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    Invalid Routing? BRIGHTON-WOOLSTON Not London

    I’m mid way through using one of these return tickets and have the return journey to make in January some point. Can I/should I zero excess this to. Brighton Southampton service as I bought the ticket in good faith. I don’t know where I would stand if using the return and find it’s not valid...
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    Invalid Routing? BRIGHTON-WOOLSTON Not London

    Interesting comments as I’m pretty sure it was suggested here that was the way to do it when I asked previously I’ve not had any problems previously buying the ticket at Waterloo or with ticket inspections on the train or by barrier staff at Southampton and indeed the ticket opened the barriers...
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    Invalid Routing? BRIGHTON-WOOLSTON Not London

    I have been travelling on an Off Peak Return between Brighton and WOOLSTON route not London restriction code 4B for many years now and usually travel short and use the ticket between Clapham Junction and Southampton and return. With a Network card this is currently &21.30. Occasionally I’ll...
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    Calais Day Trip

    The bus transfer Increased to £2 a trip bUt was no longer running when I last did this trip in 2019.
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    Calais Day Trip

    Whilst I’d be very hesitant to support P&O after their staff debacle I was wondering if the rail sea day return tickets had been discontinued. The only reason that I ask is the fare listed on BR Fares is £9999.99. I travelled on this ticket many times for a few hours in Calais and enjoyed...
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    Following advice of NRE but found ticket not valid for travel.

    I guess it depends on how the training is done. I’ve worked for an institution and we’ve transferred a contact centre and processing site to India. A team from India came to the UK for 2 months and trained amongst UK teams and then this team and a group from the UK office went to India for 2...
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    Following advice of NRE but found ticket not valid for travel.

    It was £20 and the cost of the journey was £5. 1642287907 It was a global call centre, India if I was to guess. That said global operations don’t make them worse or better than UK call centres. Iniially I called Southern Railways and they told me to speak to NRE as that was their remit. I’d...
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    Following advice of NRE but found ticket not valid for travel.

    I specifically said I have a Southern advanced ticked booked on the xxxx train from London Victoria on xxxxxx but I understand Southern have a revised timetable this week. Please can you tell me what my replacement journey is as I find the Southern website confusing. I was told the agent just...
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    Following advice of NRE but found ticket not valid for travel.

    Posting this here but mods feel free to move if necessary. I had an advanced Southern ticket from London Victoria to Southampton for travel earlier this week. I contacted National Rail Enquiries and asked what my options were for travel as I was confused by their website with revised...
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    Delay Repay - Dispute over arrival time

    When a TOC said a delay for me was 59 min not the 61 I was claiming I asked to do a Data SuBject. accesss Request to include personal data of me to include the onboard CCTV footage and platform footage that would evidence the 61 mins. The claim was paid at 61 minutes.
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    Uncollected Oyster Top Up - At what point does the 4 day limit time out

    You can still top up £5 online just do it via the TFL website not the TfL app.
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    How much longer will social distancing go on for in the UK?

    If someone sneezed towards you with (possibly covid 19 infected) droplets would you prefer to be 2m away or 1 m away or immediately next to you and would you prefer if they wore a face covering?
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    Railcards and Covid19

    In the case of a Network Card it’s pretty much geared for off peak leisure travel which isn’t permitted now due to the lockdown regulations. Therefore one would expect its validity to be extended or cards now rendered worthless to be refunded.
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    Railcards and Covid19

    I’m in a slightly different situation. I renewed my Network Card online at the beginning of March. I used to have them from January to December bought at stations but didn’t travel in January and February so didn’t renew at that time. I intended to travel at the end of March. With the lockdown...
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    Adding Railcard Discount Subsequently

    If a journey from A to B in standard class is £30 And a journey from A to B in First Class with a railcard is £31 can you buy the former ticket and subsequently within ticket validity buy a railcard and then pay an excess fare of £1 and travel in First Class for the return leg of the journey?

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