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Don't be a thief. Pay the correct fare, ensure your railcard is valid (and if a dodger pass the attitude test to any revenue protection staff who pick up on your thieving). Yes, innocent mistakes can be made (and should be dealt with reasonably) but there's a massive amount of deliberate and...

Have the forum experts (not me!) missed this one?

To a very tedious extent.

But the "legitimate" passengers already on the train then are delayed in alighting at Liverpool St by those joining at Stratford and hogging the aisles/vestibules/door areas. 'Similar but different' to those in coach M (First Class GNER) having "less room to manouevre" in the aisles/doorways...

But is it really feasible in these hardened (and DfT constrained) times to have additional stock (if available) on the books 365/365 just to cover a peak period when the good denizens of Langley Mill (as mentioned upthread) etc. want to head to Skegness for all the dubious atrractions it seems...

I entered M&S here in Sheffield on Tuesday to buy a pair of Jeans. Although they were probably there I ddn't notice or seek out any notices that advised 'Shoplifters will be prosecuted'. It still never crossed my mind not to "settle my indebtness" with M&S before I walked out with the selected...

Google Maps/timeline? (assume there's a Crapple equivalent)

I think a lot of the problem is that the prominent "next train to" departure board will show the xx:11 Cross Country for Wakefield Westgate as people enter through the barriers after the departure of the xx:48 stopper (only Outwood as far as Wakefield is concerned). So everyone (not just the...

A significant problem with southbound late afternoon/early evening XC services leaving Leeds is that Wakefield passengers will crowd out 4/5 coach xx.11 voyagers just to get home 4 minutes earlier than the (generally) more spacious LNER xx.15 departures. Ideally these XC services would be...

Understand and appreciate the advice given to those ("probably") unwittingly caught out by expired railcard/closd tickets offices/TVM issues etc. but not really comfortable with aiding and abetting deliberate fares evaders (especailly short ticketing/dougnutting). We all love 'the railway'...

On a recent late evening train back from Leeds to Sheffield I overheard (not remotely difficult due to the decibel level of their conversation) two "over-refreshed" young "ladies" (complete with stinking takeaway "food") bemoaning the fact that they were in arrears with their rent, council tax...

My (albeit unrealistic/unachievable) aspiration would be to increase the fares into weekend "leisure hotpots" (Yorks, Leeds, Manchester etc) so as to at least make the drunken a**swipes that tend to infest these journeys pay their way.

Distant shot (from my bedroom window!) of 1Z23 passing over the Wicker Arches.

Great work. Always appreciate your posts and your attitude to this problem when at work - many thanks!

The bus fare out of/into Bradford to/from Frizinghall would hit the current £2 threshold. So surely the walk-up train single could also be priced at £2?

Could someone 'in the know' please explain why this isn't possible (as it seems entirely sensible)?

I personally don't like children and would prefer not to share a space with them. But I do understand/sympathise (provided that the said annoyance/excitement is not audible in the Quiet Coach)

Absolute perfection! Would never work here though due to the "entitled" brigade.

Are the original OG 13/63 plate Streetlites in such a bad state that withdrawal is justified given that their replacements are of basically similar vintage? Sheffield hills?

In their so-called wisdom they decided that train crew only needed to know 50-80 miles of route. Planning to fail.