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Apologies if this has been posted before, but Cross Country now charge £1 to collect tickets from a ticket machine when booking via their website. I took my mouse elsewhere. The thin end of the wedge?

Thanks again. I thought it was too good to be true! I shall content myself with the other advantages a Gold Card offers.

Thanks - and with free Chiltern Trains travel at weekends, perfectly acceptable!

Now that the new South Western Railway franchise has lurched into life and the FAQ bit of their website confirms that they will not be issuing the six free tickets with new Gold Cards that the previous franchisee did (although they will honour existing freebies), the IoW Gold Card isn't quite...

A couple of years ago a (perfectly polite) conductor to told me that he and his Southeastern colleagues never bothered to check Oyster cards because all their card reader did was give a green light if the card was valid but didn't give them any other information about the card (starting zone etc.).

You can use "London Terminals" tickets on the Jubilee Line between Waterloo and London Bridge too if you want while the long term works at London Bridge are ongoing, which can be handy as morning peak trains out of Waterloo East and evening peak trains into Waterloo East don't currently stop at...

Thanks - I've just noticed the earlier thread about this. Seems like a recipe for chaos to me, especially with Advance tickets and people intentionally (or otherwise!) travelling on the wrong train.

I've booked, via the Virgin West Coast website, an off peak return from Euston to Blackpool North and at the time of booking reserved seats for the outward and return legs. I picked up the tickets from the ticket machine at my local (Southeastern) station the other day and when was bemused to...

At Charing Cross this evening, the 1654 to Dartford was diverted to run via Woolwich Arsenal rather than taking its normal Sidcup routing because of the derailment at Lewisham. The digitised station announcement system said (at least twice) that the train was formed of thirteen coaches. Has...

I don't think it's specifically mentioned in the publicity for the London Bridge changes, but if you've arrived at Cannon Street NR and suddenly realise you need to get to Waterloo, your PAYG won't be charged if you walk to Bank (it's not far - I usually go via St Swithins Lane, more or less...

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Chiltern Railways, by debit card plus using a voucher code they sent me.

For the first time ever yesterday, I encountered a problem when attempting to collect tickets ordered online from a ticket vending machine (TVM), a process I've carried out dozens of times without incident. The tickets (two advance singles, one for the outward journey and one for the return...