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By setting aside certain areas as "first class accommodation", standard class seating in that train has been somehow reduced. So there is less seating and room available to passengers holding standard class tickets. From that we can extrapolate, I think, that the operator is running trains...

As a note, if not wanting or needing to travel to East Croydon I'd be inclined to buy the ticket from Redhill to Shoreham-by-Sea and in any case before travelling go to brfares.com to print out the conditions [4B]. There it states, "... the outward portion of Off-Peak Returns are valid for...

I think, in fairness to Govia, that the intention is to merge operations and introduce new fares, probably fares that are valid on both TOCs. In the past, Thameslink was a competing TOC into London but, generally speaking, its trains were older and stopped at (often many) more stations than...

I don't see anything about Keygo on Brighton & Hove Buses website, for example. It mentions that one has to have a separate The Key card if travelling by train; a perfect example of technology making things worse not better. http://www.buses.co.uk/tickets/key.aspx I was about to give up...

When will be it possible to pre-purchase a rail ticket with PlusBus add-on so that, after purchasing say a day ahead, one has a seamless travel solution with PlusBus from home to the local station then to the destination ... including railcard discounts where applicable. In other words, with...

"London" is a big place. And you did not state if you need to travel before 9:30. Depending where you live, you can buy (for example) an off-peak day return to Southend Stations from East Croydon at £22.90; from Seven Sisters at £18.80; from Stratford at as little as £13. Best thing is...

I've learned so much since joining and occasionally been able to contribute, now that I've mastered at least some of the arcane world of rail ticketing. It's also been a great place to research rail history, like rolling stock for example. There's something for everyone who travels by...

How about two season tickets, as follows: Slough - London Z5-6 £1528 route "any permitted" Eastbourne - London Z1-6 £5272 route "any permitted" Seems to me that this would allow any routeing including via Windsor to Feltham. Horribly expensive, though. Perhaps the latter one could be...

I see many trains from Swindon to High Wycombe at a £15 Advance fare, the first one being at 12:11. If there's no need to arrive before early afternoon and the small additional cost is affordable that seems a lot more convenient than some of the alternatives.

In the link is a recent article on pricing by SNCF, which looks at many of the issues and explains the current pricing of tickets in France where of course SNCF still enjoys a monopoly. Prices are based on distance, but it's much more complicated than that. SNCF has a maximum price cap...

The problem with radical changes is not privatisation per se, but having signed a contract with numerous operators one can't just change all the terms halfway through. I'm also suggesting that if all TOC contracts expire on some future date they can then be re-let on a different basis. Italy...

Seems to me ... if the fares had always been mileage based then it would be the norm (as in France) and the only discussions here would centre around discounted advance fares of various kinds. As it is, each TOC has a contract for several years based on revenue from existing ticketing prices...

http://www.sncf.com/en/trains/ouigo "We go ..."

There's a long historical discussion about the 1996 changes here: http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.railway/h-EvT3VqrpQ

This can be done on an off-peak return Gospel Oak - West Worthing at £21.65, which is valid via Lewes and Gatwick. No need to travel via Lewes on the way out. If you are returning to the UK within a month, you can use the return portion from Gatwick to Gospel Oak. Then simply a matter of...

If I am understanding this correctly, the fare conditions (7B in this case) are inappropriate. One can choose travel from so many starting points within the Network South East area and destinations outside the network area and end up with the same or similar restrictions. Should there...

I assume we are talking here about the "Heathrow Rail" fare at £39 single. If you go on the Southern website you clearly see that the route is via Paddington. I don't know if that's the only (permitted) route, but all trains shown are only to Paddington, then Victoria Line to Victoria and...

Interesting question. I had no idea this fare even existed. If you go to www.southernrailway.com and enter Heathrow, one of the options that comes up is Heathrow Rail. The fare is £39 single and various expensive return fares are also offered. Quite clearly it is Heathrow Express that is...

If your daughter plans to travel anywhere else that day (e.g. onward from Victoria, or perhaps go out that evening using public transport) then an "Off Peak Day Travelcard Gatwick to London Zones 1-6" at £13.50 is just the ticket. It will allow use of any train that stops at East Croydon...

Surely here the route outlined (via Vauxhall) is within 3 miles of the shortest route so in all such cases there is no need to stick to a mapped route (or one shown as valid by journey planners) ... and if the ticket has a Maltese Cross then it is valid for a journey on the Underground...