Recent content by Fuzzytop

Please forgive the (perhaps silly) question. Are you, or were you, a Railcard user? I ask because you mention in your first post that prices were reduced "predictably by about a third". This sounds very much like it could the 34% railcard discount. The Senior Railcard, for example, is valid...

I note that a number of Freedom of Information requests were made on WhatDoTheyKnow for data relating to this trial. LNER has the obligation to respond in 20 working days, which is next week for most of the requests - but so far there is nothing. Responses usually come from one lady (who seems...

Apologies if I've missed something, but LNER are accusing enthusiasts of wanting to "distort the market"?

To say these new 70-minute tickets are supposed to be "simple", they seem to be causing confusion. On Twitter too ... LNER reply to say that he'd need to purchase a new ticket. (In fairness, I don't think they understood him.) His times are hypothetical, of course, but, say, a passenger with...

This is true. But when you have experts such as Simon Calder and Seat61 writing in newspapers advising passengers to workaround the pilot and find a "better deal" by booking to Haymarket, then the discourse among the general public changes - people jump to the conclusion that rail ticketing is a...

And if they aren't?

But isn't that pretty much what it is? It's effectively Advance, Advance with insurance, and Anytime - with the Anytime remaining unaffordable for many.

This is the best definition I've found - these are just Advances with insurance, because they really are not very flexible at all. A quick search on BRFares (https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=KGX&dest=NCL&rte=780&tkt=DNX) confirms details of the new 'Flex' tickets: Non-refundable. LNER...

Good spot, this worked for me - Finsbury Park to Newcastle still offering a Super Off-Peak fare. Workarounds aside, it's weekends where this fare hike will be felt the most - after all, there are large parts of Monday to Thursday when the Super Off-Peak isn't valid (and, as part of the move to...

It looks like a flat £20 on the respective Advance ticket to start with (£13.20 for Railcard holders): (Image of the LNER booking system for Tue 27 Feb, showing trains leaving London at Newcastle: 0900 priced at £60 Advance, £80 Flex, £192.80 Anytime; 0930 priced at £38.60 Advance, £58.60...

LNER is to pilot the replacement of Off-Peak and Super Off-Peak tickets on certain flows (Kings Cross to Newcastle, Berwick and Edinburgh) with a new '70-minute Flex' ticket. During the trial there will be only three fare types available: Anytime, 70-min Flex, and Advance. From...

It's good that they will be "more sustainable and environmentally friendly" than the all-electric InterCity 225s, despite the inclusion of diesel engines underneath the coaches.

The only surprise is that it's taken them so long. LNER has had CAF as its preferred bidder since July 2022, at least according to their response to an FOIA request last year...

OH1 is a heavy overhaul exam on the Mk4 coaches. I believe one is needed every 1.125 million miles. Eversholt described the OH1s for the LNER Mk4s in 2021 as involving the "overhaul of bogies, couplers and doors and an interior saloon and vestibule exam"...

Second all of this. At the risk of going off-topic, I was served this lovely breakfast on LNER by way of comparison. It is a certainty that many aspects of the LNER first class offer are weaker than years gone by, but LNER at its worst is far better than GWR at its best. I too love fruit cake...