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Just out of interest....why?

This happened to me recently at Halifax station. The machine was working but due to an IT fault, tickets weren't available for collection with a reference number and card. I popped into the ticket office and the booking clerk was more than willing to print my tickets for me with the necessary...

Dore and Totley must be near the top. Especially as it would double the line between Sheffield and Manchester!

Thanks for that sweeping generalisation. Football fans ARE people, last time I checked. Not every football fan annoys people. Just like not every train fan annoys people. But some do. Of both types.

This article is from 'The Times' today, which is behind a paywall. The Times (Also in The Sun if you wanted to read it there.) I think this tragic story serves to remind us how genuinely worried some people are when they turn to this forum for help. Times report:

You can't load them onto the m-card yet either. That would be a useful solution!

Ahh, thank you for that!

...and once on the 503 they'll stay on it to Huddersfield or Halifax (especially if First choose to offer competitive fares) I can't see the train being used very much by locals to those places.

Getting rid of the 153s has puzzled me for a long time. They are about the same age as the Class 156s, and have great flexibility to strengthen other DMUs (including classes 142, 143, 144, 150, 156, 158, 170 and 172 according to wikipedia) by one extra carriage at a time when two would be two...

The off peak day return at £13.10 looks pricey. Are there any ways to split the journey to bring the cost down? Thanks in advance IJMJ

I was mighty disappointed that when Metro DayRovers were removed from sale at post offices they weren't immediately available on MCards. The roll-out is painfully slow. 25 April finally sees the introduction of the 'Day Saver' but this is only available on the bus. Rail availability needs to be...

I saw that on a recent visit to 'The New Inn' next to Wadsley Bridge station. I wondered if it was dug out to inspect the condition of the structure, given that it carries a railway line above it?

Impractical for who exactly? Certainly not for the people who don't like changing trains either for mobility reasons or because they see it as a bit of a nuisance navigating a big station like Leeds. I know lots of very irregular users who have been enticed to travel to London by train for...

I wonder if there are any instances where booking a cross boundary off peak return and then travelling short (ie not crossing the boundary) works out cheaper than having to buy the peak return? Is it even allowed? Then, how would it be judged if starting short within the boundary area with an...

Yes, unfortunately, it is against the rules. A £4.40 Meadowhall to Doncaster single would ease your journey though as no one would ever know where you'd started. (Riskier would be a £2.40 Meadowhall to Sheffield ticket to cover the double back if the conductor on your train remembered that you...

I often smile when I read season ticket holders and their 'I pay £2000... etc' per year. You are getting a season's worth of travel for that, not just one journey. Compared with the value for money a walk up passenger will receive for a similar journey, season ticket holders usually get a very...

I'm finding this thread really uplifting! So often we read on the 'Disputes' board about people who have 'chanced it' with tickets for a different age group and got caught out then belatedly seeing the light and confessing to having done 'something really stupid'. Ruby - well done on your...

I've got my tickets. Reservations weren't mandatory (although I made them), and my ticket is not endorsed 'Valid with Reservations' or whatever wording they normally use when reservations are required. Maybe I've just answered my own query. :lol: However, 6J does seem to contradict this!

I've just booked this trip (via Dublin - I like to take my time!). I wanted to travel on the 'Swift' out of Holyhead and had a choice of two tickets: a) Sailrail 'advance' at £54 b) Sailrail 'standby' at £59 When I booked this (on VT West Coast) the conditions for the advance ticket...