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And if this is the case, they are mugs for not buying singles from the preceding station to Eastleigh to flash at the RPIs when alighting at Eastleigh!

If I was, I'd be using them to support my argument.

Yes it is. If I take a library book out for a month and take it back after two days, the library have done well. SWT in this case have actually saved money, there are two spare empty seats between Eastleigh and their destination, they won't be using facilities onboard for as long etc. What...

Pendolino interior doors are lethal! Amazed nobody has been injured in them, particularly someone quite frail.

Speed Limits are there to protect lives. The T&Cs of an advance Megatrain ticket are not. As one commenter of the article writes, what happens if you leave the train as you're feeling unwell before your destination? Are you liable for an absurd penalty fare then too? Nobody is in full...

The T&Cs are irrelevant, everyone agrees to T&Cs every day of their life and breaks them! Common sense needs to be used. The railways try and promote these discount tickets and then behave like bullies when the rules are broken even though they've lost no money by this couples action. The...

What everyone forgets is that most of us on this forum are railway geeks and understand these things. The majority of the travelling public don't. These stories simply make the railway out to be a bureaucratic world of it's own policed by SS type jobsworths which simply puts people in their...

Absolutely absurd, they've not set out to cheat the system or rob revenue from the railways. It's things like this that put people off the railways and into their cars.

They only have 4 tables per carriage and the seats are very upright and I suppose they're similar to the bulk of the SW Trains more recent stock. You do feel very high up in the 442s, you're right.

Fascinating trip, would be keen to hear how you go on but I would imagine it will be tough and you won't have a moment to yourself once across the border apart from in your hotel room in Pyongyang. I'd also be intrigued as to if they let you look out of the windows once across the border given...

Only lived down South for just over a year so are the Connex 377 interiors the ones with blue, red and grey seats? They are much much comfier and easier on the eye than the brash green. Also, the luggage racks are better too as they are glass rather than have holes in them, making it impossible...

Anyone else experienced problems with Southern getting the doors shut on Class 442s? Had it happen to myself a few times within the last few months on the 22.19 service from Brighton to East Croydon which I'm a regular on and seen a few come to grief at East Croydon with the same problem. Had...

On my situation though, I had no alternative but to continue my journey as normal and go through the barriers to get to the Northern Line as this is the only way to St Pancras from East Croydon (it's even advertised as such on the boards at Croydon). It's absurd that a London Bridge gate...

Indeed, strange that it swallowed it given it was made out to St Pancras and not generic London Terminals. I was going to try and raise the issue with the gate staff but I only had 40 minutes to get to St Pancras so just decided to use my oyster on the Northern line. May write another letter...

Perhaps actually read my post in future? "After this experience I bought an extension at Hove in the morning when changing trains, the ticket was a "Norwood Junction to London St Pancras" and not a "London Stations" ticket." I bought the ticket 7 hours before the journey. I'm covered up to...

I sent a complaint to FCC about that and just got the standard "will investigate it with the member of staff but cannot comment further." etc. Incidently this might be something for another thread but yesterday I travelled upto Sheffield from Portslade. After this experience I bought an...

Appeal Successful! Hurrah! Appears they've thrown the PF out on the grounds of the queueing times at Brighton station rather than anything else. Still leaves me confused with future journeys regarding buying extensions to my gold card at Excess Fares windows.

It isn't, it shows that the staff at the excess fares windows are human beings who understand common sense and modern day travel plans rather than bureaucrats who insist on playing everything by the book and needlessly annoying a good customer. Most people in my position would have gone to...

Very true, it's often the case that you need to stand up to the RPI's and start bullying them rather than being bullied and acting superior to them. I was already late for meeting my friend so I just swallowed it and got on with it. After reading this thread I'll certainly be fighting harder in...

Away for the weekend so will be very brief. Not trying it on, only trying to do the same thing I've done numerous times before at other London interchanges. Certainly quicker to go to Brighton and change there and try and a buy a ticket there than get the 19.18 to Victoria which arrives at...