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Given that Edinburgh ticket officers are (I assume still) obliged to sell the cheapest ticket, presumably they'll just sell an off peak single from the previous station? Rather than the Anytime which is basically for people claiming tax deductible expenses?

I think “Only asking people who have used it” means the lucky few who have succeeded in being granted a journey. Many other people may have used it but not been allocated a journey. A bus service should not be a lottery. The whole concept is clearly flawed because it is trying to be all...

This story comes up regularly in that esteemed journal the Liverpool Echo, usually with some heart wrenching tale of woe from tearful individuals. BUT even Trainline clearly states before purchase where a ticket begins on Merseyrail (before you even click to purchase, and on a separate screen)...

Guards have been carrying out ticket checks between stations for years. They can operate the door controls & driver bell, from any door on the 507/8s since refurbishment way back when, and often do on the Chester line where stop distances can be longer. They also do some checking on those nasty...

Yes Ffestiniog do sell it https://www.ffestiniogtravel.com/rail-ticket-service

When I lived in London I took all sorts on the bus with no issue at all. If you could get it on the bus you could take it. Many IKEA trips on the then 16 bus with flat packs and even chairs and once a 6’ length of pipe on a Routemaster - the conductor said to lay it along the floor “inside” as...

I agree. I find it irritating. In the past I’ve politely asked people to turn their tinny headphones down and they’ve apologised profusely and been mortified that I could hear their music!! I used to commute by bus. A chap got on every day and played his very loud music. One day the only seat...

Yes I used this offer a lot having spent a lot of time badgering Mum to buy Persil over her usual Fine Fare own brand powder! We went all over the country. 1651402048 It was and still is! One of the reasons I didn’t start my degree until I was 25! As the YP railcard was for under 26s. Weren’t...

Or the even more serious crime of socks and sandals!

In the early noughties the Skyline branding was a Manchester Airport thing. All routes serving the airport received a subsidy from the airport funded by car parking. Airport staff could get a cheap Skyline pass with their ID card which provided unlimited travel across all Skyline routes...

The 199 regularly takes a different route if the motorway is blocked especially during rush hour. So in this way is very flexible as it has no bus stops between the airport and Stockport bus station.

I would ban buses claiming their destination as “Please wear a face covering”….I don’t know where “Please wear a face covering” is exactly, but it seems to have a great bus service! This is bad practice- as a bus approaches there’s only a split second to determine whether it’s your bus or not...

1640038414 Yes it does - thanks for checking for me. Possibly since I Tweeted them to check on the easements & they asked a colleague to update them? Or perhaps they were just in the process of doing so. We will never know. Either way it's good to know its now correct!

Sorry its Rock Ferry (Wirral) - Euston via Liverpool (so essentially for restrictions its Liverpool-Euston). Yes it seems that Avanti hasn't uploaded the Christmas / New Year easements. My point is how easy it is to be overcharged by £253.40 just because the TOC (or whoever is responsible)...

Just been looking at Avanti RFY (Rock Ferry) - Euston via Liverpool off peak return tickets over Christmas/New Year 2021/2. So the restrictions apply to the Liverpool - Euston portion and the fare is set by Avanti. BR Fares states that there is a peak fare easement 23.12.21 - 3.1.22. I Tweeted...

Yes that one drives me mad! It's not even grammatically correct. Why can't they just call a train a train.

If you are planning a ride out to Mid & North Wales from the Wirral Saturday or Sunday - its worth noting that £8 return from Birkenhead will get you to Wrexham and from there the FREE weekend T3 Traws Cymru bus runs to Dolgellau (and onto Barmouth). At Dolgellau it connects with the FREE T2...

As I see it the rail industry in this country has created a problem that needn’t exist, ie the draconian insistence that tickets must (generally with a few notable exceptions) be printed at a station or at least by a railway ticket machine (if you’re lucky to have one at work or Uni). They have...

Well competent railway provides across the world do tend to offer the full range of available tickets. Interestingly Arribas owners DB are a fab hand at providing ticket machines that not only offer all tickets and day rovers but also allow you to buy a ticket from any German.