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Just an aside but (as you found out) its not really reasonable to expect an on-train inspector to have instant online access to the whole of the railcard database, purely based on your identity. That's why you get something to show on demand.

Not everyone realises it, but if you have an Android phone, Google Maps Timeline is usually switched on by default, and has a surprising level of history on you. If you do, genuinely, travel one way into town and then walk home on summer evenings, or get a lift because you co-worker does Zumba...

You probably need to split this down into two different things so that you can deal with them effectively. 1) Your husband's ticket. If it was bought after the train had left the station he bought it from, then it is not valid. It doesn't matter if it is an anytime single, or anything like...

Personal opinion, but as a weary old Gen X-er, any mention of neurodivergency will just get me rolling my eyes, and there's a high possibility that whoever reads the letter will be a weary old Gen X-er too, so I would leave that out. Other people will advise better on the content, but its not...

Your posts aren't that clear but is it correct to say that: a) You bought your ticket after you got off the train (possibly on seeing the ticket inspectors) ? b) The ticket you bought wasn't for the whole journey that you had just made If that is the case (or, if even one of them is the...

I understand the desire to draw a line underneath all this and just get on with your life but, at the least, I would be tempted to e-mail them back acknowledging their letter and pointing them to this thread. It might give them a little cause for reflection as they probably exist within their...

I remember that from my school days, and a couple of classmates getting taken out by swinging doors. Just working through the last episode now. I am expecting the train to stop whilst gently kissing the buffers..

My brain can't work it out, but what happens if you jump directly out the back of a moving train. What speeds are you moving at (and in which direction) when you hit the ground ?

It was a 387 when they got on and it left, but had turned into a 321 by the time it (nearly) arrived. EDIT: That will teach me to post first, read the thread later :)

Incidentally, if TPE did choose to play hard ball and not show any discretion in this case, I'd definitely take this one to the papers. No-one should fail to have sympathy for your situation that has resulted in exactly the correct fare being paid.

One that came to me last night, whilst watching Some Mothers Do Have 'Em, is jumping out of slam door carriages whilst the train is in motion. I used to go to school by train and, a couple of times a month, someone on the platform would get taken out by a swinging door.

With things like tapping in, where it is almost an automatic action, it can be hard to remember if you've done it or not. In the same way that you initially believed that you had tapped in, you are now convincing yourself that you must have forgotten whereas, to be honest, either could be true...

I used to hitch from Uni in Leeds to Shenfield in Essex, even in the early 90s. As you say, the entrance to the M1 often had a small line of people waiting for their turn at hitching. I remember, once on the way back up, someone failed to drop us off at Watford Gap and only realised once they...

I very nearly ran into a problem with this, once. I only use Trainline infrequently, but bought a ticket for my son once using his railcard. About a month later, when I went to buy a ticket for myself, I felt that they had suddenly become better value and only noticed by luck, very late in the...

Biden's speech was interesting, but there does seem to be an extreme amount of Gaslighting going on at the moment about he has nobly decided that the time is right to hand on the baton to a younger generation, putting country before himself, etc. I understand that rewriting history is the...

The thing to keep in mind here is that whilst, to every country in the world that isn't America, a Trump presidency is generally considered to be a ridiculous thing, it is seen quite differently there. They've had two elections where he has sat within a percent or two of the 50% mark (in either...

It is a subtlety, but a lot of focus has been on Biden being 'old', whereas it should really be about him being 'infirm'. There are 81 year olds that could probably do the job, but he isn't one of them. However, now that it has been focussed on age rather than ability, then it will come to...

This is only anecdotal, but I'm sure that I've seen more guards on trains go for the easy targets of the lone girl or gentle old couple, whilst ignoring the group of antisocial teenagers, so picking on the easy targets. A bit like the police sending you a ticket for doing 34 in a 30 from their...

I must admit, I had a similar thought myself this morning. It feels like his presidency has already ended, not just his re-election campaign. Basically, the Democrats, despite knowing that something is obviously wrong with Biden and that he shouldn't be running for another four years, have...

If you have an Android phone, you can often find a surprising amount of detail regarding your travel patterns using Google Maps Timeline. That will definitely show if you got a lift to JQ on any given day.