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Good luck to everyone doing their assessments this week

Just received an invite to the first stage assessment. Good luck to everyone who has made it this far, and good luck to those of you who didn't in future applications.

Maybe I wasn't clear in my first post - I did initially try to buy an off peak day return from Gathurst. However, the lady in the ticket office, for whatever reason, point blank refused to sell me one as the train would leave Gathurst at a peak time. As such, I was left with no choice but to...

I'm also glad that common sense prevailed, some of my faith in Northern rail has been restored: something I did not think possible after three years of using their services. Not to be pedantic, but I certainly wont be paying an extra £6 (should i get a jobs worth who insists on charging me peak...

Thank you everyone for your advice and opinions. On my train back today, I witnessed another passenger ask the guard could she buy an extention from Wigan to Appley Bridge. The guard told her it was fine as the Wigan ticket cost the same. I'm afraid this was the last straw. So when I got...

I'm not going to argue the 'haven't lost any money point from me' any longer. The fact is I boarded at Wigan, not Gathurst, and I paid the correct price from Wigan. I did not at any point during that day travel at a peak time period, so I have in no way avoided paying a fare. The price of a...

No they didn't lose any money from me - I was travelling from Wigan, and this was at 09:32, so the price was £4.10. I merely wanted a return from Gathurst so that if I were to get an overly zealous ticket inspector on the way back there would be no need to explain why my ticket only goes to...

I must say I feel like I've slipped into the twilight zone. I usually board/alight from my daily commute to Manchester at one of two different stations (Wigan Wallgate or Gathurst), depending on the time of day. The particular day in question, I boarded the 09:32 from Wigan Wallgate to...