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So this happened a few weeks ago, but I thought it was something worth mentioning. A few weeks ago, I purchased an Off-peak Return (+Railcard) from Tunbridge Wells to Stratford International (via London) loaded onto an SE Key Smartcard. I loaded it up via my phone and travelled via the...

I've become an infrequent traveller on the Uckfield line and wondered why the service only goes to London Bridge once an hour and that's it. I also got thinking: Why only London Bridge? Surely there's nothing stopping the line from running to Victoria in addition to or instead of London Bridge...

Here's one for you lot. I'd like to travel tomorrow from East Croydon to Uckfield any time after 9AM. There's a 09:22AM which is just before the off-peak cut-off, but after that, the next service isn't until 10:22AM. I have a Network Railcard that will bump the price down to £13.00 exactly...

My sibling was travelling into work this morning to discover that none of the Oyster validators were working at his station. The notices said "Buy a paper ticket or use a different station", but I feel this is not correct advice. Why should you have to use a different station because a critical...

So, the other day, I found myself at the Ticket Office at Waterloo, asking if they could issue a Platform Ticket for Waterloo East. I was basically told "no", and when I pressed, the excuse I was given was that "SWR's policy has changed and we cannot issue Platform Tickets, because they might be...

Okay, I'm stumped. I've been looking at fares for the titled journey and noticed this one: http://www.brfares.com/#faredetail?orig=BMS&dest=GTW&rte=700&tkt=FCR I notice that Southern have set that fare, but I cannot fathom how to reasonably make this journey without going via London and also...

Looks like it's been a bit of a sticky morning for Thameslink today. To start, a signaller error caused the SE 1K89 terminator to land in Platform 2, blocking the northbound services. This was further exacerbated by a following 700 running the TL 2O06 having fouled the points just outside...

I'm slightly surprised there isn't a discussion about this already, but between the dates of the 29th of August and 1st of September, it would appear that Southeastern will be borrowing Waterloo Mainline as a diversionary terminus whilst the London Bridge blockade is underway. I originally...

Hey there - just a quick one for you. More curiosity than anything else. A few weeks ago, I bought an Advance for WAT to BMH with my YP Railcard. When I was asking for it at the TO, I quite clearly asked for a "First Class Advance fare on the Umpteenth of Derptember from Waterloo to...

(Couldn't see a prior thread for this anywhere except on Dave's, so figured there'd be no danger in opening one here...) I just spotted this on the BBC this evening: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29878913 I'm not about to instantly dismiss them, but there's just something about...

I normally don't have a reason to post here, but I really am irked about this, so I thought I'd be one of the first to blow the whistle on this one, excuse the pun. I was hoping this wouldn't happen for another few years, because "If it ain't broke, don't fix it.", but it looks like 19th June...