Recent content by Dormouse

Just saw a man tailgating at Waterloo. Odd as he looks like a commuter type. The guy in front of him was oblivious...

Thanks very much for the reassurance! I imagine there's something built into the software to prevent money being taken if no ticket prints. I'll check my account over the next few days and report back.

I just tried to buy a ticket at one of the self service ticket machines at Ashtead. The machine said 'completed; remove card' as usual so I did and then the machine froze for about 20 seconds. It didn't print my ticket and displayed the error message: 'Transaction cannot be completed at this...

That's brilliant - thank you very much. If it DID charge me £11.50 I'll get a printout (good to know you can do that), but it seems unlikely.

Yes. Unless the journey only cost £1.50 (I had £13 on there at the start) which seems unlikely... I'm not an Oyster expert but do use it from time to time.

Hi, I just travelled from Wimbledon to Heathrow terminals 1-3 on my adult unregistered Oyster. I touched in at Wimbledon (at the ticket hall before the barriers, even though they were open) and changed to the Piccadilly line at Earls Court. When I touched out at Heathrow I noticed it had charged...

These are great tips; thank you all very much! I'm going to put the numbers in my phone. Thankfully, incidents like that are rare but it's good to know what to do, especially if I'm not sure where the guard is.

Hello everyone - longtime lurker and rail enthusiast here. I'm currently on a Southern train from London Victoria. Before we got to Clapham Junction we had already had two incidents - a beggar, and then a drunk who was quite aggressive and intimidating towards some passengers. He walked past...