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Often at Waterloo the train moves to (un)couple. An announcement is made for passengers outside to wait and inside to hold on and still people fall over and blame everyone else.
Why is it so difficult to move a train in a railway station by a few feet to accommodate a wheelchair?
I think an answer is possibly
More wheelchair spaces
Allow enough space between (some) seat rows to move a wheel chair between carriages
A wheelchair lift what could be small dimensions...
Notes - I have certain box privileges and also get nearly all my travel refunded by a railway related company.
For this example I was travelling as a normal member of the public without any privileges.
I was testing Tap2go for a client as a solution for their non priv staff travel.
A return...
Imagine hypothetically someone had a pensioner privilege pass from say Zone4 to London off peak
Is this a taxable benefit e.g. does it have to be declared for tax?
Imagine the operator offered this person a one time only cash sum for this pass and they took this money, would that be taxable?
I noticed in the trainline app that it now show slit ticket options automatically.
I was a bit surprised that at London Bridge they don't have any barcode readers and I could have showed a picture of my cat to the gate line helper to let me in.
Consider a journey from Woking, Surrey to London Waterloo, offpeak on a weekday assuming no railcards in force.
Which of these would be cheaper?
A paper ticket purchased from a SWR office or ticket machine
An e-ticket from a provider like Trainline
Two single Tap2Go journeys using an SWR...
Yes, there is at least on platforms 1 and 17. But last time I used one I was given a maximum fare by TFL a few times that I had to get reversed in 2016. I'd like to know if it has been fixed now.
I've tried to get an answer to this question by asking National Rail Enquiries, TFL and people who regularly pass through Clapham Junction Railway Station but no-one seems to have a definitive answer.
My question is basically. Can I arrive at Clapham Junction using a paper railway ticket from...
I don't travel much on the DLR anymore, about twice a month off peak. I usually try and sit at the front. Almost Every time in the last 6 months I have been asked to move by the PSA so he can control the train.
Are there any publicly available stats about how often PSA take control per day /...
I've had free champagne there. They now have all the drinks in a locked cabinet. You can ask them for one. I prefer to wait until I get onto the train to start drinking, which is free.
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