad I'm not travelling on Virgin over Easter!

You'd have to get rid of TOC specific tickets. You can't expect someone to recognise an East Coast train by a tiny label at the end of each carriage! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- No, but brand identity is very important to companies to help them stand out in a market - even...

The gates at Waterloo will not retain a Woking - London Terminals ticket as it is valid for travel to Charing Cross, London Bridge, Blackfriars and Cannon Street. If you change at Clapham Junction, you can travel to Victoria.