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Really worryingly, it sounds like a previous clerk might have used up your one chance at a duplicate (rather than a replacement), and this one is attempting to do the same.
If you'd like to try another ticket office, Marylebone is generally very well commended. London Overground's ticket...
Beliggerents is not a derogatory term but has a technical meaning that is relevant in this case. It means the aggressor in a dispute.
Smallminded is a derogatory term.
If they named the new station "Gatwick Express", then they wouldn't even need to change the route names. "NOT GAT EXP" would still have its intuitive meaning.
I am presently the treasurer of a charitable organisation and would agree with Neil on this matter. The ticket being described as standard, first, or standard with a free upgrade is immaterial - the fact of the matter is that the organisation desires to pay for transport and a meal, and that...
I'm not arguing about the details of the National Rail revenue allocation system, but rather discussing the idea of the trains in question not being run as National Rail trains. Then the constraints of the NRCoC don't apply, the airport premium can be charged, and we can all rest easy knowing...
If that's the case then they might want to look at negotiating an end to that.
Why not? In the absence of any new agreements, it's still the case that they operate all the other trains to Gatwick Airport :lol:
Perhaps more seriously, are GTR obligated to run the Gatwick Express as a National Rail service? If those trains had, per Heathrow Express, their own regulations and conditions, with an acceptance of through National Rail tickets that included a supplement, the issue would be as good as solved.
They just have to get you to Sevenoaks; seeing you onto a bus you already have a ticket for would discharge their responsibilities. This is the action I would expect them to take.
Fairly common, too, on the parts of the London Underground on which the carriage of bicycles is prohibited. Heard it countless times on (8-car) Victoria line trains.
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