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Unfortunately whilst for many a peaceful drink is a welcome enjoyment on the journey home sadly there's a small minority where it just leads to anything from minor nuisance to serious trouble.
I certainly enjoy a few beers. I don't tend to when on trains but no problem with those that do...
Ok here's my first correspondence:
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I wonder if you could help me with a question about ticket validity.
A off peak day return ROM-SOU
- is valid (at off peak times) as best I understand it via CFR/ESL (at least on direct trains) OR via redbridge
- allows for break of...
Lol.. a little more prep first.
I've emailed SWT to ask them.. will try national rail enq too. worth a shot, plus also verifying another multi-hop I have already done a few times around the loop for a fun day out! (though at the more expensive price)
Thanks.. that's what I'd expected.
I read through the thread again and can see the reference to romsey-sou only being permitted on a through train.
That's defined in the routing guide as
Through Train
A through train is one which runs between the origin and destination stations and on...
Thanks for the reply, certainly the UK rail system is fascinating, though in different ways. personally I'm more keen on the engineering & architecture! Fares are something else...
Though I've read for a while, in this case I can only see
ROM-SOU is shown by national rail enquiries as both...
Interesting as if I want to meander around the loop (one direction) I just get a ticket to the most expensive point on the basis that is valid for the full loop... Perhaps I should look into validity rules closer!
So would a rom-sou return be just fine for cfr-sou? It would seem so? Could such...
As an aside I bought a ticket with my network railcard... Via machine swt. Then whilst at the station a friend turned up to join us (all travelling together). I went with him to the ticket office where the member of staff was pretty unhappy about selling an additional railcard discounted ticket...
One issue on occasion is what I'd really like to know is
Next train to x on which my current ticket is valid (scans ticket)
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A friend just pointed out there's no trains (or at least few) around southampton
Just seen on twitter:
The issue with signalling at #SouthamptonCentral is a loss of power to control systems. Trains in the area are stopped for safety reasons.
I'm a complete newbie here but has the teacher looked at proper advance group tickets? Or even walk up group 4 tickets
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