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So glad I'm not doing that commute right now... I'd be on the Overground for the next few weeks if I were - at least you get a (sideways facing) seat.

I think it was a couple of years before that. I certainly remember getting tickets in the post that I'd ordered online in 1998 or 99 to get back home from University.

I used to travel through Vauxhall in the morning and evening peaks and there was never a queue. At Victoria mind you...

Personally, I would send this and append to the note that you consider the matter closed because of x y & z. If they continue to contact you over the matter with anything other than confirmation that the matter is closed, you reserve the right to charge the court mandated £18 per hour in dealing...

The one in Chichester town centre is closed a lot, I know that, but I'm pretty sure that there are ones on the ECML that are closed for most of the hour.

Do you get it for £3.30 on contactless? I haven't used it yet, but would quite like to.

Not sure whether it still does but the 283 goes to Barnes Wetland Centre, or something like that.

It's complicated because whether the passenger hops the train or not, that train will still run, the staff will still be there, the station will be open etc etc etc. If you drive off without paying for petrol, the retailer had petrol, but now it's in your tank. In the railway's case, you haven't...

I think you'd be surprised at how much an experienced person can take in at a glance. It took me a while but at work I can spot errors and anomalies very quickly now, fast enough to get people to wonder how I do it. It's skill worth learning, but you can sort of relax your eyes and let your...

I lol'd. That's a pretty fair assessment of monopoly power and why it's a bad thing.

I need to dig it out, but I'm pretty sure a company (debt collection iirc) got a pretty hard spanking in court for quoting legislation that they couldn't (wouldn't) use. The 'form letter' excuse was trotted out, but was swatted down pretty quickly. Something about intimidation, I think...

I wish you could specifically book *not* to be in a quiet coach. Any amount of noise in a non-quiet coach doens't bother me at all. Noise above the level that *I* think is appropriate in a quiet coach drives me beserk. :lol:

You wait 6 months after the event so they can't charge you with a criminal offence, then you go to small claims and claim it back. You have 6 years to claim money back via small claims.

Or someone for whom the prinicple is more important than the money and can afford it. They are out there.

The 8:15 from Watford is an 8 car as well! Bushey is unbarriered I think because it has 2 exits, so would cost too much in terms of staffing. The station is run by London Overground, and I would imagine the vast majority of evasion there is on the LM trains. It is staffed - it has 2 windows...

They have - it was a right pain for people who just lived near LO stations, as they couldn't issue TOD from the machines. Now they can, it's way better.

Thanks Matt.

So now that I've got a contactless card, with no railcard, can I just use my contactless now and dump my oyster and be no worse off, even with these changes?

I was thinking of Tron-Style neon piping... :lol: (Package enhancing outfit optional...)

Does the 8:15 Watford to Euston LM train still pull into platform 7 at Euston? No barriers there at all. You can even travel from Bushey (no barriers) for an easier time. They did have security staff there when I was commuting, but since they both go for their fag break at the same time, you...