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    Problems with trainline: "open return" fares only being valid for one day

    It must have been before 1993, as I looked at the National Fares Manual for that year yesterday
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    Problems with trainline: "open return" fares only being valid for one day

    A bit off topic but, in 1996: - tickets to London International were all (apart from "Leisure" ones) valid for two months - FOS and SOS and SVS tickets were only valid for one day (not two days, like now); other than if the journey could not be completed on day one - FOR, SOR, SVR tickets were...
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    Caledonian Sleeper

    It means from Tuesday night to Saturday morning.
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    Collecting tickets from an unmanned station without a ticket machine

    As do southeastern.
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    Buying direct from each TOC compared to buying through a third party

    What were your split tickets compared to Trainsplit?
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    Back to the office - best source of tickets?

    If a season is available on the route then a Flexi Season will also be available. Whether it will represent good value for money is another question... It will be available as a smartcard ticket, but not as a barcode ticket, because of the lack of digital support by Mderseyrail.
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    PlusBus ticket not available for every station within the zone?

    Plusbus is only available if your rail journey is to / from Poole or Bournemouth.
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    Are you obliged to ‘rush’ to make your cross-London tube connection?

    It works both ways. If you arrive, on time, at Redhill P3 at the back of a 12-car train, and want to make a connecting train on P1, which will also be at the far end potentially, then you have to walk around 500m in 3 minutes. Which most people can't do. No delay repay though, if everything was...
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    Delay repay rejected as limited to 100% of ticket?

    The compensation can no longer exceed the ticket cost.
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    Are you obliged to ‘rush’ to make your cross-London tube connection?

    It’s up to you. Officially you can’t make it.
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    Are you obliged to ‘rush’ to make your cross-London tube connection?

    The connection time from Paddington to st Pancras at this time of the day is 15 + 20 + 15 = 50 minutes. If you arrive at Paddington at 20.45 then you can’t make the 21.32 from st Pancras and so may claim delay repay if you do fail to make that train.
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    Cross country sold out Jun 14th Birmingham Exeter am Off Peak

    He would like to book flexible (cancellable) train tickets though...
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    Cross country sold out Jun 14th Birmingham Exeter am Off Peak

    But you booked your hotel weeks in advance?
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    Midlands Connect case for direct trains between Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham

    For the M18 / M1 spur (which connects Sheffield to Doncaster) the traffic numbers are only about two thirds of the M69: https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/manualcountpoints/28247 Yet there are frequent direct XC, TPE and Northern trains between the two places (with people travelling from Sheffield...
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    Affordable tickets for the Caledonian Sleeper?

    No, this is incorrect; I've provided the answer above. Fares that are set by Caledonian Sleeper cannot be discounted with the 26-30 railcard. Fares that are not set by CS can be discounted with the 26-30 railcard. This does not reduce their validity - they can still be used on CS. Of course, a...
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    What is a train?

    Looks like that's what one poster did earlier, without admitting it.
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    Affordable tickets for the Caledonian Sleeper?

    Their own products.
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    What is a train?

    A key point is that trains don't have steering wheels, as they are guided by the rails. This is often news to kids* (in my experience) and leads to a few more questions. *some adults too
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    Affordable tickets for the Caledonian Sleeper?

    Not really. Though they were better than previous years.
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    Affordable tickets for the Caledonian Sleeper?

    I think they can

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