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I believe I saw this in action on NR metals a few years ago. While I was waiting at my usual station for the up express, the down stopper appeared in the distance. After a few seconds I thought there was something "odd" about its appearance. Then my train arrived so I boarded, crossed the...

When commuting I normally buy a return ticket from my "home" station with a local railcard. My "work" station is a major station on a mainline, with 4 or 5 ticket counters, but usually 2 or 3 serving. The last 2 times times I tried to buy a ticket from a counter there, I queued for over 40...

Ah, whose floor limit? "MY" card/bank, or the "TOC's" machine/bank? Each and every clearing bank has agreed a floor limit with each and every TOC? I must confess I have not seen the phrase "floor limit" in my card's terms and conditions, so I don't know the formal definition, but I think I have...

I said "cause" not "fault" I am not the OP. But if I habitually use a certain card on a certain train most days, for a number of years now, ( NOT Northern Rail, or even their franchise area... ) how am I to know if in fact I am being "lucky"? Cheers,

Just to be clear - are you saying that on occasion it may not be my ability to pay that is the problem, but the TOC's ability to receive the payment? So a payment method that I have used N times in the past may this time not be available through no cause of my own? curiouser and curiouser.

Thanks all, Is there any suitable excess I could get to cover the gap in the middle on a non-stopper, or would it have to be a full ticket? mikeg: Probably late afternoon Plymouth->Chippenham, morning Chippenham-> London and evening London->Plymouth. Thanks again CJ

Hi All, From time to time I will need to go from Plymouth to London. It will be very convenient to break the UP journey with an overnight stay in Chippenham with friends. If I buy Anytime/Offpeak returns Plymouth-> Chippenham, and Anytime/Offpeak returns Chippenham -> London, can I use the...