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    Failure to Pay (incorrect I think)

    A train I frequently catch from Stockport to Oxford Road starts at Hazel Grove. The guard usually goes through the train asking if anybody wants a ticket. Quite a few people buy tickets on the train. As you can't get on the platform at Stockport without a ticket, they must have come from Hazel...
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    Failure to Pay (incorrect I think)

    I have a season ticket from Widnes to Disley but I usually travel Warrington to Stockport. The ticket is the same price as one from Warrington to Stockport. Sometimes I get the train to Widnes so I qan get on the Scarborough train before it fills up at Warrington. I've caught the train from...
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    Widnes to Disley ticket: permitted via Manchester Victoria?

    I have an annual season ticket from Widnes to Disley, via Warrington Central. On occasions, there have been serious delays due to various reasons (a few weeks ago, Piccadilly was chaotic because of an overhead cable problem). I wondered if I would be able to use my ticket from Warrington...
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    First Class Penalty on Southern

    Your cards and cash will also fit in the Oyster wallet, which can make things awkward when you leave them in the supermarket... I can understand the OP's confusion. When I caught a Southern train, I thought the 2nd class seats looked like 1st! I had to double check, - but is it even worth...
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    Fare evasion Manchester Picadilly

    Stockport doesn't have barriers (yet), but they do have people checking tickets at platforms 3/4 (the ones for Manchester trains). They also used to have ticket checks at Piccadilly between platforms 13/14 and the rest of the station so it looks like claiming to have caught a train from...
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    advice, not sympathy

    I was stopped at Warrington Bank Quay one morning! I usually travel to Stockport using a season ticket via Warrington Central and Manchester Piccadilly. On that day, the line via Warington Central was closed due to a trespasser. I went to Bank Quay and asked if I was allowed travel from there...

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