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I was rightly chastised by the guard today for forgetting to activate my m-ticket before boarding the train. I had absolutely no excuse, I had simply been in the middle of a phone call and forgotten. If this happens again, and it probably will, because I'm human, and I travel by train a lot...

Before I embarrass myself on the train, does anyone know if I can buy a paper Plusbus ticket to accompany an electronic ticket stored only on my phone? The Plusbus website only refers to a "valid train ticket", not the medium. I'll be travelling with Arriva Trains Wales, but I suspect the...

Full article here: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/you-could-now-fined-70-9686588 As far as I can tell, this is just bad reporting of business as usual. I use an ATW unstaffed station with no TVM, and I certainly won't be banging on the door of the back cab to insist on being...

I have a Belgian friend who's considering a return trip to the UK. He'd be travelling from Antwerp to St Pancras via Lille, and then down to Cardiff via Paddington. I think he can be fairly flexible about date and time, but this is likely to be driven by the price of the Eurostar. He doesn't...

I'm going to be travelling between Manchester Piccadilly and Merthyr Tydfill quite a few times in the next few months. I would be interested in any ticket combinations that would lower the price, and which wouldn't be likely to cause me hassle. I have a GMPTE disabled bus pass that allows...

I'm currently sitting on a very cold Platform 1 at Dewsbury. I caught the 17:32 First Transpennine train from Manchester, intending to alight at Leeds for Sandal and Agbrigg. As the train was standing at Huddersfield, the announced that "This is Huddersfield. The next stop will be Leeds." ...