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Another thread on here mentioned that its entirely possible to purchase a Z1-6 One Day Travelcard with the Network Railcard discount and have it added to an EMR Smart card for use round London. The thought occurs if I did that and purchased the one day Travelcard for myself on the smart card...

Brilliant. Thank you so much

Afternoon, after experiencing a bizarre phenomenon where it seems Southeastern have made it difficult to buy a one day Travelcard in person for the Jubilee weekend I was hoping someone could remind me what the number code is to get a 1-6 Travelcard up on a mixing desk for pick up on TOD. I...

Many years ago, I used to do the same trip from Dartford to Dover and P&O had a free bus service that connected with the train to take you to the docks - was the free bus discontinued? Used to be a great day out as back then the first train from Dartford went to Dover Priory so no changing of...

For me the winner has to be the CCST, I can easily put them in my wallet for safe keeping and I have a physical ticket to hand when required. E-tickets bring fear to myself - I've already got my railcard as an electronic version on the phone which I wasn't keen on but there doesn't seem to be...

I've not even got round to filling in the delay repay yet! It sounds like another case of making it as difficult for the customer by making them go through hoops to get what they are entitled to!

I had the fortune to visit Bournville for a visit round a certain chocolate factory on Friday and I left there to attempt to catch a train from Bournville to Sandwell and Dudley (Changing at New Street). Arriving there, the first thing I noticed is the train time information board only displays...

I always claim Delay Repay providing it's a genuine claim. I personally think that it should be paid out if the train doesn't arrive on time at all - I feel that the minimum 15 minutes before a claim can be made is like saying anything between 1 and 14 minutes late is still classed as on time...

Must admit, I was quite pleased with the Rail Sale...got a single from Euston to Birmingham on Avanti for next Thursday for £8 I did look for a similar priced bargain for my return trip but it appears there is engineering work on the Saturday and I was being offered tickets with several changes...

Quite likely because if a rail replacement bus is in operation it's nearly always mentioned that they can't convey bicycles which makes perfect sense.

I wanted to update everyone what happened. So by the Sunday I had indeed capped out my Oyster for bus use and thus opted to go to London Bridge and get the bus. So armed with two suitcases, a child, partner and a dog we negotiated the exit to the bus station with the intention of catching the...

Thankyou Adoarable, I had no idea that there were some potential options to avoid the surcharge of the tube! The Journey planner mixing decks are obviously designed to make the most direct route and not any viable cheaper alternatives :) Option 2 is my preferred choice simply because I'll...

This coming Sunday I've got to go up to York, I already have an advance ticket from Kings Cross to York and was going to use my Oyster to get from Slade Green to St Pancras. The fare using Thameslink direct is £4.50 single on Oyster which is fine but I didn't realise until yesterday that good...

Absolutely, unfortunately although paper tickets are nice to have - especially if you intend on doing some train spotting - as there is no maximum journey times to worry about you do pay a premium for having one. Even more of a premium if you purchase a paper all day one day Travelcard during...

Sadly not! I got caught out last month but fortunately the Oyster helpline refunded it after I explained to them what happened and what my actual full journey was.

It's not Woolwich Arsenal is it? There is a very odd yellow Oyster reader just as you leave the DLR going onto the National Rail platform 2 heading towards Kent. I am baffled as to why it's there as initially I thought it may be to show which route you took but its not a pink reader and you'd...

It was a long day! But still got five hours in Edinburgh :)

I recently did a split from Manchester Picc to Edinburgh. I discovered that a TPE Ticket from Manchester to Edinburgh was considerably more expensive than getting 2 off peak day returns from Manc Pic to Preston and Preston to Edinburgh because there is no off peak day return available for the...

Just out of interest. Was the card in question a NatWest card? An issue I have been subjected to is if TfL try to take their money during the same time that NatWest does its daily updates in the early hours of the morning then payment will automatically be declined.

Unfortunately, because you've been stopped and given a penalty fare on several occasions I don't think Southeastern will be particularly lenient. You've mentioned that you travel out to Kent for university and have a low income, This says to me that although there are almost certainly cheaper...