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Of course there's no reason with some redesign of the printing format and possibly resolution, an orange piece of cardboard that has origin, destination, ticket type, date and reservations printed on it and encoded in a magnetic stripe to open a LU ticket barrier, can't also have a scannable...

I had the pleasure of being on Crewe station during a torrential rainstorm last year and the rain pouring through parts of the roof near platforms 7 and 8. That said, while not what it was Crewe does not make me sad. It is as busy as ever. I find it much sadder to see stations which have seen...

Niche and proud :lol:

This is undoubtedly true. If I had bought the ticket I'd have been confident in asserting my rights to use it, and may well not have encountered a single ticket check or staff member all evening anyway.

Not to mention the wall of the grand ballroom at Trainsplit Towers!

Well, not zero, as @walkingsophie will attest! I might also wish to leave and reenter the station to get food, and wouldn't want to have to explain myself to multiple gatelines (if they are gated, I know Stafford isn't)

Indeed, and one of the options offered by Trainsplit as I was playing with itineraries, included a £6.80 Rugeley to Rugby WMR advance single with a two hour change at Tamworth and a one hour change at Nuneaton. But I felt that having an advance ticket checked/scanned three separate times on...

Well aware I am a niche passenger, and I am really rather proud of my rather huge collection of orange tickets, which no doubt one day my children will inherit and immediately take to the tip! I have never and will never evade the fare for even a small portion of any journey, I am very risk...

How do e-Tickets usually behave after a break of journey? Is it based on trust, location of scans or both? Say I'm on an Off-Peak Day Return from Peterborough to Ely. I scan my ticket at the barrier at Peterborough at 09:30 and I am scanned by the XC conductor approaching Whittlesea (unstaffed...

Yes I was under the impression you couldn't switch routes half way too, hence my comment in post 1 switching from Map TL to Maps BP+WM at Nuneaton to reach Birmingham.

I did have a thought after writing the opening post, and that is why not stay in Coventry, given the journey to the NEC is 9-18 minutes (Anytime Day Return £5.20), compared to Birmingham New Street which is also 9-18 minutes (Anytime Day Return £9.30) If I was indeed based in Coventry, I would...

I still use paper for a number of reasons. Are Trainline and other e-Tickets able to manage a mixture of "Mandatory Reservations" and "Optional Reservations". There was a report a couple of years ago now that all legs on an advance were listed under "Mandatory Reservations" whether they were...

I can certainly get an itinerary and it doesn't seem to violate the routeing guide... from my non expert reading of the routeing points... perhaps the Trainsplit/Forum staff could comment? @Mike395

Not bad thinking at £14.40, but I couldn't also visit Rugeley that way without additional tickets (Trainsplit offering split singles £33). Your suggestion made me look into Coventry to Tamworth, which could be used for BHI-BHM-NUN-TAM-NUN-BHM at only £13.30, but again no Rugeley. Coventry to...

During a business trip to Birmingham in July, I have decided to spend a weekday evening hopping down the Trent Valley, and am looking for the best way to ticket this, ideally flexibly, to include an hour or so at each of Rugeley Trent Valley, Tamworth and Nuneaton. The curves at Rugeley, and...

It's absolutely valid, you might want to print or bookmark the official NR restriction page to show if you are stopped again. It helps that it lists London Waterloo. Off peak is defined by the ticket, not the train time. https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ticket-types/validity/9i/ Lots of medium...

A new tactic today, starting with a medium sized interchange station that I am very familiar with, from which I know the journey times to all points very well. But not too big or too central that would provide too many possibilities and wouldn't narrow it down much. Paid off... got it in two!

I have a similar plan to use the H&C at about 11am from Kings Cross to Paddington on 19th May and was wondering how early things would wind down. I had to find my way from Marylebone to Liverpool St on 22nd April in mid afternoon and the service was sparse on most lines despite the strike...

Got it in three the last three days. This is a brilliant game! I find that the walking connections narrow it down as they can only be in a few cities!

Thought I'd return to the thread to add that, partly inspired by this thread, I have added Brighton to Southampton to my list although didn't have time to go out of my way to connect from the full length of Cambridge to Brighton at Brighton. I will soon have completed Swansea to Shrewsbury via...