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Hi all,
The half-hourly trains I rely on often run reduced services on weekends. On such days, the trains that do run can be very crowded.
I seem to recall being told that if it is physically impossible to board, this counts as a delay and can be compensated under delay repay in the same way...
Hi,
Occasionally I have need to visit multiple locations along the same train line. I know with standard tickets, such as SDS, it is permitted to stop short and exit early.
Firstly, I hope someone could clarify if it is acceptable to resume a journey after stopping short. Suppose I live at...
Sorry if this should probably go in an existing thread, but I didn't want to hijack any discussions. I looked into how this affects the market for someone who travels from this area to London during weekday off-peak, returns on a different day and is happy to avoid zone 1 if the journey is...
Moderator note: split from Delay Repay - Intentionally Catching Late Trains
Much of this forum is dedicated to paying less for train travel by making use of the train fare system in creative or unexpected ways.
Is it immoral to split ticket or exploit loopholes in booking engines or easements?
I had a conversation about this with some of the forum regulars a few months ago, but I'm still not sure. I wonder whether there's anything concrete in the T+Cs about this scenario or if anyone's tried it. Imagine this scenario:
You work at a company that has flexible hours, so can choose to...
Hello all,
You may be interested in a free/non-commercial open-source website I have just released today called faremap ( http://faremap.ml ). Its purpose is to display UK train and Oyster fares on a colourful map, so that you can work out optimal journeys. I have also pre-computed every split...
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