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From the 5th July to 31st October there will be a trial by some TOCs within London with an increase of the incomplete journey fare from London terminals & Tottenham Hale (strangely not Farringdon/Stratford or Clapham Junction) where the charge will be up to £30,40. Sorry if this isn't worthy of...

Should XC cease offering seat reservations for one stop journeys when alternative* trains exist to attempt to decrease overcrowding on those sections with their short trains. (*Such as Reading to Oxford, York to Leeds etc)

I completely agree with this suggestion, make it so any genuine holders have to buy at a ticket office (where the Railcard is inspected before tickets issued) or allow them to buy on board without penalty. Removal of the ability to add the JCP Railcard to online sales would reduce abuse, as I...

To reduce the number of incorrectly issued penalty fare notices when the revenue officer has used the offpeak single price rather than the super offpeak single price, should the penalty fare scheme be changed to a fixed amount of say £120 reduced to £60 within X days. A nice simple number where...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/porterbrook-cl-769-flex-trains-from-319s-initially-for-northern.138660 At some point I can see the Stalybridge - Southport service cut in two at Wigan due to issues with 769s. Stalybridge - Wigan run with a 323 into North Western...

When Avanti refurbished the Pendos within the last few years, on the 11 coach sets they changed one of the first class coaches to become standard class (coach G) to give 8 coaches of standard class & 3 coaches of First Class seating (even if some of the First Class can now classed as Standard...

Is it just me who has noticed an increase of clickbait advertising on the forum, including some which includes GIFs. Ie 'girl wears transparent shirts in public, click for the photos' complete with a large chested lady bouncing her breasts Or 'tragic news for random celebrity'. Which most...

Afternoon all Am I misremembering something or at one point was a standard off-peak return from London to Leicester valid via Nuneaton (so Euston - Nuneaton - Leicester)? Seems looking at the guide the only option these days is direct from St Pancras to Leicester via Market Harbrough and via...

Other than units number 38, 39, 88 & 98 (from Wikipedia) is there any more other long term out of use DLR rolling stock when it awaits the new stock to enter use? Sorry if topic has already been asked already, but I couldn't see anything for the DLR.

Following on from this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/merseyrail-station-car-park-offence.262417/#post-6626695 Is it just me who thinks that the no overnight parking rule is a bit outdated as it doesn't encourage someone to drive to a Merseyrail station (from say an area on the...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/crosscountry-compulsory-reservations-forcing-passengers-into-1st-class.260885/ I would disagree with declassifying First Class for that section. The easiest solution to deal with overcrowding is to skip the Wolverhampton call...

I've decided to post my trips reports both on my blog (link in signature) and also back on the Trip Reports section of the forum. So I hope you lovely people enjoy reading about my various explores/trips. 11th November – West Midlands Canal Walk & Explore Today’s trip was a trip towards the...

In a post in a thread about advance tickets, I saw a mention that Northern sell advance tickets for the short 4 minute, 2.33 miles journey from Leeds to Burley Park (£1.70) which got me thinking if there are any other short journeys (5 minutes or under) where advance fares are available for...

mods note - split from this thread The problem with that is at the Crewe end, heading towards Manchester there is normally an Avanti which runs between the LNR train arriving and TfW departing so some sites based on speed will use that Avanti. Shame it's jumped up by nearly £4, but still £39...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/lner-huddersfield-services.221871/ Pointless token daily service which will most likely be carrying fresh air in the morning at 05;50 (and sits at Leeds for 26 minutes). The evening service might get used by people heading to...

Someone mentioned this on Twitter this morning and it sounds like they are changing the times the Super Offpeak fares are valid and changing the name of the fares to make things "Simpler" https://www.southwesternrailway.com/train-tickets/ticket-types/super-off-peak-tickets No doubt the new...

Evening I'm looking to travel from London to Leeds on the 29th October of which the advance tickets went on sale yesterday, however the tickets on sale only cover upto the 19:33 departure, the last couple services (i.e. 20:33/21:33) are showing as no availability (looking back over previous...

Received an email this afternoon saying that the collection of Nectar points from the SWR website will end at the end of the month. The first of the First group operators to step back from Nectar, so will TPE/GWR follow suit? Might catch anybody out who uses the Webtis Mixing Desk. Certainly...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/may-2021-timetable-change.213723/ How hard would it be to insert a Basingstoke call on the XX:35 service towards Southampton, both for Basingstoke passengers from London (& Woking) and for anybody from Basingstoke wanting to...

I was looking at RTT for ideas of something to do this coming Sunday and it seems SWR have replaced the Salisbury - Reading stopping service with buses between Salisbury & Basingstoke calling at all the stations with a separate shuttle between Basingstoke & Reading, but it seems the Waterloo -...