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I'm pretty sure that years ago, I asked a question about it here, and the conclusion was that a regular Cambridge-London Terminals ticket is valid to Kings Cross, St Pancras, Liverpool Street and Moorgate (including the less-known tube transfer from Kings Cross). I also knew that...

This morning, I was travelling to Stansted Airport using the return portion of a Cambridge-London anytime return - I was planning to continue to London after I land (with a potential additional BOJ at Bishop's Storftord). This ticket is valid via Stansted, but almost every time I used it at...

I had this random thought today - is there any requirement for the LU segment as part of a cross-London transfer to make logical sense? Let's say I have a ticket that requires me to take the tube between King's Cross and Victoria. The obvious route is Victoria line, I'm sure some would travel on...

I know that Cambridge-London tickets are valid via Stansted Airport, but does the same apply to every ticket that goes through London ('Any permitted route')? I might have to go Gatwick and/or Canterbury, but return to Stansted - would a regular return ticket be valid? On a side note, almost...

This has been making me irrationally angry over a few months. I submitted a few different delay repay claims, with different TOCs. If the ticket is for a non-stop journey on one TOC, then everything is simple and claim is usually successful. But when I try to claim within a journey that involved...

Thameslink train was cancelled and I got delayed by over 2 hours. Filled in the form, got rejected on the basis that they "can't find the journey you intended to make, so we're unable to verify if any delay took place" (which of course is ironic, given that you have to find a service when you...

So, I commuted between Cambridge and King's Cross with mostly Great Northern and occasionally Thameslink for over three years. I'd travel at different times, usually after 9 in the morning and therefore skip the busiest times, but would often take busy trains back in the afternoon. Either way...

Are there any time restrictions on off peak-tickets to or from one of the London zones? The ticket I'm looking at is Oxford-LU Zones. On the return portion, the first service from Paddington that's allowed on this ticket is 9:23. Am I allowed to use the tube to actually reach Paddington in...

So, as we all know, buying an e-ticket after boarding or after departure of the train is generally a big no-no (assuming station has appropriate ticket-selling facilities). But, imagine this scenario: passenger holds an unused ticket, which would be valid on the journey they're trying to make...

A few days ago, I flew into Stansted and was heading to Cambridge. I had the return portion of an anytime return Cambridge-London Terminals. This ticket is valid on this route, but this time I just missed the direct train to Cambridge, and the quickest alternative was to catch a train to...

I might be travelling between Cambridge and Oxford fairly regularly, potentially at peak times. There doesn't seem to be an anytime return or off-peak return on that route, but I found that for off-peak return, I can do Cambridge-Tackley (or any station up to Banbury) for £60.10 (I have a 16-25...

We all know that break of journey is generally permitted, as is short stopping. On a route A-B-C-D-E I can therefore travel A-B, and then D-E on one ticket (within the validity of course). But what happens if a ticket allows for different routes? For example, Cambridge-London: can I travel...

BR Fares shows those fares marked as NOT UNDERGROUND - but surely, Elizabeth Line is not classed as Underground? When putting this to a journey planner, direct Thameslink train or Great Northern to King's Cross, then changing at St Pancras shows correct price of £39.70 (with 16-25 railcard). If...

Last weekend, I decided to go to Berney Arms, and then cycle to Cromer. Never having been in Berney Arms, or even travelled through it, I had a look on Greater Anglia website if there's any particular area of the train I need to be in and I saw no such information. There were also no...

I had a bit of a random shower thought the other day. Let's say I have a season ticket between stations A and B, but one day I instead travel from A to C, which is the opposite direction (i.e. it's not covered by my season ticket). I then buy a single/return ticket A-C, but instead of using it...

I have a bit of theoretical questions, although it might apply to me at some point as I finish my journeys at earlier stations fairly often. Let's say I hold a return from station A to C, travelling via B. On my return, I intend to finish my journey in B, and the cheapest way to achieve this is...

I commute Cambridge-London daily, normally with a a regular off-peak day return which costs me £18.85 with a railcard, and then walk to work near Euston. However, on days when I need to use tube in London for whatever reason, I instead get the GA-only off-peak day Z1-6 travelcard for £19 (recent...

Let's say that on a particular route, a train is off-peak if it arrives into London after 10:00. I intend to take the first off-peak train of the day, arriving London at, let's say, 10:10. However, upon arriving at the station, I notice that an earlier train has been delayed and is now expected...

I commute daily between Cambridge and London, with an off-peak return (costs me £18.85 with a railcard). I normally go to King's Cross or St Pancras, and walk to work from there (it's closer to Euston Square, but no point in taking public transport for a such a short walk). When I woke up...

I commute between Cambridge and London every day on an off-peak return ticket. This week, I might have to go to Huntingdon after work. I can of course take the busway from Cambridge, but it would be much quicker to instead just travel by train from London directly to Huntingdon. I am assuming...