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Maybe that's a solution then, encourage staff to do so more regularly, especially if they're passing through anyway to check tickets etc. But failing that, having drunk people on public transport is infinitely safer than the alternative of having drunk people using other methods of transport.

So what? If I've shelled out £100 for a London - Manchester return, the last thing I may want is a young family meaning I have to watch my language, commuters taking up loads of space with spread-out newspapers, or babies screaming and crying. That doesn't mean I can expect them all to be banned...

Well where do we want these people? Behind the wheel, or on a train? It's public transport. You have to put up with the public, including those members of it you don't like. As long as they're not assaulting people or whatever, let them be. Maybe have a quiet carriage or two.

The whole thing is really quite infantalising. Treating passengers like a bunch of rowdy teenagers rather than people who've paid good money to travel and are capable of deciding for themselves whether or not to have a few drinks.

If someone asks for a seat - ideally politely, of course - I'd always give it to them. You never know if there's a circumstance such as an invisible disability that makes said person less able to stand, and they shouldn't have to explain at length every time they travel. I do think it might be...

And rightly so. People are not, realistically, going to spend three figures on a taxi to get home if they're a distance away. If you take away the option of public transport, at least a portion of them are going to drive.

Huh - thought it'd be the much higher peak cap. Interesting. Thanks so much for all the advice though, it's massively appreciated!

Ah, when I looked through National Rail it was offerring me what looks like an off-peak 1-6 travelcard for £8.60, which is cheaper than Oyster both ways (£6.60 peak out, £2.70 off-peak going back for £9.30 total). But confusingly it says there's an afternoon peak going towards Elstree but not...

I'm looking at going from Farringdon to Elstree & Borehamwood arriving at about 6pm on Thursday, and going back at about 10pm. I've not used Thameslink before, but it looks like the outward journey counts as off-peak if I buy a paper ticket but as peak if I use my Oyster? And that as a result...

I'd certainly make sure you keep something proving your prescription and that you'd have been taking it at the time in the hope this leads them to view things sympathetically.

No. You've committed a criminal offence. You don't get to decide when or how it's dealt with. Get your mail re-directed and wait for the letter.

You're supposed to inform the DVLA immediately, and as soon as your application is submitted cut the old license in two and post it to them. A staff member assuming that the ID offered is being held in accordance with the law isn't unreasonable.

You can try asking your doctor to write to them but no guarantees at all - unfortunately they're very unlikely to listen to such a request from you because so many people claim the same thing.

Yep, no facilities for paying whatsoever at either station, no staff, no ticket machines. The conductor very rarely reaches the front of the train in the timespan the journey takes either (some trains it's too busy, others they generally don't go around for the first couple of stops and it's too...

Yep they did, then scrawled over it to make clear it had already been used.

Hiya, I live in a fairly remote area and often take the train on a small branch line. There are two stations very close to each other, and the fares from either of them are identical in off-peak hours. The service is buy on board because we don't have any ticketing facilities at the stations...

One-off incidents though are quite different to a service that seems to be delayed almost as often as it's on time. You shouldn't be allowed to advertise a service you're consistently failing to actually deliver.

Why on earth should the railway get to decide what does and doesn't count? Can I say that I don't have money for my whole fare but I'll pay 70% of it so that's okay?

Is your anxiety formally diagnosed? It may be worth asking your GP if they could provide you with a letter stating this and that it can cause forgetfulness/the "foggy days" you describe.

Even if he had been drunk - so what? Since when was it illegal to be drunk on a train? It's actually a sensible way to get home after a night out compared to trying to walk or, even worse, drive. None of the staff member's business.