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If I’ve learned anything in my railway career it’s that if you can imagine something happening, then it probably has at some point. But it would be inappropriate to comment as to if something like this has actually happened.

Indeed the standing time is that long that you can catch the 0600 CrossCountry from Nottingham 7 minutes later and make that same train over to Crewe!

The 0547 Nottingham to Skegness service on weekdays has a 19 minute dwell at Boston. This service doesn’t go via Grantham, and sits at Boston for a similar amount of time that it would take to do so, and as such the end to end journey time of the service is similar to most that do. The 0955...

Thanks, I haven’t travelled down that way for some years, so appreciate the information!

I can’t offer any explanation as to why, but on searching for fares between Chichester and Sandown, I can’t find any, of any kind. I checked my ticket machine while at work, and BR Fares, and there are simply no direct fares available. I can’t possibly understand why.

Great shout, ta!

Hiya folks, At the end of this week we will be in The Netherlands for a few days, armed with FIP Coupons. We will have a couple of days over the long weekend with flexibility do explore the country by rail. We are already planning on visiting the Railway Museum in Utrecht on one of the days...

Stadler Variobahn tram to Wimbledon.

Class 73 then Class 92 to London Euston. (Hope that is allowed, as I believe CS services are pickup only until after the traction change.)

Class 195 to Nottingham

Also on this tour, as I write, we have just left Northampton. Communication so far from UK Railtours staff has been rather good I would say.

Others would perhaps opine that on Intercity TOCs, First Class makes quite a bit of sense. Some, with experience of it, might also say that EMR First Class is often well used. Besides, I think we’ve veered rather dramatically off topic here.

If it’s possible to physically get through, then, it’s absolutely a great idea to do so. In the case of a busy train, help can be offered to get as many people as possible seats, as well as ensuring that (where possible) luggage is stowed in the correct locations. I would note that actually the...

One reason, is that not all ticket irregularities can be detected by barriers. Railcards, for example, are not verified as present and correct by the ticket barriers. Another reason is that conducting a ticket check can be a great way of engaging with your passengers, which has proven security...

It is my approach when checking tickets, in the case of period returns, to ask the passenger if they are travelling all the way to the destination today. (Sometimes it’s obvious, for example in the case that the destination is the next stop for the train.) More often than not, they answer to the...

Thank you for everyone’s replies. My question was inspired by LNER’s comments but also applies more broadly. Are these rules something that the TOCs have liberty to make up themselves? Or (as I suspect) is there actually a National standard for how we treat customers, that applies to all...

Hi folks, I’m looking for some clarity on the above topic. This is partly theoretical but also a very real potential problem. If a passenger wishes to buy a specific ticket (for example a Ranger or Rover, or a ticket with a specific discount) that is not available from a TVM, are they...

Thank you Mike, that makes perfect sense. I definitely understand it goes up to the normal cap, a Priv cap would be very handy, but alas no such luck! Thanks!

I have searched online and the forum and have been unable to find an answer to my question thus far, so hope you fine folks can help me. I’m aware that there is a bus and tram Oyster day cap, so if multiple journeys on these modes are made, I’ll pay no more than that price. Sometimes I make...

Worksop and Retford used to have an extension of the 450 to London. Retford-Worksop-Mansfield-Nottingham…London. There was an evening return working. I once used it to make a cheap return journey between Worksop and Nottingham, the tickets being quite a bit cheaper and a lot quicker than the...