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The deterioration in the R number over the last 3 weeks does not fill me with confidence: BBC: Coronavirus R number 15 May 2020 5 June 2020 England NE & Yorks 0.80 0.89 Midlands 0.68 0.90 East 0.71 0.94 London 0.40 0.95 South East 0.73 0.97 South West 0.76 1.00...

BBC report that 'A train passenger's lengthy fight for compensation from a rail company got to the stage where bailiffs were "pursuing them at their registered office"'. Phil Davies claimed compensation and won a legal case, but said he was left waiting for about £300 from Northern. On 10...

The documents associated with the TfL 2015 price increase announcement tell us that an Oyster Card early return charge will be introduced in 2015.

Deerfold raises a point of law which I think merits discussion in a separate thread from Northern to introduce evening peak restrictions .... Two types of stock are used for West Yorkshire Day Rovers. Tickets sold at railway stations are issued on credit card sized stock. Scratch-off tickets...

Yesterday, I used an Advance single ticket to travel on the 1624 Lancaster - Manchester Piccadilly 1729. I had a seat reservation in Coach E. At Lancaster, I was surprised that the 3-coach train contained Coaches A, B and C only. When the train arrived at Manchester, it did indeed have a Coach...

I'm pleased to see that the Validity is beginning to be printed on train tickets. But an unfamiliar Code is used. For example, I have an Off-Peak Return (SVR) London Terminals - Kings Lynn route Via Cambridge ticket. Below the price on the ticket, there is printed Validity 72. But the...

Section 7 - Integrated fares Contents 7.1 PlusBus 7.2 Bus & Tram Links 7.3 London Underground & DLR 7.4 Eurostar through ticketing 7.5 Rail & Sail to Ireland & other British Isles destinations 7.6 Rail & Sail to Continental Europe 7.7 CIV protections 7.8 Preserved Railways 7.9 Other tourist...

In the Permitted Route Falkirk to Glasgow thread, PaulLothian asked and In 1996, the first National Routeing Guide contained a small list of 12 Local Easements which were just that, relaxations of Routeing Guide rules to allow journeys that strict adherence to the rules would forbid...

I'm finding that the East Coast web only Super Off-Peak Single can be booked by a Permitted route between one of the relevant ECML stations and St Pancras via Sheffield, but not by a Permitted route to or from Liverpool St via Cambridge. I would not expect this from the terms & conditions...

For some years, East Coast has advertised a 10% discount on its lower tiers of Advance tickets, and has actually operated a discount of 11%. This discount appears to have been lowered. For example, a £56 ticket is now reduced to £50.95, a reduction of 9.02%, and the web site now claims "Online...

Virgin recently changed the rules regarding travel with certain national Railcard-discounted Off-Peak tickets at times when the undiscounted ticket would not be valid. The old wording was: From 30 August 2011, the new wording is: This generated a debate in the Mature Students Railcard...

The final report of the Research project on fares, which fed into McNulty's Rail Value for Money study, has been placed on the website of the Office of Rail Regulation. The fares report has 229 pages.

I'm hoping to make a trip on the Heart of Wales line tomorrow and I'm confused by the fares and routeing. It's not made easier by working from a mobile device with low bandwidth. It seems to me that many fares on this line have two routeings, eg. Could someone with better access to the...

GC are repeating the promotion from their West Yorkshire stations to Kings Cross, this time at £39 return. Details are:

From The Observer: "Train operators are pushing for easyJet-style extremes in ticket pricing with radical proposals likely to meet fierce opposition from passengers' groups. ... Elaine Holt, chairman of government-owned East Coast, said a forthcoming review of fares by the Association of...

I have just received an email from East Coast telling me that from "early October" they will charge Standard passengers for WiFi - up to 15 mins free then £4.95 for 60 mins or £9.95 for 24 hours.

Eurostar Brussels tickets currently include travel to/from Any Belgian Station. This ends on 11 October, after which tickets to/from Brussels Midi will be valid to/from some 30 stations in Brussels only. Travel to/from the rest of Belgium from 12 October will cost a single journey supplement of...

It is reported in this thread on uk.railway that First Group and ATW are running their Club 55 discount scheme again this autumn. A few comments from me: I haven't seen any prices yet. ScotRail is not included in the list of participating First Group companies. ScotRail ran a Club 55 promotion...

Independent review to get better value for money in rail asked to give early initial report

From 00.01 on Saturday 29 May until about 11.00 on Sunday 30 May it will not be possible to book Advance tickets or to make or amend seat or bicycle reservations or assistance for passengers. This will apply at stations, via call centres or over the internet for travel by any National Rail train...