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It seems that another human being's emotional anguish and mental turmoil mean nothing to you. A smooth running rail service appears more important to you than human life. This isn't the USA where police arrive in seconds. Everything takes time from the first call to the professionals...

Sorry I meant 18:25 Leeds Platform 7

Staff declined to endorse ticket because it was a Grand Central ticket. Guard on 19:25 said his train was full (it did look well loaded) and I should wait for my booked train to show up

Monday 24th June Train 1 18:21 Leeds-York - 20 minutes late at Leeds. Arrived York 19:11 Train 2 19:12 Grand Central service to King's Cross MISSED BY SECONDS (I saw it go) Phoned Grand Central at Leeds immediately I knew there might be a problem. Very unhelpful female insisting she couldn't...

As far as I know, on any occasion Marylebone is totally closed for engineering work, trains would be diverted to Paddington. Maintaining route knowledge was the primary reason for the former one train each weekday Chiltern service between South Ruislip and Paddington. Now that those trains...

In the case of PlusBus tickets printed on this format of ticket, you might occasionally have difficulty persuading a bus driver it is a normal valid PlusBus ticket, because they are so accustomed to the ordinary credit card style ticket. Difficulty experienced on First Bradford and Arriva...

Must confess never seen the attraction in buffets myself. Sky high prices for mediocre food. Always bring my own snacks whether it is 2½ hours on the train or 4-5 hours on the coach. I can survive without a hot drink for a few hours. I refuse to pay £2 for a teabag swimming in boiling water...

I've found that nobody minds if you occupy any unreserved seat although I must admit I am unfamiliar with how things work in First Class. I envy those, in a positive way, who have the means to routinely use First Class.

A person intending to travel by train has to engage in a retail transaction in order to procure the documentation allowing him/her to use the train and is therefore a (paying) customer. The Train Operating Company is providing a service in the form of a train. If said train is delayed/cancelled...

The industry tells passengers that Season Tickets are heavily discounted in the sense that the passenger is getting 12 months for the supposed price of 10½ months. However if someone is paying £5K for an Annual, not only is the passenger paying way in advance for his/her travel, which should be...

I know it is not allowed, but exactly what would happen if I alighted at Wakefield Westgate on a Doncaster-Leeds ticket and tried to leave the station. What I would be hoping to do is head over to the bus station to take a 110 bus which drops me much closer to my actual destination in Leeds. My...

Thank you Railperf. You have been of immense help, but what puzzles me is why the current 08:03 Leeds service wasn't made an 08:06 service with the faster GC service going out first at 08:03. Alternatively why couldn't the 08:03 LNER service, already beginning to slow down at Huntingdon for...

Taking my very first trip on Grand Central in May, a non-stop trip from London King's Cross to York. The morning journey is due to take 119 minutes. However, a similar LNER service but with a stop at Peterborough at a similar time of day takes only 111 minutes for the journey. Are the Class...

What is the southernmost point Pacers have been seen?

I've been rather put off TrainSplit. If I book the outward and return of my intended journey separately, it would be £9.25 each way total £18.50. But if I book a return, £19.15 comes up as the cheapest. How does that work? I know it's only 65p but it's the principle of a return booking being...

I am totally baffled by this thread. Exactly how would you become aware? How could you possibly know it was "systematic". The only thing I can think of, hypothetically you understand, is that you are a part of the group but unhappy with what the group is allegedly doing. To use the return...

Is it true that Beeching wanted to keep the track beds intact on all the lines recommended for closure? Marples rejected Beeching's request apparently wanting the closed lines completely gone. Could it be surmised that Beeching was much less of a railway villain than Marples himself? Much like...

I'm just curious to know, hypothetically, how many season tickets, presumably long distance ones, would be needed to allow the holder validity to all stations on the network. Also, hypothetically, would the holder of these tickets be able to have them all linked to one NR Photocard. Feel free to...

Sorry but the use of the pronoun amused me, as though the train itself drove back to Salford Crescent to try again.

Nothing has changed in a hundred years or so. It has always been a legal requirement (and common sense to be honest) to purchase a train ticket before boarding a train. The only exception is on very quiet rural lines where bold notices at the station invite you to pay the conductor on the...