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So would I be better off now buying a standard class ALR instead of a first class one,
and buying an excess ticket for FC journey.
if getting an excess to FC does it have to be bought at ticket office or on train.
The problem is £50000 a year salary +10% increase =£55000
for a pensioner £9627 a year now +1o% increase = £10589.
pensioners pay same for fuel, food, and lots of other things.
I saved a lot for my pension to have a decent life afterwards.
between the figures above you see the problem.
the...
Why are people running down pensioners?
we get our pension. we have worked hard all our lives.
We pay taxes at the same rate as anyone else.
i hope that when you all reach your retirement age you enjoy it to the full.
so please stop bashing pensioners its not helpful we need money to live as well.
all pensions, state and private are all taxed at the normal tax rates. i really love my pass pass it gets older people out of the house, I also have a senior railcard a i do love trains aswell.
Just as the railway in a lot of places have new trains better timetables now than 50 years ago when I was a lad the unions just want to destroy it,
Whatever the outcome of this action, there will be real cuts in jobs thats modernisation. people who worked in retail, banks etc all thought they...
I think I read somewhere that delay repay is calculated using Working time tables and not public timetables their is a slight difference between the two.
Colchester Castle from train toward Ipswich.
St Botolphs Priory Colchester, from formerly St Botolphs station now Colchester Town.
Bury St Edmunds Cathedral after leaving station towards Cambridge and Ely.
Having lived all my life on the GEML there is engineering work nearly every weekend!
A lot worse now with loads oF RRB and extended journey times and people queueing for buses.
When I was a teenager Single line working was used and most engineering was on Saturday nights and
had t0 be completed...
been travelling round devon last week.
Ist ] please do not feed the pigeons on the station.
2nd endless announcements about Tactile tiles on the platform there isn't any. Both at Exeter st Davids.
The reason an anglia ranger ticket went up so much, is that it hadn't gone up for several years!
An all line rail rover can be bought at station ticket offices up to one year in advance.
I bought my 2 for the September with Railcard fares at last saturdays fares.
3 weeks ago bought 2 8 in 15...
Please can someone if they can give me the prices of 7day and 14 day tickets First and Standard class.
Also when does the New tickets start and can I buy tickets in advance before the increase?
Having been at travelling by rail for a long time now on All line rovers at least 3 a year and others.
Why do TOCs not let you on trains in some cases till the last minute before departure?
I have seen people being hurried along, with children, luggage , wheelchairs lots of people for the train...
My wife and I will be travelling around the South west on rover tickets for 14 days. I cant find anything on the above Toc's above about the rules about seat reservations.
1] Do I have to get a reservation/allocation on every train I get.
2]Do I have I have to book in advance or when we travel...
Thank you for the above. just one thing how do i obtain a seat reservations o n a train that doesn't stop there, we will be travelling to penzance.
Would it be best to buy tickets at station in advance and all at once, don't think I can do it online. thanks for any help>
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