Recent content by MrCub

Right thank you. The late GWR meant I missed a WMT connection which ran. The subsequent one was cancelled hence even more delay. I'll try GWR first. Thanks ever so much for your advice

I'm sure this has been answered before but I can't find it. Therefore could you offer any advice please? I recently took a trip from a Thameslink station involving multiple operators. The Thameslink leg was fine. From Paddington the GWR service left late and lost time; this was a delay of one...

@arrivamatt I've checked and it indeed seems he times of the 4 and 4A aren't great for the sixth form college start and finish of day [and I accept that the bus isn't just for them]. Do let me know if you'd like some more details.

Interesting changes to the 4 and 4A. Some odd times, though. In the morning there's unlikely to be enough capacity to get students to the Sixth Form for the start of their day [0830]. The 1525 is, I guess, a crowd buster for Sixth Form students but it goes ten minutes before the end of classes...

Arrived at Luton, stopped for about 10 minutes, doors tested (I think) and then departed

I'm pleased to report all was well this morning and they were able to sell it without problem

From a Thameslink station.... You know I think it was the general walk up fares screen. I could see the screen all the time.

That's the one..and he simply couldn't sell it to me.

I've just tried to buy an East Mids 3 in 7 Rover ticket from my local station. It's not valid from there but I will buy an additional ticket as required. The lovely man in the ticket office simply couldn't sell it to me. He tried codes, terms, and names in every combination. When he finally...

Hello! I am planning a trip which will be Paddington to Newbury, leaving on a weekday afternoon and returning at the weekend. While I might be able to get to Paddington before the evening peak, I can't guarantee it. I'm looking at the Off Peak Return which has restriction code FP. I am...

Arriva Beds and Herts Orbit ticket takes you from Stevenage & Letchworth, down to Welwyn and Waltham Abbey or west through Luton to Oxford, Aylesbury, and Reading via Leighton Buzzard or Hemel, and High Wycombe. £6.50 a day with versions available for weekly or monthly

I can walk to my local station, when the service is operating as it should, without consulting the timetable and wait no more than 15 mins for a quick train to London, and at the weekend the service is really very keenly priced. I can then come home when I want into the early hours.

I've had an All Lines Rover challenged as being not valid for travel by staff on XC and the old East Cosst. I've also had food refused on VT using the All Line Rover until I insisted politely and firmly. On the same trip I was shouted at by a woman on the gateline in Edinburgh. There is...

The toilets at Harpenden station were improved. Shame no one maintains them and they often now represent filth and despair.

I don't think it should. If we have it, it should be of a uniform quality to justify the fare. The InterCity example with freebies is good. There is an argument for getting rid in the NSE area because the product is so poor. However the accommodation is limited anyway so it won't do an awful...