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i suspect the behavior of certain sections of the population, especially those who have a tendency to choose the town for a weekend away, influences the procedures adopted at Blackpool North. Rowdy groups of arriving passengers, already well lubricated through consumption from cans on the train...

Indeed, I don’t think WMT will drop the matter if they receive no further response. The lie exacerbates the matter and could potentially make reaching a settlement more difficult, but this has been going on for a year and I think it unlikely WMT would have given up at this stage anyway, even...

Firstly no one here is going to do that - maybe a furtive rolling of the eyes and the though “not another one” but this forum‘s role is to offer suggestions that its experts believe are the best to reduce the impact of that you’ve done. You have appeared on WMT’s radar - it is highly unliKelly...

You have appeared on Northern’s radar for some reason. Lets be clear, in most circumstances boarding a train without a ticket is an offence (there needs to be a working ticket machine and or ticket office at your departure station, but when its obvious you have a mobile device from which to buy...

Chiltern’s letters are cleverly worded but badly written. It is vital to understand that if the above is the only letter / email your friend has so far received, they have NOT been offered an administrative disposal. What Chiltern has said is that it could deal with this by administrative...

Thanks for the feedback on L30 in Derby. I presume others may have arrived (and gone) but go straight inside for work with L30 kept outside acting as a Christmas Tree

Battery L30 is still there, outside with a tarp over it so nothing is happening fast to it.

If you’re at then front of the train at the Cross, know where you’re going and take the best combination of tube lines to avoid longer walks / stairs at connections, Kings Cross to Waterloo is doable in about half an hour (Victoria —> Bakerloo Line, change at Oxford Circus) although I wouldn’t...

Ah sorry, I didn’t read that there was a season ticket involved when I made the post.

When you do not travel [because of strikes], you CANNOT claim delay repay and you must apply for a refund - on strike days you will get 100% back, while on other days there may be admin fees imposed. Delay repay and refund are two different things and processes, even if they ultimately yield a...

For most flows there are anytime returns, off peak returns (somewhat cheaper but time-band restricted) and maybe even super offpeak return (cheaper yet and even more time restricted). Then there are Advances that are only one way and are [mostly] valid on only one specific train. Those returns...

Reflecting on my last dozen or so return rail journeys, some involving multiple trains, I have had my ticket checked at very best on maybe 50% of occasions - and this includes those when it went through barriers but no on board examinations took place. During those I have never proffered my...

From the railcard terms and conditions: People failing to read, understand and / or comply with the terms and conditions of the railcard they elect to buy are architects of their own undoing. Blaming or criticising the railway for enforcing them is naive at best, wantonly negligent in reality...

I believe there has to be a punitive element to charges made when a customer fails to comply with the regulations or terms of their “contract” with the railway. If such was not the case, far more people would try it on, safe in the knowledge that at least on the first occasion the financial...

Rumour is the coaches moved to Leicester along with some test vehicles, maybe the Europhoenix 91, and a couple of Colas power cars will be used to test the new MML overhead north of Kettering (in a similar fashion to when DATS tested the more southerly additions to the wires between Bedford and...

I’m pleased for you that the Nottingham services are better. I can only speak for what I find and in my opinon Derby has been pretty abysmal recently - in particular referring to the Sixes, Nines, Comet and Red Arrow. Another example from a few days ago: two successive early morning northbound...

Pre-COVID, in Derby my experience was that Arriva could often be a complete basket case while TB was much more robust. At that time I wished the bus route nearest where I lived was TB. Now, Arriva seems to have got its act together and is usually pretty solid - I can’t remember the last time a...

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K05116/2024-04-22/detailed 810001 back to Old Dalby tomorrow??

It baffles me that anyone would think they should get more back than they paid under a repay scheme - if it was openly promoted as a compensation scheme I would think differently (and I do think the railway should have a scheme that compensates for the time it wastes delaying / inconveniencing...

So me buying for someone else and inadvertently leaving a railcard selected trumps me buying for myself and having to select a railcard each time and inadvertently mis-clicking and ending up picking the wrong one from a drop down list then? In your view, not mine. My device, my railcard, my...