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A bit of a rant based on personal experiences, wth some thoughts and a few anecdotes: It would appear to me that we are in no better shape than the American Wild West or, say, the German Democratic Republic, to use another somewhat different example. We have many rules, policies and...

Having recently returned from a holiday in Northern Ireland I have three Northern Irish banknotes. I honestly didn't expect any trouble spending them here in England as I have only ever once had a Scottish note not accepted (in a bar in Newcastle under Lyme a good number of years ago) out of...

Hi, NI railways have delay repay now, I know that and can find the T&Cs for mLink tickets, but none for iLink. I was delayed by approx. 30 minutes (I think) on a journey today, how would I go about claiming? Also I used the iLink ticket on the coach from Belfast to Giants Causeway and a couple...

Is anyone else having issues with the Greater Anglia website and telesales? I just tried to book a sailrail ticket to Belfast on the Greater Anglia website, getting the following message: Your payment has not been authorised, please contact our customer service team quoting reference code DM3...

I'm looking to get from York to thirsk. However the last gc service isn't shewn by the journey planners or departure boards online. What's going on?

Hi. I know I usually make a big song and dance about not buying e-tickets but today I thought I'd give it a try. What a foolish decision that was. Travelling from thirsk to York, I decided to buy a CDR from Northallerton to York route tpe only and have it delivered as an e ticket on the tpe...

I do wonder what the meaning behind this is. It seems to be put there by Google. Could it be that ATOC haven't paid Google for what they should have? What was wrong with the .pdf maps anyway? And are they not paying Google when they should be perhaps?

Evening all, Having travelled to Waterloo from Staines on a paper ticket, I went to catch the tube to the cross/pancake. However I made the mistake of 'touching in' on the open exit gatelines for national rail. I realised the mistake as soon as I had to touch in properly on the tube gateline...

Can anybody tell me the restrictions of code IO, as used for the new TPE only SSR from Northallerton to York? It is missing from both NRE and brfares.com. Ugh, surely it should be a basic part of a consumer contract that restrictions are available for passengers to see. How can anyone be...

Hi chaps and chappesses, I think I know the answer to this (i'm presuming no), but would a Northern special offer ticket be included in the blanket Northern ticket acceptance as outlined in this URL? https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/news/latest-news/1894-ticket-acceptance Northern tickets...

Doing some late night compare and contrast on fares increases by TPE I noticed a shockingly bad value ticket is going up even further. Northallerton to James Cook is increasing from £16.10 SDR to an astonishing £16.40 SDR. Is it the case that this fare is not regulated? There's no SVR but I...

I hold a standard class annual season ticket from Thirsk to York. I just noticed on the TPE website that I am eligibile for free first class upgardes on a weekend. This would make travel much more bearable coming back from work late on a Saturday night, but the guards often don't put in an...

I understand that CIV tickets allow one to take the next available service and to be put up in a hotel at the companies' expense if things go belly up. I have a sailrail ticket via Holyhead Stena to Dublin Port for the 3rd of March. It said when booking that CIV rules apply. Given that...

I'm planning of perhaps doing an interrail one country pass of Ireland, but have a few questions: How would I have proof of residency? It mentions government issued documents, naturally I have a UK passport and I am also a UK-born, UK citizen, but I understand I have to have proof I'm normally...

On the 25th October, passengers headed to Thirsk on the last TPE service back to Newcastle were asked to travel to Northallerton and change onto the rail replacement bus back to Thirsk, this itinerary was given on all the journey planners despite no formal doubleback easement in the routeing...

I believe the next NFM isn't out yet, but from the journey planners (specifically the Crosscountry mobile app) I have noticed on every existing 8A restricted off-peak fare priced by TPE, from the not too distant future it is now showing that the off peak fare is no longer valid before 0900...

The new VTEC website and WebTIS seem to show Carnforth to Morecambe as being valid to change at Lancaster, as one would expect them to. However any sheepline based planners and mobile app don't seem to allow this, showing only through trains. I take it it's a difference in how the permitted...

Just on a coach back to Thirsk, service 1N94 having forgotten to call there. I have to say he or she chose a good time to overshoot given there was a rail replacement bus already running to Thirsk! But it wasn't meant for us originally! Maybe causing some ECML disruption too as the guard had...

My dad, who does not use trains very often, has had to make a journey from Hull to Thirsk for work purposes. He narrowly missed the 1503 departure to York and was advised by booking office staff to travel to Leeds. I had advised him to get the hull trains service to Donny and travel back to...

I see it is mentioned in passing in the news, that in addition to harsher penalties for speeders and more lenient penalties for TV licence dodgers, we have new sentencing guidelines for railway fare evaders...