Recent content by OLJR

Companies are used for lots of things, so why is it an issue that Reform is constituted this way? Genuine question please, I'm not defending Reform.

Back in the day when I first started taking GNER, the 125 was J to M at the London end. There was J-L-M on most services, missing the K. The Tyne-Tees Pullman had J-K-L-M with the K. J was always the Restaurant and M the smoking carriage. I imagine this made it easier for passengers requiring...

I have recently renewed my Disabled Persons Railcard. It was added to my Oyster on 3-Mar. The correct fare seems to be charged when travelling off-peak (e.g. £2.15 for Green Park to Custom House at 10.10am). However for on-peak travel the full adult fare is collected (e.g. £3.10 for King's Cross...

I think Eleanor is a great mascot. She is fun and distinctive. The way LNER show her interacting with lots of different human passengers is a great move too as it helps people see that "somebody like me" uses the trains. All in all, a good campaign.

I do not support ID cards. I also note that the PM has it the wrong way round. He says that we will need an ID card to work and rent in the UK. This is not correct. It is birth as a British citizen that gives us the right to work and rent in the UK, not any state programme. They give us NI...

With 18 years in the airline revenue trade I can confirm that airlines do not really understand these things either. That said, they may understand them better than LNER does, relatively speaking.

Yes absolutely. I just bought the HEX ticket in the app, used my Oyster to cross London and had my Advance 70 up from King's Cross. With my Disabled Person's Railcard it was: HEX 1ST: £21.30 TfL: £1.85 (Saturday) LNER 1ST: £107.75 (eight days Advance Purchase) Gross Total: £130.90 Less 10%...

I had a successful use of the LNER 70 minute ticket a few weeks ago. I arrived at Heathrow at 7am and had a bag to pick up. I booked on the 1000 LNER from King's Cross to Newcastle and took the Heathrow Express in. Now as it happened my flight was more or less on time and the bag did not take...

Late to the party, but I wrote some articles about RMS Titanic for a bit of fun on my Airline Revenue Economics blog around 10 April in 2023, 2024 and 2025. They are behind a paywall (sorry) but here are some highlights. From the First Class article: * the chart below is the "achieved demand"...

Apollo from Gladiators was on the LNER service arriving KGX at 1538 on Wed-14-May. He was in 1ST in one of those window-aisle pairs and got on at Darlington. He is so tall his head seemed near the roof of the carriage!

Yes yorkie I bought through LNER. Twitter is a good idea thanks, I'll do that.

Yes, that's right.

I am changing one ticket. The original cost £52.15.

Hi all, I'm looking at changing a ticket from Newcastle to King's Cross on 8-Apr, using a Disabled Person's Railcard. For 1ST, LNER want to charge £106.35 for the change. But a new ticket is £73.10. Any idea of a fix please? Change fees: New ticket prices:

I’m in California right now and need to buy some tickets for May. The LNER app’s nearest station page made me chuckle… See attached and enjoy. :D i‘m quite impressed to be honest. That distance is accurate and follows the great circle path, according to gcmap.com. I wonder how the app measures...