Recent content by ivorytoast28

The issue really is that GWR don't have a seat selector option for passengers unlike other operators. The preferences doesn't have any relation to area of the train so on split tickets it isn't going to help

As an individual single journey it must be a crammed commuter service into London. The The 7.32 from Woking to Waterloo was long considered the most packed service and given the astronomical cost of a ticket on that train SWR must be raking it in with over 1000 passengers. In general, flows...

When I made this post, I assumed the issue was a barrier that had been left closed with no staff, I see that now wasn't the case. Having read all these replies, I fully agree that 4 is fine and can work and obviously it is what they were going for here. However, I do think if this is the route...

Well I had no idea help points had cameras for starters... I knew of general cctv but not something that could scan a ticket. So a guy at the station could walk over and assist.. a guy in india could not... Given the ridiculous amount of useless announcements and signposts the railway has...

So being unmanned is totally fine? In which case surely there should be a sign saying as much. The only help point I saw was the standard one found at every station that connects to somewhere central at national rail/india If it had been as simple as, "call up to the guy on the desk here at...

Tonight I decided to stop off at Burgess Hill (circa 7pm) on an off peak return ticket valid through the station. I'd never been there before and as I got to the platform 1 gateline I saw 2 girls pushing their way through, I admit I thought the worst of them and that they must be travelling...

The ones that were cancelled were cancelled all the way from Reading and listed as cancelled hours before. I don't see why they'd blame crew shortage (their fault) rather than a tresspass incident (out of their control). Looking at realtime trains, there were some delays to the GWR services...

And this service is one that regularly skips stops. Generally those between Surbiton and Waterloo, but still.. the amount of times I've been left stranded for over an hour at Surbiton just trying to get to Wimbledon thanks to swr skip stopping every single train is unacceptable. They only care...

Very concerning if true but it doesn't really make sense that they'd wait and not report it, and that said object would stay in the same place for the next train to hit

Very busy tonight at Guildford and lots of frustration as subsequent trains on the cobham branch were cancelled despite empty units sitting on platform 5 and 1. Boards seemed confused and didn't show some trains that ran However, the announcements were loud and clear directing passengers for...

What are you supposed to do in this situation? There must be a procedure in place for those not on paper/mobile tickets

It's not the term, but the having to take a bus and quadruple your journey time that is the issue

I've no idea about crossing types so I can't say but my initial thought was that it must've failed but then immediately I saw lights start flashing on it and then the barrier come down, it wasn't a long delay or anything and it's a pretty remote location

Today I was on the 13:25 Woking to Portsmouth harbour service and as we approached Milford we slowed down and stopped in the station (despite not being scheduled to call there) I was in the front carriage and could see that cars were crossing the tracks in front of us. After about a minute the...

It's not either or. These things aren't ideal either of course, but they can move of their own accord, a bag cannot