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    Can you use the return portion of a day return ticket if you do not use the first outward journey ticket?

    I think there's some slight cross-purposes in this thread. I'm sure everyone (even the most zealous RPI) agrees that this sequence of events is allowed: Use outward portion Use return portion And that this sequence of events is not allowed: Use return portion Use outward portion What I...
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    Fined by GWR at Paddington, not sure if its worth appealing

    They can't even spell "reference" correctly - the letter has "refernce" !
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    GTR FRAUD INVESTIGATION - Suspected Evasion

    GTR are of course just plain lying when they say "You are required to respond to this letter", but given what you've told us, that doesn't change the advice.
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    General Query - Cumbria Travel Pass

    I see the map on railrover.org does indeed exclude the places you mention, but for me the actual T&Cs don't make it at all clear... On https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/cumbria-travel-pass it says Which for me would include the places you mention, since they are in Cumbria! I would...
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    Freedom Pass Inspection Curiosity Question

    Plain-clothes inspectors have been a thing for a while now :) Here's a poster from 1993, for example: https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/posters/item/1994-1162 And a buses one from 1985: https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/posters/item/1987-40-1
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    Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track

    Enough said.
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    Protocol for presenting split tickets for on-train inspection?

    For there to be a "protocol" there would need to be a 'guiding mind' for 'the railway'; such currently doesn't exist, but optimistic people say GBR will provide one. We'll see. Until then there is only individual practice. Like many posters here, I show unprompted all the tickets relevant to...
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    Trivia: Simple journeys in London where the maximum journey time is too short? (and thus leads to an incomplete journey)

    Ah! I see, I got the wrong end of the stick
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    Trivia: Simple journeys in London where the maximum journey time is too short? (and thus leads to an incomplete journey)

    I did, and I also read the one where you replied "they don't" to the question "does anyone know the answer to this? ‍
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    Trivia: Simple journeys in London where the maximum journey time is too short? (and thus leads to an incomplete journey)

    Anyone in a position to definitively know would probably also be bound by a social media policy to not reveal any non-public information. The TfL website does not categorically state the answer; I don't believe any FoI request has touched on it. Depending on what was being asserted, it may...
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    Not via London anomaly?

    The text suggests that it's intended for journeys with one 'end' in South London between Clapham and Selhurst (although they've forgotten about Norbury), but what's actually been encoded says "passes through" any of those stations. Silly error on the part of the fare setter, I'd say. I don't...
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    Not via London anomaly?

    see the link that Adam posted https://enrgbrowser.com/easements/701577/2026-05-26 - specifically "then the journey can be considered valid, ignoring location-based restrictions from the fare's route code"
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    Staff being difficult over attempts to break journey

    SailRail tickets massively undercut 'normal' tickets. For example, Brighton to Belfast via Cairnryan is £63.00, valid at any time...
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    Discounted Oysters are now processed through the backoffice

    No, that's different.
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    Stopped by fraud team

    Whoops, forgot which section this is!
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    Stopped by fraud team

    No one's commented on the use of the term "sandwich" for what is clearly a "doughnut" !
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    GWR: no longer possible to book (online) seat or bike reservation except when buying a ticket

    When I wondered about this a while back the answer was exactly that. https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/arbitrary-seat-reservations-without-going-to-a-ticket-office.219093/#post-5195104
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    Portsmouth - Waterloo via Eastleigh (up) and Epsom (Down)

    Using https://vaildata.uk/routeing?orp=G01&drp=G23&map=PD suggests you'll need a separate ticket to cover Wimbledon to Effingham Junction. On the up you're using map SW.
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    Cheapest weekly Bangor to London commute

    Would you be open to arriving London on Sunday evening?
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    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    Or indeed Slough - Bond Street - Waterloo - Datchet, which fastjp says is easily doable within the 3 hour MJT*. Indeed, if the timings there are to be believed, Slough - Farringdon - East Croydon - Clapham Junction - Datchet is doable in 2h43. Quite the ride for £2.70 off peak! Only one fare...

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