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It has been a long issue of JR Osaka Loop Line connecting south central (Tennoji) and north central (Osaka Station, Umekita) is very overloaded, particularly for the Osaka Airport - Osaka / Shin-Osaka Station service. The same case also happens for Nanakai Mainline, which Namba Terminal is...

My friend registered oystercard with railcard discount at a LU ticket machine. However when he tried ro register the card online, he don't know the memorable word By phoning Oyster hotline, the assistant asked him to go to LU ticket machine. However, the staff at multiple LU stations nor...

It is general knowledge that if a cross-London journey is delayed, passengers on any through ticket including advance ticket can travel on the next service. However, I am helping my friend in Putney to get an advance ticket for London Underground Z1-2 to West Coast stations. If District Line...

I am advising my friends to get tickets for tomorrow's hiking near Aylesbury. Though I will meet them at Marylebone and can help them get the tickets (zone 1-9 tcd+ Amersham-Wendover day return). However, I want them may be able to maximize the value of a day travelcard by using that at the...

A couple of my friends is planning to go to Aylesbury this weekend. However, they have got a London - High Wycombe off-peak return ticket. If they managed to get a fare excess from the ticket office to Aylesbury, would it be possible to go via Amersham instead of via High Wycombe for the faster...

I was checking in BRFARES and in Chilterns Railway site, and am surprised to find out that no through fare is available for Amersham - Rickmansworth stations to Chiltern Mainline stations south of Banbury (while Chilterns or other TOCs sites even popped up error message). Is it a fare bug or...

This weekend, since Redhill - Gatwick Airport section will be closed, there are trains from Victoria to Gatwick Airport that will travel via Horsham. Given that Gatwick Airport is a tourist-heavy station, assuming the station will have quite a bit of occasional oyster card users. The problem...

We know that TfL's subsidiary was granted the contract to create the Pay As You Go (PAYG) system in southeast England by the Department for Transport (DfT). With this opportunity, do you think there's an opportunity for the single fare, daily capping of TfL and National Rail (Great British...

It is kind of a pain when travelling on London Bus in outer (southeast) London during weekday that the bus is often driving in slower than 22mph on those 30mph or 40mph while the road is clear, or not to attempt to overtake a fellow bus stopped at a empty bus stop on the different route but the...

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/11/03/local-councils-opt-for-cheaper-crossrail-extension-into-kent/ As expected, the lowest cost option would be selected to enable Crossrail to be extended to Northfleet, but surprised to see that it be extended to Gravesend. They seem to avoid the idea...

In the UK, it is in Highway Code that driver should give way to bus when trying to pull out. However, as it ia not legal requirement, many drivers will just ignore that given that there will be no consequences. Then, given that there's no use to put that on Highway Code, why doesn't government...

I am having an Anytime Day Return ticket from Falconwood to London Terminals for tomorrow. I am changing my mind to go to New Malden for a Korean dinner after work. Due to London's fare structure, I notice that Falconwood - London Day Return is at the same cost as Falconwood - Richmond (via...

I was on a Dartford-bound Southeastern service on Bexleyheath Line tonight (after 23:30), with the last London-bound service having departed. When the train arrives at Falconwood, the whole station was dark as not having lights on. The driver then made an announcement saying lights are...

My friend got a London St. Pancras - Brighton Super Off-Peak Return yesterday (the day where Thameslink has engineering work and has ticket acceptance on London Underground between Kentish Town and London Bridge / Elephant & Castle / Wimbledon and local bus services to Sutton). He got an...

I was searching for tickets from North Kent Lines stations, namely Greenhithe, and trying to get to some south London stations like Dulwich and Herne Hill. Surprisingly, no tickets can be found on any TOC journey planner, nor a valid fare journey from National Rail Journey Planner. (the...

I get a friend who holds 16 - 17 Saver but no 16 + Oyster and planning to travel during afternoon peak hour. However, when I search for him online, it is surprised that the Any Permitted (not Underground) ticket is not valid via London Bridge and Waterloo East for Waterloo [no tickets...

At the moment, a cycle reservation has to be booked with a specific TOC directly. However, when a journey involves multiple TOCs, things can get tricky as the availability of cycle space is not known beforehand. And, even booking online won't be able to generate a cycle reservation as involving...

I am pretty sure that's a typo, but I am surprised to see such a typo on the TfL site for ticket acceptance.

I notice that Freedom Pass and TfL Pass do not bear PAY value in the card and acted as the same as Travelcard in London. Do they need to touch in / out at a non-barriered station e.g a DLR station or transferring from other National Rail services to TfL services like in Reading, where requires...

When comparing cycle space on different specs of single-decker (local, regional and intercity) trains, British ones seems to be having less than European ones. For example, for a Intercity / Eurocity trains by DB, or a local NS train, there would be at least 6 of them, compare to Crosscoutry...