Recent content by Shell

This is a massive shame - I use the super off-peak return between Edinburgh and London for holiday trips, where I'll travel to London via the ECML in one day, spend a few days there, then stop off for a couple of days at random places on the WCML on the way home. Replacing the return with a pair...

Megabus have unfortunately cancelled their sleeper service, and National Express don't run one, so there is currently no regular service that'll give you a bed. I've had generally good experiences with overnight (normal, seated) Megabuses of both the interdecker and double decker varieties, but...

“No further Railcard discounts are available on Family Travelcards” seems to be in the T&Cs of everyone who sells them, suggesting this is a function of the ticket type, not the operator. Railcard discounts don’t apply to all tickets - for example, the 26-30 Railcard can’t be used on Caledonian...

Technically speaking, your two Advance tickets are separate and not dependent on each other. In practice, there's a fair bit of discretion available to guards - in a somewhat similar situation, I had two advances in order to get to my destination as I wanted to go shopping in an intermediate...

I think these two might have something to do with each other.

@ForTheLoveOf Thank you for the information! This is the most complex ticket restriction I've come across so far, so it's good to hear that I won't have an issue with this part of my journey.

I'm planning a journey from Edinburgh to London using an IEC Super Off-Peak Return (£94.30 with a railcard), with the restriction code 1K. The restriction states "For journeys on CrossCountry services via Birmingham use restriction code 2V or 8X as appropriate." If I were to use an XC service...

Astarael - if you ever wind up in a situation where you can't make it to college or you don't have enough money to eat again, your college has a discretionary fund which they can give out to students who are struggling with money and might not otherwise be able to access college. It'd be worth...

National Rail will generate an itinerary for a Lancaster to Euston via Manchester Piccadilly ticket for £96.50 that can travel back on various trains between 1501 and 1844, so it would seem you're correct that it'd allow you to get back... however, the ticket restriction is 3A, which does not...

Recently, I visited Edinburgh from Aberdeen, and was invited to visit a friend in Dundee on my way back. I had an off-peak return, so I could do that without buying another ticket and wasting half of my return portion. I think that generally, when you buy an open return, you have a good idea of...

Evidence that a person has purchased a ticket should be an absolute defense to any prosecution that rests on the basis that they couldn't present a ticket. This entirely solves the "I left my ticket at home", "my phone's broken", etc, problem. If the railways discover that it's too easy to...

I've only ever taken National Express when there's no Megabus service to where I'm going at the time I need to be there, and no cheap train tickets. They do some weird and whacky routes at some very odd times, but unlike Megabus, their booking system is more than happy to put you on a series of...

Seven alcoholic drinks, along with two meals, plus snacks, between Aberdeen and Newcastle, on the Government-operated East Coast. I was noticeably buzzed at the other end. :3 Best bit is, with a railcard, at the time it was regularly only £15 more to travel first class (which included free wifi)...

I somewhat doubt there's the slightest chance they'd be stopped if people did complain, so why would any logical person make the effort?

OK, let's put it this way - ongoing low-level stress, caused by things such as constant statements that we're going to be killed at any moment if we're to stop paying attention for even a second, contributes heavily to the ever-declining mental health of our population. If you want to put it...