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    Permission to buy on board train

    Hi, My wife had a problem today on a London Midland train from Longbridge to Five Ways. She arrived at the station just as the train was arriving so didn't have time to buy a ticket at the station, so went to the train guard and asked permission to buy a ticket on board, and he said that was...
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    Routeing query

    Hi, Travelling from Cambridge to Banbury (Standard Off-peak return), is it permissible to go via Basingstoke? My attempt at checking the routeing guide suggests it is, travelling London Waterloo-Basingstoke on map WX (the direct SWT train?) and then Basingstoke-Reading-Banbury on map CS (with...
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    Advice please - excess ticket

    Hi, I recently travelled from London Marylebone to Banbury, and bought an super-off-peak return (£11.20 I think) as it was only 5p more than the single and I thought I might use the return part in the next month. I now wish to travel from Birmingham Moor Street to Marylebone on Sunday. Do I...
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    ticket dispute - help please?

    Hi, this morning I travelled on the 08:19 XC train from Banbury to University, using a saver return ticket (which the fastticket machine happily sold me beforehand). On board the ticket inspector told me that the saver returns are no longer valid before 9:30 am, as a result of the fare...
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    restriction codes

    How can I find the restriction code for a particular ticket/journey (or otherwise find the applicable restrictions? More specifically, what restrictions apply to a saver return from Banbury to Longbridge? Does it matter whether I travel with Chiltern or Crosscountry? And (if anyone knows yet)...

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