• Our new ticketing site is now live! Using either this or the original site (both powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!

Search results

  1. C

    Tramways – touch in and out on the platform or on the tram?

    Even that varies, the newer CAF Urbos are all door boarding.
  2. C

    Sharp practices outside the UK

    Only when using PAYG, not when you have a pre-paid Travelcard.
  3. C

    Ryanair News

    It's done that for years, the packs of 7 are even BOGOF when ordered in app.
  4. C

    Blackpool Trams News

    Update on the return of the heritage trams. Balloon 717 and illuminated 736 - HMS Blackpool have been inspected and cleared to re-enter service. First tours are planned for the start of the Lightpool festival on the 15th of October...
  5. C

    Delay Repay with a through ticket if only delayed on first leg

    The only way you could if the ticket allows break of journey and you planned for to B to be an additional destination rather than just an interchange point.
  6. C

    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Would still be in the same boat with one of those, they're going for the same "nostalgia" market as new music on vinyl records and cassette tape. The professional market will always be SLRs of both the film and digital variety.
  7. C

    Buses that serve National Trust properties

    Rufford Old Hall has the 2A Preston - Ormskirk at the main entrance, and the 347 Chorley - Southport at the church side entrance.
  8. C

    Merseyrail Tap & Go

    It does in condition 6.2
  9. C

    Non-paper London 7 day travelcard ticket

    Paper 7 day Travelcards don't exist any more, the only way to buy one is on Oyster. Alternatively you can just use pay as you go with a contactless credit/debit card which has daily and weekly caps (the latter being Mon-Sun only).
  10. C

    Should TOC's have been kept the same as the original Privatisation TOC's ?

    Would have loved to see TfL struggle with extending Oyster to Northampton (or Birmingham) back in 2007 if that stayed together.
  11. C

    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Service stations are like your rest areas and truck stops, with requirements for 2 hours free parking, fuel, toilets, and hot food to be available 24/7.
  12. C

    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Manchester has the visitor park near the end of the main runway next to Concorde's hanger. Over in the Netherlands Eindhoven delt with the last question by making the viewing balcony part of the main landside bar/restaurant.
  13. C

    Introduction of European Entry-Exit Scheme (EES)

    That's what the second E is and EES is a replacement for physical stamps at passport control, not a separate control like EITAS will be. Most of the time it'll just be verification which can be done with standard e-gates, but the ability for full registration will still be needed for people...
  14. C

    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    It's going back to those days anyway now that everything charges with USB-C, didn't need anything other than a 3-port charger on the holiday I just came back from.
  15. C

    Bus Conductors in other countries.

    It's a still a developing system, the GVB cap is a recent addition.
  16. C

    Bus Conductors in other countries.

    Although for some reason the contactless cap is €0.50 more than a paper day ticket, so you're still better off buying from them if you know you'll hit it. (Or use a night bus that doesn't count towards the cap, but day tickets are still valid)
  17. C

    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Can't be having HMRC collecting all that VAT after all
  18. C

    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    That caused problems in the other direction with many ex-switch machines not accepting continental Maestro cards.
  19. C

    Best fare offer of last 20 years

    They also had the Saturday Travelcards that fit that case perfectly, the outward out-boundary leg was fixed while the return was flexible.
  20. C

    “Supported hours for collection”

    A risk that you could have got in the front of a non-gangway set and not needed to buy a ticket at all in the first place?

Top