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I am talking more about FIP, PRIV and IR tickets issued when ticket offices are closed/none on the station and the staff member not having access to RST Online due to not working in the UK.
I know that GWR, LNER and TPE can sell TOD on board for journeys involving London Underground (eg Newcastle-Fratton) but are there any other TOCs that can, such as GTR, SWR etc?
I know Grand Central can't and think Northern cant neither.
Thanks.
Due to the closure of the line this morning between Heworth and South Shields/South Hylton due to a maintainance vehicle breaking down, I'm guessing none of the 599s will be out and about.
Thoughts are with everybody involved, and those at EMR this evening at Control, customer services and on platforms.
Fingers crossed the message from The Times and "believed" is all it is.
Stayed at a Premier Inn last night in Southsea and they were having issues with their card payment service on the computer, and it wouldn't connect. Out came an old swipe imprinter which I was asked to sign for the written amount. Hadn't seen one of those in years. Think the last time was on a...
Apparently there is a unit hidden in Ilford shed which has been given the GBR wrap according to a few posts on TikTok and Instagram. Not sure when it is meant to be out though.
When you get your code and the retailers website you don't have to specify the same journey you did on the microsite. You can change it. I think the microsite is just asking for this for their own data.
Not sure. I only ever saw it in Gateshead and was a BBC News story about it too:
BBC News - Tesco trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rzvrjkklko?app-referrer=deep-link
Tesco Extra in Gateshead has had the trolley and basket weighing devices removed from the scan as you shop area. I don't think the trial was a success.
I was on an 810 yesterday to Sheffield from London and they kept announcing that the air con in the rear coach was not working and to find any available seat "within the class of your ticket". We got stopped at Chesterfield for a while and then diverted into Sheffield due to trespassers. Only...
Me and my other half actually did that today as there was a bit of a wait between the Hovercraft arriving and the train to Shanklin so got a bacon roll at the Interchange and walked up to the Pier Head station and then the train to Shanklin.