Useless website - Is this for real???

[jwos]

http://www.etraintickets.co.uk/rail/trains-from-london-to-ripon.html

You really couldn't make this stuff up if you tried...

 

[graham125hst]

Total and utter madness!!

 

[philjo]

Looks like a site that should only be around on 1st April !!

This page is even more bizarre !!!

http://www.etraintickets.co.uk/rail/trains-from-wells-to-st-davids.html

 

[Jordy]

What on earth

Its really quite an amusing read though!

The facilities which are available at Thornton Abbey railway station are Wheel Chairs, Cashpoints, Ticket Reservation Counter, Ramp for Train Access, Toilets, Escalators, Restaurants, Air Conditioned Waiting Lounge, Lock Room, Vehicle Rental Facilities, Tea and Snacks Stall, Books and Newspapers Stalls, First Aid Medical Facility. There are numerous hotels located near Thornton Abbey railway station such as Enrico Hotel, The Clarendon Hotel, Enrico Hotel, Homecliffe Hotel, Arndale Court Hotel etc

Really...?

http://simon71.fotopic.net/p38093209.html

 

[Drsatan]

Is this a scam site or something?? Looks like it given it appears to have been written by someone who speaks English as a second language.

 

[jwos]

the train which departs in the earliest hour of the day from wells to st davids is gatwick express. You could book cheap online tickets for traveling between wells to st davids here.

There are many trains which operate from wells railway station at 3 hrs, 1 hrs, 15 hrs, 15 hrs, 8 hrs. There are 3 trains, which provide services to st davids railway station within time span of every 30 minutes.

The most busiest railway stations from wells and st davids are chiltern railways, first capital connect, east midlands trains in wells and caledonian sleeper, east midlands trains, gatwick express in st davids.the train ticket fare to reach wells from st davids varies according to the distance taken by the trains. It generally charges 15 pounds to reach st davids from wells covering 100 kilometers. Please note that prices are subject to change.

:d:d:d:d:d

 

[jon0844]

Yes, I'd say it's a scam site to generate revenue from Google AdSense, and possibly in the future by selling tickets (and most likely never issuing them).

I wouldn't even be telling people about the site, as posting the URL means Google will pick it up and gradually start upping the ranking (the more sites linking in = higher score). Thus, all of these posts saying "OMG have you seen this?" will actually help it come up on a search for train tickets in the future.

Having said that, it's SO bad that I doubt many people will be getting their credit card out to buy a ticket to X, Y or Z (from where, nobody knows!).

 

[37372]

Oh dear!

From what I can decipher from that site, Sheffield station has a fleet of wheelchairs waiting for disabled passengers and a first aid facility available to passengers who injure themselves during peak time!
Also, apparently it has a half hourly FGW service to Inverness, costing only £15!

 

[starrymarkb]

You know those ads on facebook etc claiming Google pays £50 per hour. That is exactly what results. Its an ad farm, pure and simple.... All the links are paid, so the owner gets back about 10p for each click.

Mind you I briefly got about £200 from Google ads on a site I built. then the code broke and I couldn't fix it

 

[yorkie]

UK railways are known to be fastest and convenient mode of transport for passengers. There are many train operators in United Kingdom such as First Great Western, Gatwick Express, Merseyrail, Merseyrail, Island Line etc. The train which departs in the earliest hour of the day from Swansea to Sheffield is Southeastern. You could book cheap online tickets for traveling between Swansea to Sheffield here.

There are many trains which operate from Swansea railway station at 13 hrs, 15 hrs, 8 hrs, 15 hrs, 1 hrs. There are 3 trains, which provide services to Sheffield railway station within time span of every 40 minutes.

The most busiest railway stations from Swansea and Sheffield are First Great Western, Gatwick Express, Merseyrail in Swansea and Merseyrail, Island Line, Southeastern in Sheffield.The train ticket fare to reach Swansea from Sheffield varies according to the distance taken by the trains. It generally charges 35 pounds to reach Sheffield from Swansea covering 45 kilometers. Please note that prices are subject to change. Find the latest prices now.

There is a facility of booking of train tickets for deluxe trains as well as cheap train tickets at Swansea railway station to travel from Swansea to Sheffield. Return ticket facility is also provided at Swansea railway station. The fare of railway ticket varies according to the distance covered by the train for the passenger to reach its destination. In case you miss your train you could also get your refund at Swansea station .In most of the cases the tickets will also be valid for later trains.

There are many trains in United Kingdom, which connects the Sheffield city with its airport terminal on regular basis. It takes 8 hours to reach airport from Sheffield city and covers the distance of 45 kms.

Hotel reservation facility is also available at Sheffield railway station. There are many reputed hotels such as Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel, Radisson Edwardian Manchester, Drumossie Hotel, Greenfarm Restaurant And Hotel in Sheffield city located in United Kingdom. The hotels located in Sheffield city provides the hospitality to the tourists and passengers upto their great extent.

Right, I'm just off to book the 1hrs Swansea-Sheffield deluxe overnight train, covering a distance of 45km, I will then stay in the Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel, before taking a train 45km on to Sheffield airport.

I think the text is computer generated, taking variables almost at random. It seems to be designed to attract visitors from search engines.

It appears to be aimed at overweight people as it constantly advertises weight loss programmes, which require no special diet and no exercise. Given that the weight problems that many people have, are almost entirely down to lack of exercise and a poor diet, I find their claims quite laughable.

Actually I think I've found the best entry.

http://www.etraintickets.co.uk/rail/trains-from-st-davids-to-exeter.html

Exeter Central to Exeter St Davids! A distance of 45km!

UK railways are known to be fastest and convenient mode of transport for passengers. There are many train operators in United Kingdom such as Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, First Great Western, Wrexham & Shropshire, Caledonian Sleeper etc. The train which departs in the earliest hour of the day from St Davids to Exeter is National Express East Anglia. You could book cheap online tickets for traveling between St Davids to Exeter here.

There are many trains which operate from St Davids railway station at 14 hrs, 18 hrs, 1 hrs, 18 hrs, 19 hrs. There are 5 trains, which provide services to Exeter railway station within time span of every 20 minutes.

The most busiest railway stations from St Davids and Exeter are Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, First Great Western in St Davids and Wrexham & Shropshire, Caledonian Sleeper, National Express East Anglia in Exeter.The train ticket fare to reach St Davids from Exeter varies according to the distance taken by the trains. It generally charges 25 pounds to reach Exeter from St Davids covering 45 kilometers. Please note that prices are subject to change. Find the latest prices now.

There is a facility of booking of train tickets for deluxe trains as well as cheap train tickets at St Davids railway station to travel from St Davids to Exeter. Return ticket facility is also provided at St Davids railway station. The fare of railway ticket varies according to the distance covered by the train for the passenger to reach its destination. In case you miss your train you could also get your refund at St Davids station .In most of the cases the tickets will also be valid for later trains.

There are many trains in United Kingdom, which connects the Exeter city with its airport terminal on regular basis. It takes 11 hours to reach airport from Exeter city and covers the distance of 45 kms.

Hotel reservation facility is also available at Exeter railway station. There are many reputed hotels such as The Bridge House Hotel, Audleys Wood, Hillcrest Hotel, Hillcrest Hotel in Exeter city located in United Kingdom. The hotels located in Exeter city provides the hospitality to the tourists and passengers upto their great extent.

Salford to Manchester costs £30 for 200 miles apparently.
http://www.etraintickets.co.uk/rail/trains-from-salford-to-manchester.html

 

[starrymarkb]

Data from Nominet

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WHOIS lookup made at 18:55:36 05-Dec-2009

 

[Dai.]

Data from Nominet


Domain name:
etraintickets.co.uk

Registrant:
Tarun Jaswani

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
F-13
East Of Kailash
NEW DELHI
Delhi
110065
India

Registrar:
PublicDomainRegistry.Com [Tag = PDR-IN]
URL: http://www.publicdomainregistry.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 05-Jul-2008
Renewal date: 05-Jul-2010
Last updated: 05-Jul-2008

Registration status:
Registered until renewal date.

Name servers:
ns1.queryus.com
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WHOIS lookup made at 18:55:36 05-Dec-2009

I like the way someone from India knows more about our trains than we do (!)

 

[jwos]

At last we know where NRES get all their info from...

 

[will1337]

At last we know where NRES get all their info from...

Maybe it's a really clever online portfolio for someone applying for a job there locally. I want to see London railway station though, it must be enormous!

"Truro is the city which is located in England. It is one of the biggest city in United Kingdom.The total population of the city is 1,50,000 as per the 2006 census. It is the southernmost city located in Great Britain."

 

[DaveNewcastle]

I like the way someone from India knows more about our trains than we do (!)

Not just our trains, it seems:-
View all articles by Tarun Jaswani and more articles by Tarun Jaswani and yet more by Tarun Jaswani/38107
UK Busses, Air travel, High Speed Rail ("Westeren Europe has no high-speed trains of its own yet."), Immigration, pregnancy, Personal Injury Claims, Stock Market Trading.
But he's also quite an expert on UK rail ticketing too! This is another of his Delhi enterprises : www.booktrainticket.com/ He knows all there is to know about NRCoC and split ticketing!
Thanks to starrymarkb for looking up his DNS.
He works for Interfacemax and on his LinkedIn page boasts that his hobbies are "Writing and Conning" (that says it all really, doesn't it?)

 

[Max]

I like the way someone from India knows more about our trains than we do (!)

Perhaps we've finally found the information that thetrainline uses to train its staff in foreign call centres?

 

[Broken Viking]

That site was certainly interesting, and it's good to finally see which book FGW's fare-setters are reading from!
(Although they obviously multiply those stated fares by ten "just to round it off"... )

Anyhow...Does anyone know where I can find a timetable for these "Island Line" services between Fenchurch St. and Liverpool St? I really need to add some extra mileage before the year's out, and these 512Km (318mi 11ch) journeys for £14.79 return sound like excellent value to me! :razz:

 

[SouthEastern-465]

http://www.etraintickets.co.uk/rail/trains-from-london-to-ripon.html

You really couldn't make this stuff up if you tried...

The people who made that website could not get any sarcastic if they wanted too I wonder if any idiot has actually got tickets from them!

 

[adc82140]

Don't think you can actually buy anything from them. The whole site just looks like an ad-farm, all of the text reeks of being computer generated.

 

[yorkie]

there is no link I can see to buy tickets; I think it's just designed to fool search engines and generate revenue through advertising

 

[the sniper]

http://www.etraintickets.co.uk/rail/trains-from-london-to-ripon.html

You really couldn't make this stuff up if you tried...

What on earth

Its really quite an amusing read though!

The facilities which are available at Thornton Abbey railway station are Wheel Chairs, Cashpoints, Ticket Reservation Counter, Ramp for Train Access, Toilets, Escalators, Restaurants, Air Conditioned Waiting Lounge, Lock Room, Vehicle Rental Facilities, Tea and Snacks Stall, Books and Newspapers Stalls, First Aid Medical Facility. There are numerous hotels located near Thornton Abbey railway station such as Enrico Hotel, The Clarendon Hotel, Enrico Hotel, Homecliffe Hotel, Arndale Court Hotel etc

Really...?

http://simon71.fotopic.net/p38093209.html

Nice one.

I'd like to use the goods facilities at Lichfield City station...

There are many facilities available at Lichfield city railway station.The railway station is mostly used by civilians and by business people for trade and commercial activities.There is a room in which all the goods are stored which need to be parceled to different cities inUnited Kingdom.

The goods are transferred from one city to another by goods train, which connects Lichfiled on alternative as well as weekly basis.The business people need to make payment for the room in which they keep their goods for specific period of time.

Tarun Jaswani, I salute you.

 

[37401]

Really...?

http://simon71.fotopic.net/p38093209.html

Its all behind you!

 

[simonw]

Thanks for posting the link to my website - I did wonder where all the traffic to that picture was coming from - given its not the best on my site.

Yep all those facilitates were behind me.

Or maybe not

 

[Deerfold]

Is that another automated reply?

 

[simonw]

Is that another automated reply?

Nope
http://simon71.fotopic.net
is my fotopic site.

I was curious as to why one of the more obscure pictures on my fotopic site was getting so many hits.

Cheers

Simon

 

[Deerfold]

Apologies - for some bizarre reason I thought that was from the writer of the site.

Clearly you're not and now it all makes sense.

 

[yorkie]

Apologies - for some bizarre reason I thought that was from the writer of the site.

Clearly you're not and now it all makes sense.

If the author did reply to comments about his website, it would probably read like this:

Websites are known to be the fastest and convenient mode of information gathering for web visitors. There are many web browsers on the world wide web such as Google, Altavista and Lycos. The web site which departs in the earliest hour of the night in is Yahoo. You could buy a cheap online browser here.

There are many web sites operating at 1hrs, 5hrs and 2hrs. There are 2 web sites, which provide services on the world wide web within a time span of every 10 minutes.

It takes 11 hours to view the authors website, and covers a distance of 11 kms.

The fare to view the website varies according to the distance covered by the data to reach it's destination.

ADVERT: You can lose 200lbs in 1 wk without exercise or diet. All you do is click on my link and believe in me and be gullible.

 

[the sniper]

If the author did reply to comments about his website, it would probably read like this:

Very good.