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With no proof of this happening or even that I had a ticket I'd say that's very unlikely (first half of ticket was lost somewhere, second half was confiscated with no receipt)

That's interesting. They're (based on my anecdotal evidence) returning tickets specifically to that station with guaranteed no other validity, but (based on your anecdotal evidence) swallowing tickets to the group with additional validity for break of journey. Could they have been programmed...

1 mile and 8 chains vs 1 mile and 22 chains. Perhaps this is unenforced as staff do advise changing at James Street and it's much easier and quicker than changing at Central. Or does the three mile rule apply here? Update: National Rail journey planner shows switching at James Street as a valid...

I believe Merseyrail ticket barriers do not swallow tickets, full stop. This was confirmed by another poster on here at some stage a few years ago. I believe he said it was because there are too many conditions where they can't be swallowed (almost all mainline tickets are valid on the...

I completely understand that this is not what you're suggesting, I mean this for discussion and don't intend to belittle your valid point. Does this not raise a question of "How much of a rail journey can staff refuse to allow you to undertake because it's close enough to walk?" though? If I...

It's a ½ mile walk, granted, but it was starting to rain, and with the luggage I was retrieving, I'd rather have taken the train (which I should have been entitled to for no extra charge)

I purchased an Off Peak Day Return ticket from Liverpool Stations to Warrington Stations. I travelled to Warrington this morning, and returned around two hours ago. As my ticket was an Off Peak ticket, break of journey on either portion should be permitted, and as the ticket was to Liverpool...

Stena Line obviously have decided high-speed crossings are not viable. Apart from cancelling the Dun Laoghaire crossing, they also chose to move from Stranraer port to Cairnryan port to shorten the crossing a few years earlier. This was despite the lack of a rail connection (resulting in the...

Unbelievably, I was told by someone on the phone at National Rail Enquiries that even though Merseyrail issue no reservations, my Advance SailRail (Dublin Port Stena - Liverpool Stations via Holyhead) ticket was valid only on the exact Merseyrail departure from Chester which I had selected on...

The tickets to DUBLIN CONNOLLY are not valid to depart from or arrive to DUBLINPORT STENA at any time. Tickets to DUBLINPORT STENA are not valid to depart from or arrive to DUN LAOGHAIRE (CIV) at any time. This leads me to believe they are fares that were once available for Stena Line's fast...

Thank you everyone, all my questions seem to have been answered now. Is there any official document that states this which you can point me in the direction of, or is this just an unwritten rule or the way a rule regarding reservations is being interpreted?

So effectively, where you don't have a reservation for a specific train, you can take the train directly before or directly after that on your itinerary, as long as this doesn't result in you missing a train you have a reservation for? Is this written down anywhere, or is it a sort of "unwritten...

I was under the impression that the entire premise of Advance tickets was that you were restricted to the specific trains in your itinerary, and unless you had an endorsed ticket due to a delay you are effectively travelling with no ticket if you deviate from it? I'm used to train travel in...

As Merseyrail do not issue reservations, does this mean I could choose to travel on the next Merseyrail service to Liverpool (30 minutes later) or am I still be restricted to my booked train?

Having received SailRail tickets ordered from Virgin Trains, I've noticed a few peculiar things about the tickets that dont really matter but I'd still like to know more about: 1. Tickets for Stena Line Dublin/Holyhead are issued to/from "DUBLINPORT STENA". While my seat reservation coupons...

If I were to order tickets online for postal delivery to the same address in the same booking (Virgin Trains West Coast) is it certain that two people will receive separate tickets for the same journey - we will be using SailRail and arriving separately at the port in Dublin and would both like...

Are train tickets ever issued for more than one adult, more than one child, or a combination of adults and children? I've never seen a train ticket that covers more than one person, so I'm confused why they specify Adult ONE, Child NIL and don't simply say Adult or Child. Is this a...