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The 1 in 5 “million pounds plus” households are probably in London, Greater London and se England with most of that tied up in their property. They are possibly cash poor in properties they can’t or don’t wish to sell (bc it’s their lifelong home) and have high running costs. They may have...

I think this makes sense, but what’s unfortunate is that advance fares are marketed to passengers by the industry as fares like any other which just offer increased restrictions in return for a reduced price when bought in advance with the idea that the longer in advance you book, the bigger the...

This was from an email sent to me by TfL when I asked if I could have the refund to my web account. They said that unfortunately it’s no longer an option. I haven’t seen it documented online but they have now refunded to my bank account.

For many years, possibly decades, only the main “intercity” TOC was ‘booked train only’ on an advance ticket. Now, with the exception it seems of GTR, almost all journeys on “&Connections” tickets seem to require booked trains throughout. Other than for the inconvenience of passengers, is...

I don’t think so, I believe it has to be on a card reader either on a gateline, a standalone reader, or on a bus for example. I think ticket machines (for some reason?) Simply won’t process credit in that way to the Oyster card.

Just some information for those people who may have used this facility in the past. This will only affect those who still pay with an Oyster card rather than contactless. Those using contactless will probably never have used this facility. Background For a number of years, it has been...

Just a question re this, given that – from my memory so I may be wrong – Farringdon is almost entirely staffed by TfL staff, except for (I think) the Thameslink ticket office outside of the gateline, who else could one consult about train services from Farringdon other than TfL staff when one is...

An LNER led PR piece here. I’ve not posted it in the LNER section because this might be one for wider debate about people seemingly not wishing to book too far in advance for their train travel. Me too. One of the benefits of rail travel over – say - air travel, and one which makes it more...

Thanks I did not know that.

Is there an off peak quota?

If LNER are not interfering with other flows too then why are they charging £165.90 on the 1948 with Anytime showing as the cheapest fare? And the point is that they are whacking up the cost of advances even outside of the official trial.

Thanks for this. The whole purpose of removing off peak fares was to raise the price of advances above the off peak cap. I am giving my own example of how much advances are now able to increase by and have increased by since I last travelled on LNER. I’m not sure why you feel this is off...

Eg London KX to Leeds, August 2021. Weeknight at 1933. £18.50 with no railcard - bought on the day. (Yes at the tail end of Covid but today on the same train £68.20) Look at the cost of the 1948 tonight (also attached). One for you @AlterEgo

No problem, thanks for confirming. Totally understand that.

Just checking if TrainSplit has seat reservation only capability a la GWR. Unfortunately although I usually buy from TS my current tickets are pre purchased for travel on Friday for work. I understand that there are costs involved for TS without an actual ticket sale which is why it may not...