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Im Switzerland, everything is integrated except Glacier Express and a few other special trains. At least if you're not on interrail which is more complicated. In Germany, I think the Bahncard is valid everywhere, but other tickets (including the 49 Euro for a month one) are separate for local...

That sounds like a threat of assault with an offensive weapon, and would justify a certain amount of self-defence by other passengers. Any 'big guy' in this situation would be in their rights to act.

I thought the TGV bit was security (perhaps security theatre) rather than fare evasion. I remember in the past on a TGV there was an announcement at an intermediate stop to beware of baggage thieves.

Isn't "do not travel" actually customer-friendly in the sense of "if you choose not to travel, you get your money back"?

Do they give an example or a source for this? Especially as it's our drivers doing all that route learning. I'm guessing part of that is the strict medical requirements. Which would be one of the last places to skimp. Or "Sundays Inside", which the unions are ok with as long as the pay is...

My understanding (not a driver) is that in the UK there are situations like if you're supposed to take the slower speed diverging route at a junction ahead, and you get a green, that means stop and moan at the signaller - if you carry on thinking "green means go" you share the blame for taking...

There are railways on the continent, including high-speed ones, where there is less route learning (Germany was already mentioned), and drivers can sometimes take a train down a non-learned route at reduced speed during disruption. It would take a good deal of understanding UK railways...

The Swiss have a solution. It's made by Keso (part of Assa Abloy) and it's a metal cover that can be retrofitted over a T key lock. You need a special key to unlock the box which slides across, revealing the original lock underneath. Details are top secret but it's supposed to be vandal-proof...

I think with the EW I coaches, that was by design - instead of close doors, then away, the doors were set to close themselves when the train speed went above 5 km/h. It wouldn't be acceptable nowadays of course, but the past was a different country.

How will they dispatch in the UK when we've moved to ETCS then? Still have OFF indicators at the platforms? In some parts of Switzerland, I believe the dispatch is done by text message. The guard does something on their mobile device and it shows on a screen in the cab.

That clears things up - thanks for the very quick answers! Is there some trick to making sure you get the cheaper price if that's what you need? The railforums ticket engine finds the cheaper one without needing to set a via point or anything.

I've got an off peak day return from Bristol (BRI) to Evesham (EVE). The ticket office charged £24.10 for this, with restriction W5 (only via Worcester). GWR's online tool tries to charge me £64.20 for what seems the same journey. What causes this difference?

Toilets or not, maybe it will take a few more incidents like this to drive home the message to the industry that you can't just keep passengers stranded on trains for several hours.

Thanks everyone. I'm on the 1913 to Swansea, changing at Parkway.

I have this super off peak return from Bristol to Guildford: https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=BRI&dest=GLD&rte=700&tkt=SSR It says that it is but also So, on the return portion, can I definitely take any train from Reading to Bristol because I start in Guildford?

I wonder how they handle Schengen entry stamps if you land there and then take an intra-Schengen connecting flight? I know that Zurich (Schengen not EU) has segregated terminals and even different cars on the "train" (people mover out to terminal E) precisely to avoid any mixing without going...

I don't think so, but you can load the whole thing onto the SBB app without needing the physical care, as I understand.

So, to clarify: The Swiss Travel Pass linked a couple of posts up is like Interrail, but more expensive and includes trams/buses in cities and a few other things that are not in Interrail. It can only be purchased by people resident outside Switzerland (and Lichtenstein). The Swiss Half Fare...

According to https://www.swisspass.ch/content/dam/swisspass/Documents/swisspass_laenderliste.pdf a UK passport is fine for buying at a ticket office, such as in Zürich HB and other major stations. The part you want may be called "travel centre" as opposed to the regular desks. The SBB site in...

Germany is currently so short of diesel trains that for goods and works trains, they're using the strategic steam reserve ;) 58 311 from a museum railway near Ulm has been rented to help out with the shortage.