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I wasn't suggesting that they would need to do anything with the TfW service. There may be scope to speed it up, though, given that there's over 15 miles of 75mph track between Chester and Acton Grange which is mostly used by 100mph trains. What they could do without additional infrastructure...

The inspector will surely carry a TfGM map like the one here. I can see advantages and disadvantages to this change. It removes some of the oddities of the previous system, like the way that tickets between Marple and Ashton-under-Lyne weren't allowed on Stockport-Stalybridge trains whereas...

As things stand they have sprinters. What they have in the future will depend on choices they haven't made yet. 197s are just a newish type of train which is cleared for the line. You could send the Northern train out before the TfW Manchester one, maybe. Having 3 of the 4 trains per hour which...

Why do you say the paths at the Chester end are fixed? There's a single line and a junction with a busier line nearby, but neither seems like something which would stop you from adding a few minutes in if needed, or like something which couldn't be improved at a price. Maybe, or they could use...

A more straightforward way to find itineraries for tickets like this might be through redspottedhanky.com (it's a system a few TOCs used to use, but I don't think any still do). There's a "show slower routes" button on the left in the search results which lets you tell it to just show...

There's no mention of the line between Chester and Wrexham, so the closure must only be west of Saltney Junction. And, just to say, they closed the Bidston line for two weeks in August. Another extended closure would have raised some questions.

I don't know what counts as normal these days, but Mixing Desk retailers (such as redspottedhanky.com) offer Southern & WMT tickets between (say) Nuneaton and Gatwick with their initial search (enter stations, time and date, click on search and select the ticket you want and the itineraries are...

If you'd like to travel via Abbey Wood, you should tell National Rail or Trainline or whoever that you'd like to travel via Abbey Wood. On the National Rail web site you'd select "Route options" to do this. Most, if not all, planner-based retailers let you do something like that, it's certainly...

The DfT press release didn't mention anything about the tube, or any other TfL services. Do you (or anyone) know if there's a policy on this, or if we're expected to wait to see if permission is granted on the day?

If you'd prefer not to rely on the leniency of staff, you may be able to exchange your ticket for one for the service you actually want. This will normally cost extra, and can be arranged at any time before the train is due to leave Holyhead. There's some information about it on the Natonal...

I don't know if it's a problem, but it's what some people are complaining about on this thread. My point was just that, if the answer to your question is "no", this is a technology problem. Checking the writing is much quicker than scanning the barcode a second time, so that's what a gateline...

Except that the gateline just scanned the ticket. Why expect the member of staff to spend time scanning a ticket when the gateline could (with the right technology) just pass on its findings?

You are entitled to your opinion, but I know that there are tickets to some Cornish stations which can be used for a journey from Oakham via London. I didn't just look at tickets which had "Oakham" printed on them.

There is likely to be a through ticket you can use, but there are 35 stations in Cornwall across five branches plus Penzance. It's hard to say anything for sure without knowing which of them you mean. I can understand that, but what about buying one ticket to London zone U1 and another from...

I don't know, but it's pretty uncommon for a ticket between two places east of Warrington to have any valid routes via Liverpool. It should be pretty easy to avoid Crosscountry on other routes, though. You could change train in Manchester, Crewe and Birmingham/Lichfield. Or you could change at...

Well done! I'm think that, if the wish was to charge more to people who travel via Doncaster, they could have used a "not via Doncaster" route and let people travel via Pontefract Baghill for less. And, while they've changed that flow, other flows such as Darton–Newcastle and...

I think the answer is that it isn't permitted, but you should be able to get away with it. The Conditions of Travel state that: If you are using a series of train services you probably aren't using a direct service between the stations on your ticket. If no itineraries can generate for a...

If you have a permitted route between Selby and York, a season ticket would permit you to start and end your journey at any station along the route.

The 2025 revision of the routeing guide makes the answer to the original question fairly simple. It says: (my bold, their grammar) If you obtain an itinerary from a Licensed Retailer (such as trainline) for an "any permitted" Selby–York single or return, then an "any permitted" Selby–York...

The route you describe doesn't involve passing through any station more than once (north of Weybridge, anyway). If you're planning a day trip, you could look at a return ticket to somewhere else along the route, not only to Clapham Junction. Chiswick's the closest station to the midpoint of...