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redreni replied to the thread Should there be discretion on Delay Repay thresholds?.What if the difference between coming to a halt at the platform and releasing the doors is 40 minutes? Nobody's trying to include... -
redreni replied to the thread Should there be discretion on Delay Repay thresholds?.Quite. Although as a consumer weighing up if it's worth paying a 3 figure sum to be conveyed somewhere, the compensation arrangements...
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redreni replied to the thread Should there be discretion on Delay Repay thresholds?.Yes, I agree completely. 1786376075 No it isn't, it's the application of the same principle to a comparable case. Either a sum of less...
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redreni replied to the thread Should there be discretion on Delay Repay thresholds?.The ticket. Why should I have to bother buying it if the railway is only getting £4 out of it? Can't they just suck up the loss and save...
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redreni replied to the thread Should there be discretion on Delay Repay thresholds?.If sums under £5 are too trivial to worry about, could fares under £5 be reduced to zero to avoid the paperwork?
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redreni replied to the thread London to Brighton returns.I got challenged by a member of staff at Lewes gateline with one of those tickets, but a colleague explained to him that there's no TOC...
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redreni replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").Exactly. The claim is that a "revealed preference" has emerged under those conditions. I'd like to see a controlled experiment that...
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redreni replied to the thread Skywards Rail : Avoid.I was going to say, terrible booking engines are sometimes worth a check because it not doing what it's supposed to do might sometimes...
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redreni replied to the thread Trivia: Busy stations with low station capacity for waiting passengers.Possibly an unpopular opinion, but in places like central London and central Manchester, I don't think the capacity for the type of...
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redreni replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").People's personal plans might mean they simply can't afford to miss a certain train, but in a great many cases that is not so. On my...
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redreni replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").Hendy and the clique that advises him are small thinkers who attach no value to passengers' time. You are absolutely correct, though...
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redreni replied to the thread Would delay repay be possible in this situation?.@Teapot42 when you claimed, did you give details of your intended and actual journeys, or just your intended? And did your ticket have...
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redreni replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").If it were up to me we'd be well on the way to be building an entirely new network for our core intercity services leaving the existing...
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redreni replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").It would be a mistake to allow HM Treasury to hide their failure to invest in infrastructure by pricing off demand. You need the...
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redreni replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").A question for DfT, perhaps (if that's an accurate quote from the Rail Minister)?