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Be extra careful if you're expecting the (usually excellent) EMT brekky at a Weekend... what the timetable says and what the train actually has are two separate things in my experience. I was sold a Saturday Morning Breakfast Inclusive ticket about 2 years ago (admittedly before the change from...

heart-of-wessex: "Never really use the shop so thats not a loss to me either." Forgive me, but that is the sort of short-sighted, me-first attitude that will kill the railways off. Basically, if the rail network is to grow and thrive, it needs to compete against the flexibility of the...

At least on EMT "breakfast trains" you get a decent Bacon Baguette - one off the griddle rather than the microwave. If anyone travelling Standard wants to try a great 1st class restaurant meal, go by NXEC if you can. All comers welcomed, and the lunch is very reasonably priced for what it is...

Surely the original post says it all? Machines don't have all the tickets you might need. Plus you can't really ask questions of them. They're OK but no substitute for people.

If this is the case then why do the tickets have restrictions printed on them? And why are different fares available at different times of travel? I, like Chris B, thought there were no restrictions - but recently this does not seem to have been the case. I think that the CIV system is very...

I know for sure that there is not one centralised database behind these fare systems. I once tried to buy a Euro High Saver for travel Sheffield->London International CIV from Sheffield Booking Office (East Mids Trains ) to be told that the ticket type had been discontinued and that a new...