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Indeed. But it doesn’t stop a ‘master operator’ owned by the state being the dominant player and offering a comprehensive ticketing solution. Look to Germany with the DB Navigator site and app as the ideal solution. I can buy a ticket that includes the bus to the station, then a local train...

Perhaps if it’s the case that the admin charge is not compliant, with the settlement reached and liability presumably discharged, a complaint separately may be of use? Or would it be worth waiting until the six months have passed just in case before lodging a complaint?

Waiting for the letter is usually advisable. You've little to gain by contacting them early. On the contrary, you could end up incriminating yourself further. They have 6 months to lay papers before the court. There's also the (very slim) chance they run out of time to prosecute if...

I think there’s a little confusion here. There are two distinct railway stations, Kings Cross and St Pancras. They are very nearby. So nearby that there’s a tube station to serve both of them called Kings Cross St Pancras. So unless you were spoken to on the tube you were spoken to at St Pancras.

Can be used for cheap flights with Virgin and partner airlines (Air France and KLM typically feature) or indeed against bookings for train tickets (not sure this is the best value use though or what the reward percentage is) along with a lot of other things. The website can be browsed easily if...

I use a mixture of sites, apps and the ticket office. Main app I use is Virgin Trains Ticketing for Virgin Red Points, though its split ticketing facility is rudimentary at best. I also use Hull Trains but only to obtain the Hull Leisure Return, which they’ve annoyingly limited to their own...

In the event there are no ticketing facilities at all left at Theale you can legitimately pay on the train or at Reading (whichever opportunity comes first). But I think theale also has a ticket office in the morning anyway :smile:

Ask for a certificate of deadlock and take it to the ombudsman. You are entitled the value of the more expensive ticket back.

If the op is buying anytime day returns why the need to buy so far in advance anyway? Surely in this case it’d have been easier and cheaper to go to the ticket office? I like e tickets too but they’re not worth £2.99! However I do second the idea of a cheap contract. Sometimes can be as...

Have to say the queries I’ve done on TPE and northern set fares have impressed me so far. Even almost all unregulated fares appear frozen. I’m actually beginning to wonder if they’re fully in the database!

Call me cynical but how come this level of throwing the towel in never happens in the Network Area?

That's a good point: I've only twice seen people removed from a train due to intoxication (ok once due to intoxication, during the day, and once for pulling the passcom and attempting to then use the egress handle following a state of intoxication). and never seen them reported for prosecution...

Already covered by Byelaw 6(4): If it was because the passenger was too drunk it's also almost certainly covered by Byelaw 4.

Given how easily PRTs are damaged and the printing of rover tickets on such stock, I’d say the need for ticket wallets is as great as ever. They just need to adjust the size now to make PRTs fit.

I'll be honest, if these products have been withdrawn completely it's no great loss. I always found them poor value for money compared to the Northern priced rovers that allow travel with any TOC, unless things changed in later years? For a little more you got a lot more flexibility...

This. And also when it was due to go up by inflation, and even if it wasn't, it's a real terms saving provided there is actually some inflation (which there is).

Well he beats David "Compulsory Reservations" Horne. But isn't he Alex "Penalty Fake" Hynes?

Even if there are more passengers, I've observed the following in my own travel patterns: If there's a reasonably priced flexible ticket option and there's a chance I could do with (ie. not necesarilly absloutely need) some flexibility, I'll purchase that even if it costs a bit more. If...

To be honest, it depends where that 'near somewhere' is. Meadowhall is reasonable for Sheffield with good onward connections - probably actually faster than running the coach in in the case of the train. Also not only to Sheffield but to other places nearby, in parrticular Doncaster. The only...

I’d ask if you can take the complaint further and if not ask for a deadlock letter, then take it to the chocolate fire guard ombudsman.