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Curious as to why the area to the north of Norwich has no rail provision outside of heritage lines, I found several articles, campaign sites and other materials all dedicated to the reopening of some of the former railway lines that were closed either by the Beeching axe or soon after. The Lynn...

I'm looking to take advantage of the £20 London to Margate offer advertised by Southeastern. Since I live in Abbey Wood (and hold a Zones 1-4 Travelcard), can I start from Abbey Wood on this ticket? Its terms and conditions say that I cannot break and resume my journey, and I don't know if it's...

Today I travelled from Cannon Street (Zone 1) to Belvedere (Zone 5) while holding a Zones 1-4 Travelcard loaded onto my Oyster card. I was aware that I didn't have much PAYG credit on the card - less than £1 - but was confident that I could simply touch out at Belvedere, taking me into negative...

My Gold Record Card expires at the end of the year (31/12 - same as my season ticket), but as the ticket itself is now almost a year old, the printing on it has faded away completely and the date and details are illegible. I already have my ticket and Gold Record Card for next year, but I need...

A work colleague traveled from Fenchurch Street to North Greenwich via West Ham (in Zone 3). He had a Z1-2 travelcard and enough PAYG credit for a Z3 trip, but his PAYG balance wasn't debited. The single fare finder says this journey is a Z1-2 only fare (£2.40 off peak) - I'm just curious as...

My dad has a 60+ Oyster Card and needs to travel to Chertsey. Are 60+ Oysters treated like Travelcards for the purposes of split ticketing under NRCoC condition 19, and he can just buy a ticket from Feltham or BZ6 and stay on the same train, or is he required to touch in and out for it to be...

My Travelcard expired last week, so I set aside a few extra minutes in the morning to get it renewed. As I began from a National Rail station (run by Southeastern), the only Oyster facilities were the two TVMs - one of which was out of service, and the other had its "Oyster" button greyed out...

Forgive me for asking what may be a naïve question, but is there a reason why Penalty Fares must be accepted at the time of their offering, or else the offer is withdrawn and a prosecution is likely brought? It's just that I've seen so many threads on this forum where the passenger has been...

I'm looking to travel from London to Leicester to stay with my sister next weekend, starting out on Sat 24th May and returning on Mon 26th. However, we'd like to visit Oakham (for Rutland Water) on the Saturday, so my sister suggested this itinerary for me: - Travel from London to Oakham and...

Is it possible to pick up an Oyster automatic refund without actually starting a journey? My sister received one, but she doesn't live in London so she's sent her card to me and asked me to pick it up - but I don't use Oyster to travel (I have an NR season ticket), so I don't want to consume the...

http://prosign.tumblr.com/post/33766157596/someone-has-made-fake-london-underground-signs-and I especially like "No eye contact - Penalty £200". Has anyone seen these in person? Some of them would be easy to overlook...

A train that normally runs with eight coaches is short-formed one day and runs with four. This causes the train to become full to capacity when it reaches a busy station. The passengers who are unable to board the train must wait 30 minutes for the next train to their destination. Can they claim...

I've tried several times to renew my monthly season ticket at the TVM at my local station (Welling - run by Southeastern), but my photocard number and postcode are always rejected as "unknown". I have bought my ticket from the ticket office at Welling before, but the last time I renewed it, I...

Say that I have a season ticket from Welling to Guildford. Obviously I can travel along the most direct route, starting from Welling and changing at Waterloo. Can I, however, choose to begin my journey from a station on either of the other two Dartford lines - for example, Sidcup or Woolwich...

Hi everyone, Might be a long shot, but can anyone suggest a better/cheaper way to get from Welling to Guildford on a daily-commute basis (i.e. return journey, 5 days per week)? A straight-through monthly season ticket is currently about £350.

My sister yesterday was travelling from London to Leicester on a Y-P Railcard discount. She realised (luckily, before she boarded) that she'd somehow forgotten her railcard; she weighed her options, and it appeared that buying a new railcard was cheaper than buying a new undiscounted ticket, or...

My sister needs to travel from Welling to Hook on three consecutive Sundays starting from the 19th of May. As far as I can tell, the best way to do this is to go from Welling to Waterloo East on Oyster (£2.50 each way) and then an off-peak return from Waterloo to Hook (£19.50) for a total cost...

A hypothetical situation. You're making a journey within London and for whatever reason, you either don't have a valid travelcard or forgot to touch in on PAYG. At your destination you're stopped by an official, and you can't produce a valid ticket. My question is: does the presence of...

Just a hypothetical and I have no idea whether it's been asked before, but could Southeastern have trains run to (or through) Clapham Junction? This would allow passengers from the south-east travelling to the south-west (and vice-versa) to change easily to SWT's services without having to enter...

If I get a National Railcard, can this then be used to get a discount on a weekly 1-4 Travelcard loaded onto my Oyster card? If so, then a couple more things: 1. Can I buy a discounted Travelcard from the self-service machines, or does this have to be a ticket office or newsagent job every...