Recent content by Haywain

That is what was being said. Of course, the industry was late to smartcards and their unintegrated and half-hearted (or half-baked?) implementation means that take up is relatively small, so they will remain something of a niche product.

What journey are you wanting to make?

Not from Cubic's point of view!

Its probably just what's in their contract. Doing something that's not in the contract will be subject to additional (hefty) charges.

Both will probably lead to a settlement being offered, albeit with a variation in the amount being asked for.

They must have some sort of data connection in order to process card payments.

I'd be inclined to just ask the guard if it's OK to use that train with that ticket.

At this point it's difficult to see how doing that could make things worse

I'm not convinced that's true. But, whatever, it is now much more difficult for the OP's friend to refute what they are being accused of and have admitted to.

I can't see that Chiltern would be willing to discount the content of that email.

I would imagine that there are places in south London where they could be turned.

And some can't be fulfilled to smartcard because the gate logic can't be programmed to deal with a second set of off-peak restrictions.

That would suggest there was already a rivalry as the Eagles nickname only dates from the early to mid 1970s. Before that Palace were the Glaziers (not to be confused with the current Manchester United owners) and Brighton were the Albion.

The Brighton/Palace rivalry seems to go back to the 1970s or 1980s, but I have no idea whether Brighton really had any other local rival - I can imagine there might have been some dislike of Portsmouth but that would be diluted as Pompey are far more concerned about Southampton.

The enquiry @yorkie used was for route 00000 Any Permitted. It's only the response that references route 00700. However, as you say, it doesn't allow Yeovil to Castle Cary (although that seems slightly odd in the circumstances).