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I dislike entities that don't have emotions - like an automated announcement speaking on behalf of a faceless corporation - stating that they are "sad" or "sorry". Like "Great Western Railway apologises for this late running". Well, one, no it doesn't, not in any active sense; it's a...

This makes a lot of sense and probably accounts for why I prefer Voyagers to IETs - especially at night.

Don't forget Marsh Barton..!

My experience has been that the mere word "Moorgate" is enough for them to open the barriers instantly - the LU gateline seems to be well-trained on this.

Even if you've been issued with a Smartcard?

That's a fair point. I had forgot about your two-contract interpretation but I agree that it's quite persuasive. I would argue that the NRCoT and your rights as a passenger, however, are specific to the second contract that the railway enters into when you purchase the ticket or validate the...

Agreed. Do RTVs create a contract? Does being awarded Nectar points create a contract, because they're redeemable as tickets? Plainly not. I don't see how being issued with an Oyster or KeyGo card is any different.

When the card is validated/the tap in is accepted with a green light on the Oyster reader.

I agree with others that you don't have any contractual rights before you tap in. You're no different from anybody else that the railway hasn't agreed to do business with. The railway has to take some kind of "action" to do business with you and accept the contract - sell a ticket, validate a...

I don't think intent to travel on the passenger's part creates a contract with the railway. For example, if I board a local train at a station without a ticket machine, say King's Nympton, intending to buy a ticket to Birmingham New Street, but it turns out that the XC line is closed due to a...

Makes sense, thank you.

What does TAG-compliant mean here? (i.e. what's TAG?)

That's delightful. I hope that I hear of a train being cancelled due to a mishap!

I would assume one can claim compensation for the whole cost of the ticket (i.e. including the PlusBus supplement) but only against the delay in arriving at the railway station - not the time getting home.

I think I have also seen this at Didcot.

I'd never thought about this - I'll have to look out next time I'm on a train at night and see if the light's direct or indirect.

If this does become policy I forsee some uncomfortable arguments about what counts as cancelling 'because of your disability'.

I find GWR's IETs intolerable. It was actually the experience of using those trains regularly for a period that helped me realise I reacted to light: at first I thought it was just a coincidence that I felt nauseous and started getting a migraine when I was travelling back to Devon. Once I...

The last train westbound from Gospel Oak was cancelled the last time I was using the Mildmay line, which was an "amusing" surprise. We ended up walking to Finchley Road.

Is this so? If I'm sitting in the pub around the corner from the station with an Advance ticket, and I see that my train is an hour late so I stay for another drink, is it really true that I can't claim Delay Repay because there was an RRB I knew nothing about?