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I turn sixty next week. Given that you may buy a senior railcard online from fourteen days before your birthday, I have already purchased one and have downloaded and stored it on my phone. Can I apply it to tickets for travel dates before my birthday, or only afterwards? For comparison, the...

Got up this morning and found a notification from my banking app, “there was a technical glitch which prevented your payment of £5.25 from being made. Please try to make the payment again”. Alongside was an email from TFL saying my card was blocked as it declined when they tried to collect...

BBC reporting the death of Bonnie Tyler aged 75. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9326rq1509t

Working at Carshalton till 1 pm Sunday, then need to find a quickish way of getting from Wallington area to Fleet for a show at The Harlington. Due to the engineering works and replacement buses, putting East Croydon to Fleet into a journey planner throws up conplicated routes with multiple...

As this concerns roads I guess this is the most appropriate place to ask this. Just received my weekly TFL travel advice email which included the fact that, until 6:00pm on Friday May 15th, Abingdon Street will be closed between Parliament Square and Great Peter Street to support the State...

I’ve been overcharged for my travel yesterday. I phoned TfL and, after speaking to a customer service rep with the details, was asked to send a copy of my journey history to tflcontactless@tfl.gov.uk. I have attempted to do so twice, but my email bounces back as undeliverable. Can anyone advise...

I’m on the way back to London from today’s Sunderland game on a split ticket (booked through Trainsplit) with an itinerary of: 18:01 TPE Newcastle-York 19:31 LNER York-London Got the TPE, arrived at York and found the LNER cancelled. The 19:17 LNER was pulling in, spoke to an LNER staff...

Just a heads up that the children’s tv series The Flockton Flyer is showing on Talking Pictures TV, weekdays at 10:30am. Starts tomorrow Monday 1st December. There were two series and twelve episodes in total. Note that series two was known as Flockton Flyer, with “The” bring dropped from the...

Looking for advice for my friend who is planning an away football match at Brighton. He holds a Freedom Pass and will be starting from Hayes and Harlington. I gather there is a travel zone around Brighton where you can get free travel by showing your match ticket, and Haywards Heath is within...

I know Victoria is locked up overnight and they only open the gate to allow access when a train is due. I arrived this morning at 02:55 for a train due at 03:08. There was a fair sized crowd outside. The security guard wandered up and down before disappearing into the concourse. He came back...

I booked an advance ticket on Avanti. Earlier this week I got an email saying “there has been a change to your journey times due to a timetable change. Your new eticket is attached” The email outlines my rights to a refund if I choose not to travel and then, under “travelling on alternative...

I need to travel from East Croydon to Harpenden. I’ll be travelling outward in the weekday afternoon peak and returning the same evening in the off peak period. Am I better off with contactless or a paper ticket?

Woke up this morning with the travel news saying the Northern line was suspended due to an incident. Looked on the TfL website which said there was a fatality on the track. Now I don’t know where the incident occurred, my thoughts are with those involved and I mean no disrespect, I’m just...

Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce98937nrqrt

Eddie Stobart has passed away at the age of 95. Article says he died last month but I have only just seen it reported, mods please move to general discussion or delete/merge/close as appropriate if there is already an existing thread. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c785nlzne4eo

I’m most likely going to chalk this one up to experience and write it off but I wonder if I could have taken a more appropriate course of action. I had a route any permitted anytime day single from Wallington to London Road Guildford, held as an e-ticket, with a suggested itinerary of...

Currently at Lloyd Park waiting for the replacement bus as there are no trams. Do I tap the reader on the tram platform before getting on the bus or what are you supposed to do in this situation?

I arrived at Sunderland at 10:00, to find the 10:17 to Kings Cross, for which I have an advance, cancelled. I spoke to ticket office who said there’s no LNER acceptance and to get the 12:30. I quoted my PRO rights, which they acknowledged but said I’d have to take it up with GC if I bought a...

Fare finder has no “avoiding zone 1” fare for this journey. Using contactless, if you go Redhill-Clapham Junction-pink reader-Southern to Watford Junction what can you expect to be charged?

I held the return portion of a Brighton-Southampton Central super offpeak return routed not via London. I had been down to Mums for the weekend last month, travelling East Croydon-Clapham-Eastleigh. The return half was valid till April 24th so I still had an unused portion between Croydon and...