Recent content by HughT

I hadn't thought of that! The Thameslink website doesn't have a dedicated time restriction, merely "off peak", so no issue in that regard. And I guess there's nothing illegal in buying a 6-year-old an "adult" ticket, even if it seems counter-intuitive (plus so many things around ticketing seem...

I only cross-checked against the NR website. My mistake! I don't think I've ever booked anything via the Thameslink site (or GN either). I'm sending them to the ticket office in the morning with handwritten instructions, in case of any language difficulties. Thanks to you both for your...

Not sure if this is a question about the Forum's booking site, or my stupidity - you can be the judges... Family members staying with us in Cambridge are going to London tomorrow and will need off-peak Day Travelcards for 2 adults and one (6-year-old) child. For maximum flexibility (and speed)...

Are you sure you were in a portion of the train where the subsequent announcements would have been needed? In my neck of the woods, the announcements on arriving at individual stations are only broadcast to the affected carriages.

And, from memory, even the cash machine requires you to go through the station doors to the outside world. OK, who uses cash these days, but it's a reason to leave the building...

No doubt that this is an SWR responsibility. ButI need to add a note of caution (assuming I've understood the rules correctly, that is...) - the minimum connection time between the two stations at that time of day, i.e. the published connection times at both ends (15 mins each) plus the official...

Please don't give up - trying to discourage the use of paper tickets is why they're making it more difficult to buy them. If you want to use an LNER account, then their website (as mm333 says above) still offers the option. But there's always the Forum's own booking site.

Certainly the case on Cambridge-Liverpool St services. I *think* this goes all the way back to the pre-GA days, when someone realised how stupid/confusing it would be to say "Welcome to this ONE service to ..." Perhaps there's a case for it with routes covered by more than one operator, and...

"Cambridge to London Terminals, currently £21.90, becomes £24.30 (11.0%)" Fortunately, Greater Anglia provide some competition from Cambridge, and their weekend super off peak return rises by only 5% (from £18 to £18.90). Other places don't have this choice, of course...

More specifics would probably help. Even if the routeing guide declared this or that route to be valid, specific tickets may not allow all options.

All part of the plan to discourage you from using paper tickets - and then saying that nobody uses them... OK, just kidding (I think).

Greater Anglia machines at Cambridge changed recently. My wife was taken by surprise!

I'd always assumed that the fragmentation of the stopping services was down to insufficient capacity between Shepreth and Hitchin, but I'm confident that someone on here will have more precise info.

One third of over 65s don't use a smartphone. No idea how many of them are rail passengers, but clearly there's a significant chunk of the population for whom e-tickets could well be "passenger-unfriendly" (OK, you can download them to a tablet or laptop, but let's not split hairs...) [Full...

Perhaps Greater Anglia should share some of the blame for claiming that the ticket is only valid on their services when that statement is manifestly untrue? (Most Forum members understand what they're trying to say, but it's still a completely untrue statement...)