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Yes the "free journey" is valid to the UK "port", so St Pancras is ok. There are no time restrictions.
Free journies applies only to Global InterRails, NOT One-Country passes.
Names are not checked on Eurostar tickets against passports. Names are just for the reference of the issuer. However FIP card numbers are placed in the booking, but do not show on the ticket
With the imminent demise of "Rail Europe's" Piccadilly office (from Nov 22nd), the only places to get Continental tickets "face to face" will be
Rail Canterbury
TrainEurope at St Pancras
Ffestiniog Travel
A friend of mine owns a Travel Agency and applied to become a "BR" agent. ATOC advised that they needed a "bond" of £30K and then needed to generate £25k worth of "new business" annually. To apply for the license they would also have to pay £250 up front before consideration, which was...
I only pointed out to the person, that if they were caught using a "Leisure" pass then they will lose ALL travel facilities, including "Staff Travel Card".
Hotel Excelsior, which is directly opposite the station (exit right from the platform end). Free mini-bar (including 1 beer) in April.
Worth going over to the "old Town", plenty of excellent restaurants and beer houses!!
When I was employed by ATOC as an auditor, I had no problems in proving that the 24 members of staff in London & South East that were proven to be undertaking credit-card fraud, therefore stealing from credit car companies. I think that the total amount of fraud by these (ex) members of staff...
Correct Jon.
This person is abusing the facilities that all rail-workers are entitled too. In the past, ticket inspectors would follow any suspect to their place of work and establish the facts, before taking the matter further and the miscreany having their facilities removed.
I have now...
I would, and have. Surprisingly nothing has been done about it.
A person that I know regularly travels between 2 stations in Kent on her "partners" staff travel card. She travels from home to her place of employment.
She has been doing this for about 6 years.
It has been reported to...
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