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GTR are probably one of the worse TOCs when it comes to availability and consistency of their fares. For example, they'll promote their "Key" Smartcard to customers, but certain (cheaper) fares are not offered as Smartcard "fulfilment" due to the way they have it set up. So the punter who...

With this kind of mentality, they won't. The two big parties play on this sentiment and rely on it in order to continue being relevant. That's why the only way to effect positive change is to buck that kind of attitude and vote truly for what you agree with. Because even though naysayers and...

I've used my SE Key Smartcard several times now from Southern stations. I've successfully collected and used smart tickets on journeys such as Haywards Heath to East Croydon, and Eastbourne to Orpington. I tried using my card on Southern TVMs earlier this year and would get an "Error has...

It could be a slight UX/Usability issue - the diagram is pretty creative, but also potentially confusing. I've loaded up other trains and where they've not stopped, they've come up in red as "cancelled" on the stops that they were cancelled at. This particular train didn't have that, implying...

I've tried looking for that train on Raildar - I think I found it, but you might need to be logged in to view that page. See, that page implies that the train called at Arlesley 24 minutes late as opposed to that stop being cancelled. If the cancellation/non-stop wasn't correctly recorded by...

Funnily enough, I'd heard plenty about Victoria's room before the topic reared its ugly head on this forum. I remember thinking back then "that's really petty and actually quite pathetic". And now I think "That's really petty and actually quite pathetic". Habits are hard to break - but if...

An "Operator of Last Resort", also known as "Going to public ownership."

And here we go again. I'm sure that this decision was likely already being considered by Grayling's DfT before Shapps took the reins. Given the franchising mess, legal challenges and the pending review, it's not entirely surprising they decided to rip up this shambles of a competition. It's...

Sheffield has historically been a Lib Dem seat. They only lost it to Labour in 2017 because the electorate wanted to punish Nick Clegg, and even then he only lost it by a 3.8% difference. So as fun as it is to have a by-election (which is another thing that the Lib Dems seem to be very good at...

A 455 and 465 at Beckenham Junction: https://goo.gl/maps/K1jvecD6cTX332WE9

In short, it's likely that nobody really knows. We can make educated guesses and assumptions, but now that BoJo is the new PM-elect, we have no idea if he's going to face (or win) a vote of confidence, and if he does, who he'll appoint to be his Transport secretary. Right now, the current...

This was the only solution I could think of - if you no longer have any 2-coach units available in your fleet, then you have to find the next-smallest. That would leave the 3-coach 375/3s. They won't like taking 375s away from the Medway Valley, but I can't see a better solution without...

Yep, it should be. If you're using this ticket, then according to the yellow pages, you're permitted to travel via Redhill and Tonbridge to reach Tunbridge Wells.

Ah yes, the 466s. I'm curious to see how they address this issue on the Bromley North and Sheerness shuttle lines. No doubt they won't want to waste 4-coach 465s on either of these routes during the off-peak.

Before I even entered this thread, I was hedging my bets that Bromley South might be involved. Bromley South has been a hotspot for fare evaders in the past and with the high traffic that it gets, is a very popular location for revenue inspections. I use the station several times a week and at...

I don't see anything wrong with smart ticketing either, whether it exists as a QR code in a PDF or in your "wallet" on your Android or iPhone. The hopeful end goal is to phase out the need to print disposable paper tickets that are subject to their own gripes (encoding failure, faded print...

The article kind of suggested as though it was a screenshot of part of the e-ticket as opposed to a PDF or other digital document. If the barcode is obscured or unreadable to the point where it isn't valid, then it isn't valid. But if the barcode was readable, then it was valid, and both the...

Just trying to understand the circumstances around how you were challenged. I'm curiuous to know how/why you were challenged at the barriers if you had a ticket from Burgess Hill to Brighton and was only checked at Brighton? As Freedom Passes aren't valid at Brighton anyway, how were they able...

I occasionally make the journey from London down to Uckfield, and something that a few of the regulars have figured out is that you can get an Off-Peak single for £17.80 (or return for £19.70), whilst if you do the reverse journey, you're able to get a Super Off-peak for £12.30 single or £12.40...

It may or may not have affected you, but I've noticed there has been a "lockout" on Railcards at Bromley South for quite a while now. If you have a ticket with a Railcard discount applied, the gateline will reject the ticket and force you to speak to someone. I assume that it will affect Gold...