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If you do email that address, which I agree is sensible, stick purely to correcting your details and apologising for giving the wrong ones. Don’t get into any more detail ie apologising for not having a railcard, asking for a settlement etc, as that email address is not to be used for that type...

Slower, too much hassle, and not as pleasant a journey. And so the Liz Line and Thameslink was the optimal journey for us.

Which has reminded me to thank again those who gave advice. I chose the Oyster version and all went fine. Since then I’ve been travelling around the Emilia Romagna and Tuscany regions of Italy on clean, prompt, fast electric regional trains with lots of luggage space between seating. But that’s...

If you check where the change of trains is for those options, you will probably find that they are routed differently, and thus may be eligible for advance tickets? I note the 0949 gets in after the 1000, and seems to involve a change at Bristol Parkway.

I’m a bit puzzled, as the only way the railway ever went north from Merthyr was by heading back south for some distance (past what was then the A470) before turning off to the west and curving back north.

That seems fair enough. Of more interest is what will be done to police it at KX and Stevenage.

It looks fine to me, and I think the comment about being out of the country is pitched appropriately too.

No, and I think investors are having the same concerns as the title of the thread with regard to an over abundance of test tracks, loopy or not.

For clarity I had only meant in relation to the period of fare evasion noted in the OP. Which did say before which all fares were paid properly. So I think my advice is consistent with @WesternLancer’s in that they should come clean that they have done it before and on more than one occasion.

I agree with the above that to avoid the need for a discussion with them you need to come clean as to the extent of your fare evasion, and offer to fully compensate them for the railway’s loss. You should probably explain that you are out of the country, but I’m not sure I would tell them you...

“You must use the outward portion of your ticket before you use the return portion” seemed fairly unambiguous to me. 1757493181 Acknowledging that others have disputed my assertion, there is a way of spotting it, if an e-ticket is purchased and the return portion is used immediately it could be...

Just using the return part of the ticket is not allowed under the Conditions of Travel and so should not be put forward as a suggestion to save money, regardless as to how tempting it sounds.

I recall an enhancement to the layout on the Harrogate side of York station was cancelled at a few days notice recently, on government instruction. At the time it was noted that the contract penalties at that stage probably meant little or no cost saving over having the work done. So hopefully...

Reading the OP the planning application said it was for electrification, but despite the “pausing” of that project it is still going ahead. Good if NR is managing to get a bit more critical pre-wiring work done somehow.

Low entry and exit speeds are generally a big issue in reducing capacity. There was an article in Modern Railways a few months ago discussing this issue as it affects the WCML north of Preston and how maybe the railway is waking up to the problem. Strange really, as it seems blindingly obvious...

I don’t advise this. 5 mins is too short a time for someone unfamiliar with the station, especially if the TfW is a minute or two late.

I made the same point some months ago and completely agree.

Well I would assume the Welsh Govt has already decided that it can afford to run the services. And the original carve up was 30 years ago, so not unreasonable for the Welsh Govt to ask for the right to run services to Bristol.