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I wonder if there is some kind of llimit on the max number of changes in the planner code, or at least the code gets less aggressive about searching beyond a certain point. That would explain this showing up on wick to penzance (which is already a very long and complex journey) but not on...

My understanding is they went for a scheme where the "message" is passed to the RSA algorithm directrly and is not transmitted seperately. So without the public key you can't extract the ticket data.

Most Manchester to Bournemouth Trains run from Manchester to Stoke via Stockport and Macclesfield, not via Crewe. I don't think ommiting a 1TPD diversionary route retainer is unreasonable.

I don't know what they have put at victoria, but picadially is *not* 'Next Fastest train to'. It shows trains to a destination, even if they will be overtaken, it also in at least some cases shows multiple trains to the same destination.

I believe you are correct, of the stations served by both Merseyrail and other TOCs. Southport, Ormskirk, Headbolt Lane, Bidston, Liverpool South Parkway, Hunts Cross and Ellesmere Port are managed by merseyrail. Liverpool Lime street is managed by network rail, but network rail don't operate...

I could be wrong, but I think all the TVMs here in the north west are now "journey planner based", some have a "quick buy" menu but I think that still checks the journey planner behind the scenes. Probably not a huge issue in this case as there are likely other trains with availability but...

Not as long as other peoples but the most out of my way I can remember going unexpectedly was on a southeastern train that was supposed to join HS1 at ebbsfleet but was unable to do so for some reason. I'm not 100% sure, but I think we must have diverted just beore strood, missing strood...

The obvious questions are. 1. Why did it go away in the first place? 2. What will be different this time?

Sorry, brainfart, I meant to say never just as g-mex.

The metrolink station was originally G-MEX before being renamed to deansgate castlefield. I think the rail station may have sometimes been reffered to as Deansgate G-MEX, but never just as deansgate.

National rail says "If your journey involves travelling via or across London to connect with another National Rail service, your ticket includes the cost of transfer on London Underground, DLR, Thameslink or Elizabeth line services between the relevant stations. " It doesn't say if that "or"...

It used to be common to see a member of staff at a gateline with a portable TIS to deal with anyone who turned up without a ticket. Is there a reason this is not done anymore? agency staffing? robbery concerns?

As far as I can tell, "out of station interchange" is a Transport for London (TfL) term, so it's only relevant when you are travelling by tube. Travelling on a tube/DLR ticket, or when you are travelling on the London, Pay As You Go (PAYG) scheme run by TfL. I don't think it's meaningful...

It's quite common in larger stations for the ticket offices to be desks rather than windows, but those desks are usually in a dedicated room that can be locked up out of hours, rather than out in the main passenger corridors.

I don't know if it's still the case, but I remember someone saying that on the southern railway website you can add a ticket to your favorites, and after doing so can purchase that ticket without an itinerary.

When trying to find tickets with flexible routing, it can be better to look not at major junction stations, but at stations that sit halfway between two major stations. Unfortunately, when I try this, I'm finding a lot of flows don't have season tickets available. For example liverpool to...

Afaict assuming you have an "any permitted ticket" you have essentially three options for Crewe to Manchester. 1. Via warrington. 2. Via altrincham 3. Via crewe Via warrington or altrincham would also be possible on a northern only ticket. Via crewe would not, because northern do not run...

Personally I think delay repay has two major design flaws. 1. The thresholds are independent of journey length, but the amount of compensation paid depends on the price of the customer's ticket(s) which depend on the journey length. The result is a system that is very generous to long distance...

The journey planners just go by what is in the data. There isn't much the retail sites can do if the data and the human readable restrictions don't match.

I was able to get the forums ticketing site to offer itinaries from Woking to Cambridge via waterloo east by setting waterloo east as a via point and restricting modes of transport to train and walk. The site seems to agree they can be ticketed on a through ticket (either off-peak day return...