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So, as we all know, buying an e-ticket after boarding or after departure of the train is generally a big no-no (assuming station has appropriate ticket-selling facilities). But, imagine this scenario: passenger holds an unused ticket, which would be valid on the journey they're trying to make...

Stansted-Bishop's Stortford-Cambridge is definitely a permitted route on a Stansted-Cambridge ticket - confirmed by NR route planner, Stansted station staff and GA guards. The question here is if travelling on a London-Cambridge makes any difference in this case. On one hand, if I can break my...

Not quite sure how I missed that :lol: At least it's the same price as what I found.

A few days ago, I flew into Stansted and was heading to Cambridge. I had the return portion of an anytime return Cambridge-London Terminals. This ticket is valid on this route, but this time I just missed the direct train to Cambridge, and the quickest alternative was to catch a train to...

I might be travelling between Cambridge and Oxford fairly regularly, potentially at peak times. There doesn't seem to be an anytime return or off-peak return on that route, but I found that for off-peak return, I can do Cambridge-Tackley (or any station up to Banbury) for £60.10 (I have a 16-25...

We all know that break of journey is generally permitted, as is short stopping. On a route A-B-C-D-E I can therefore travel A-B, and then D-E on one ticket (within the validity of course). But what happens if a ticket allows for different routes? For example, Cambridge-London: can I travel...

Thanks for the replies. Another oddity I found, is that BR Fares seems to suggest that a regular Cambridge-London Terminals tickets is valid to City Thameslink, Blackfriars and London Bridge (but not Farringdon). Surely, this can't be true?

BR Fares shows those fares marked as NOT UNDERGROUND - but surely, Elizabeth Line is not classed as Underground? When putting this to a journey planner, direct Thameslink train or Great Northern to King's Cross, then changing at St Pancras shows correct price of £39.70 (with 16-25 railcard). If...

There definitely wasn't any announcement - I deliberately listened, because I knew GA normally has automated announcements for this on other trains. In fact, on the Greater Anglia website itself, if you look up a station where some doors don't open, e.g. Watlington, it clearly indicates that...

Last weekend, I decided to go to Berney Arms, and then cycle to Cromer. Never having been in Berney Arms, or even travelled through it, I had a look on Greater Anglia website if there's any particular area of the train I need to be in and I saw no such information. There were also no...

I had a bit of a random shower thought the other day. Let's say I have a season ticket between stations A and B, but one day I instead travel from A to C, which is the opposite direction (i.e. it's not covered by my season ticket). I then buy a single/return ticket A-C, but instead of using it...

I have a bit of theoretical questions, although it might apply to me at some point as I finish my journeys at earlier stations fairly often. Let's say I hold a return from station A to C, travelling via B. On my return, I intend to finish my journey in B, and the cheapest way to achieve this is...

Yeah, that's exactly what I assumed, thanks. Is there any particular reason why you cannot excess to a day travelcard though?

I commute Cambridge-London daily, normally with a a regular off-peak day return which costs me £18.85 with a railcard, and then walk to work near Euston. However, on days when I need to use tube in London for whatever reason, I instead get the GA-only off-peak day Z1-6 travelcard for £19 (recent...

Given how little the gate staff in Cambridge seem to know about peak/off-peak restrictions, I doubt they'd do anything. A few days ago, I wanted to board the 8:47 to Liverpool Street, scheduled to arrive at 10:15 with an off-peak ticket. Gate didn't open, and a staff member said it's still peak...

I agree, this wording is fairly clear to me - it's the actual arrival that matters. But... this works both ways then - what if a train scheduled to arrive London at 1000 (and such a train actually exists) is 1 minute early? That technically makes an off-peak ticket not valid on this service...

This is even more interesting than I initially expected. I'd actually interpret this, together with "VALID BY TRAINS DUE IN LDN AT/AFTER 1000 M-F" as the expected arrival time. I'd say, that 'expected to arrive' = 'due to arrive', to the extent that if a delayed train is expected to arrive at...

It's an off-peak day return, restriction is "Outward & Return: VALID BY TRAINS DUE IN LDN AT/AFTER 1000 M-F" I'm 80% sure it's true, and I think they only display the delayed times, not scheduled (other than the departure time). I'll double check later today (assuming there are any delays!)

In my case it's Cambridge-London, although the question is rather theoretical. Very rarely would those few minutes actually make a difference for me (although the first off-peak train tends to be quite crowded!). 1661156281 I believe that In Cambridge, the main departure boards only show the...

Let's say that on a particular route, a train is off-peak if it arrives into London after 10:00. I intend to take the first off-peak train of the day, arriving London at, let's say, 10:10. However, upon arriving at the station, I notice that an earlier train has been delayed and is now expected...