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Surely the validity of a ticket and the validity of a railcard are two separate things . I can buy a discounted ticket without a relevant card & vice versa. A discounted ticket is only valid where the two validities overlap and in the case mentioned, they do not after 2359 hrs on the day of...

I am advised by stylists and designers that ones perception of "difference" often varies by culture , western culture often just looks at overall shape of two items but eastern, more at the minutia of the detail. Having said that , as an engineer I tend toward the minutia , often I say...

What is the position if staff at Birmingham International, tell one to board at any door and sit in any available seat including 1st, if travelling to New street on a service terminating there.? Often done especially if large crowds coming from NEC. Is the say so of station staff good enough?

Must admit I am not entirely surprised. A lot of the timbers are hidden from each other.

I too am getting fed up with cancellations and late running of TFW services in the last couple of weeks and indeed the whole of this last summer . Last week Newtown to Aberystwyth . Train terminated at Machynlleth as it was 35 mins late , bus replacement to Aberystwyth. Yesterday 07:10...

I was asked for name when buying a Heart of Wales Circular from TfW & it was printed on the ticket (ccst)

I would say University to Porthmadog is a wider journey as it cannot be made solely on a TFW service

I am finding this thread very interesting as the OP experience is totally at odds to mine when I got on the wrong train a few years ago at Milton Keynes when Virgin was a TOC . . I was travelling from Bletchley to Hereford on a Sunday Via Milton Keynes (MKC) and Birmingham New street ( BHM)...

If you buy a railcard over the counter at a ticket office, do you get a reminder, or is that only if bought online?

My thoughts as well, I wouldn't know exactly what "Fast" means . I presume it means it doesn't stop at intermediate stations?

Are the Fishplate bolts on jointed track still Whitworth threads ?

I took my HNC engineering examination in 1968, and I believe that was the last one in imperial units. The next year was SI units . I did a a resit of my Applied heat in 1969 and that was SI units. I then spent the rest of my working life in the motor industry using both and initially having...

I have claimed successfully without exception on a number of occasions for a Taxi fare from a TOC due to a late running train making me miss the last bus of the day to my home destination . On all occasions they have stated it was an ex gratia payment , as they claim they are not liable for...

I spoke yesterday to someone who recently worked at Woofferton and he said the rail system frequency and radio frequency transmissions from the site are very close together . From memory he said one being 3.995 MHz and the other 3.954 MHz . I would be easy for the one to overpower the...

When I worked for Rover we had the same issues on some early electronic engine management on vehicles when driving past the Long Wave transmitter at Droitwich. The engines would cut out, All resolved with with careful design of the ecu's and wiring . The 158's design should comply with various...

Just to put the settlement figure in perspective, my local paper today has an item concerning a court case of of an individual " failing to produce a valid rail ticket" for an £8.30 fare and was fined £220 plus compensation of £8.30 plus costs of £150 and victim surcharge of £34 . Total...

I would suggest such a call would just add to confusion as its meaningless unless advised what the brace position is .

Last week I travelled to Aberdovey from Newtown and used the TVM to purchase a Day return fare used my Debit Card . I noticed there was a tab for Permit to Travel available on the screen and presume it is if you want to pay Cash and the machine only takes Cards . In the past I have not given it...

I had the DVLA sending mail to my address for the previous owner. Having been told they no longer resided at my address the DVLA continued. I then sent then a letter say that if I had any further correspondence , I would treat it as harassment and report it as such. Whether it was this that...

I was on the Servern Valley railway last week and one could see water vapour venting from the heaters on each coach along the train.