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It is available online, but not through the ATOS booking engine used on Southeastern's website. You can buy them through any TOC using thetrainline.com booking engine.
FGW's JourneyCheck page has the same content as the old SWT JourneyCheck page but has a different layout and is FGW's branding.
SWT use a feed from National Rail instead of Journey Check.
I don't think you could class it as "entrapment". No one is being persuaded to commit a criminal offence for personal gain.
If it ever got to court, the judge would question why the RPI didn't make an attempt to check the passenger's ticket. If they could supply a satisfactory answer, the...
It might be due to the high frequency of trains from the station. At stations with few trains (e.g. half hourly) they should offer Off Peak tickets before 0930
Might be an error in the way EMT have set up their TVMs. I think the TVMs can either offer all ticket types at any time of day (e.g. will offer Anytime and Off Peak at 0600) or you have to specify which ticket types are available from which time. (e.g. Anytime tickets until 0859, then Off Peak...
As DB is still state owned, I think there's a bit more of an impetous to make their TVMs more functional.
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All SWT TVMs allow you to buy tickets for travel the following day. It's available from 1500 and only offers Anytime fares
You'd have to get rid of TOC specific tickets. You can't expect someone to recognise an East Coast train by a tiny label at the end of each carriage!
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No, but brand identity is very important to companies to help them stand out in a market - even...
The gates at Waterloo will not retain a Woking - London Terminals ticket as it is valid for travel to Charing Cross, London Bridge, Blackfriars and Cannon Street. If you change at Clapham Junction, you can travel to Victoria.
I think you get a different type of customer on Intercity services as they generally have longer stops and regular staff patrols throughout the journey. Commuter services with their frequent stops, people constantly getting on and off and, sometimes, areas they serve, means that they're more...
It's probably better to keep the engines running for fuel efficency and for the overall life of the engine. Voyagers can't have long periods with the engine switched off and need to be run every 8-12 hours to prevent damage to them.
To be honest, unless he's worked in railway retailing environment, he's not going to know all the three letter codes for all the stations in the UK. Never crossed my mind that BNS might be anything other than Birmingham New Street. Lot's of people abbreviate Southampton Airport Parkway to SAP...
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