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I was at Woodbridge station on the East Suffolk line today and saw that the station had a ticket machine that only accepted debit cards, and neither a staffed ticket office nor a permit to travel machine. This got me thinking- what policy would on-train staff use in the (perhaps rare, except in...

I was on the Caledonian Sleeper earlier this month which arrived in Inverness nearly two hours late at 10.30 (scheduled arrival 08.38). I was intending to catch the 08.55 connecting train to Kyle of Lochalsh, for which I had an advance ticket (valid on that service only). The train manager on...

Duffield, my local station, on the Derwent Valley Line between Derby and Matlock, is shown in East Midlands Trains literature as being a Penalty Fares station, along with Belper. However, the sole ticket machine at Duffield is hideously unreliable (based on my experiences, there is a 50% chance...

I am travelling on the West Highland line between Fort William and Mallaig next week, and planning a number of rail journeys which start at unstaffed stations with no TVMs such as Morar and Glenfinnan. In case this seems a strange question, I do not have much experience of travelling from...

I was wondering if anyone could explain this apparent anomaly. I am planning on travelling from Glenfinnan to Mallaig on 1st October on the 09.05 service, so as to arrive in time to catch a ferry to Skye. I have looked on the Scotrail website to find that an anytime day single, with 16-25...

I was wondering about this as I haven't heard any updates for some time. When are the refurbished Class 73/9s supposed to be taking over from Class 67s on the Highland portions, and have any 73s been painted in Caledonian Sleeper livery? I have heard that they were supposed to be starting in...

Further to the thread on Scottish rural routes, just wanted some clarification on official policy. What happens if you are travelling on an advance ticket, and either deliberately or accidentally travel further than the destination named on your ticket, or start at a point earlier than that...

(Please move if not appropriate here) Apologies for the very long post, but this is something that has been playing on my mind. In my frequent travels over the beautiful West Highland lines and the Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh route, I have noticed that some conductors display a rather...