Recent content by Tarquin88

Is there a proper "procedure" within the Forum for asking advice on loophole tickets without sharing it with TOCs etc and thereby having them closed?

The 0849 departure can be very busy so it is useful to have 0853 GWR as back up (starts from BSK so usually easy to get on). 0853 ran last Saturday and is in Realtime Trains for next few Saturdays. It isn't in RTT for this Saturday but I couldn't find any explanation on GWR's website. Ticket...

On this side of the pond the equivalent is a quote (sometimes disputed) attributed to a Victorian judge: "The law courts of England are open to all men, like the doors of the Ritz Hotel".

Thanks for everyone's comments. A friend has made this journey 5 times now by various routes and has tried to work out what would be the best one for our prospective passenger who can't walk long distances. It is proposed to make the following journey on a forthcoming Saturday (that might be...

Obviously, we are limited on what we can do without copies of the correspondence. In #4, OP refers to "back in August 2024" and in #13 to receiving a letter 2 months later in early October and hearing nothing until this week (original post was yesterday so presumably received then, 17th...

Last week 0930 London Euston to Glasgow departed from Platform 6 (Mon), 13, 1, 13, 4 and 3 (Sat). Is it usually as seemingly random as this? If I have a ticket (code 9I) which prohibits departure before 0926 (Mon-Fri) am I likely to be denied access to the platform until 0926?

Thanks for this - and to all the others who have posted. Seems I'm worrying unnecessarily, so I'll carry on using eTickets.

I usually buy tickets from a TVM with a contactless card (which is registered to various ticket sites). Where I have been eligible for delay repay, I have claimed it and have had no issues. This week, I bought my first eTicket (using the SWR app). Both the digital ticket and the pdf in the...

This is the title of an article (link below) in tonight's online edition of the Blackpool Gazette - if anyone is interested and can find a way around the paywall that isn't cluttered with adverts...

Thanks to all who replied to my original post - certainly food for thought there. And to davews for the update on his recent experience. In the end, we made 3 trips from Basingstoke to near Marks Tey station this month - all by car. It's not a fun journey by car so still looking to do it by...

Do forum members agree with this very reasonable comment (other posters have commented on the problems with advances)? Was the "conductor" in the wrong? Could OP have refused to leave the train at Crewe? Would BTP have been called to remove him? What is the general advice on standing one's...

Which is the best route to minimise the walking distance on this journey (and return)? Journey planners offer routes via Waterloo/Stratford or Waterloo/Liverpool Street but there are routes changing at Reading/Paddington/Liverpool Street and Clapham/Victoria/Whitechapel/Stratford. We are fairly...

OP has been asked to pay £235.20 for the fare from Bristol to Edinburgh which might be appropriate if he made that entire journey on CrossCountry without a ticket. However, he says that after he was challenged he realised he was on the wrong route. He then told the inspector that he would get...

Thanks for all the advice. I made good use of this when I travelled on Tuesday last, 25th. I obtained the change of route excess in advance (just 60p as I only needed it for the return journey – I would have abandoned the outward journey if there had been delays) and this gave peace of mind in...

Thanks. If you think this official connection is too tight, I’ll get 1730 PFY to arrive MAN 1845 giving 40 mins. The point remains, though, that the 1925 is the last train to BSK via BAN. What is the process for free re-routing if it is cancelled and how do I get authority to take 2015 to...