Recent content by maffi209

So that would likely be a Widnes - Warrington West single... I guess I will have to buy from Warrington West. [Which is a shame as I am trying to do my bit for passenger numbers at Sankey!]

Hi folks, Can anyone clarify things with regard tickets to/from Sankey. For example, if I buy a return Sankey - Liverpool, travel out on the 07:45, but miss the 17:19 (the only evening return) I would need to return to Warrington West. What do I need to do to ensure my ticket is valid? I...

Northern have apologised for the confusion and clarified that their voucher can be used at any station and advised me to take it up with Thameslink. Which I will be doing [again!].

I was clearly talking about part-payment for tickets in my communication. I need to ask again.

It wouldn't go through the machine the chappy at the ticket office was using. Something about the code not working. He tried several times and a big queue was forming [it was peak time] and I felt for him. I stood my ground for a short time and did point out the terms and conditions and he tried...

I had a bit of a palaver at the ticket office this morning when I was part-paying for my season ticket with three Rail Travel Vouchers that I had received as delay repay. The ticket office was Thameslink, two of the vouchers were issued by Virgin, and the third was issued by Northern. The...

I don’t know it was fags and booze but it was 6 separate transactions of about 100 quid in 6 different Co-Op food shops within an hour or two. I am only guessing they weren’t buying cabbages and chickens.

The magnetic strip was copied and then swiped to spend 200 quid on petrol. The previous occasion it was 600 quid on fags and booze. That it was the magnetic strip that was copied is what leads the bank to be sure it has been skimmed on some machine or other. Not being a fraudster I am a bit out...

I have a credit card that is exclusively used to pay for work travel. The only uses of the card are: - Buying rail tickets online - Tapping in/out on TFL - Buying rail tickets from ticket office or TVM - Collecting tickets from TVM - Contactless payment on buses Twice in the last four months I...

I should also have added that I had somehow only managed to notice I had not received the tickets on the morning of travel. That I had been so profoundly careless in my own organisation and that I was still able to travel at no extra cost left me particularly grateful to LM. Maybe not perfect...

I learned a valuable lesson recently about the usefulness of buying from TOC with whom one is travelling. Bought return MKC - BHM through London Midland site. Outward with LM, returning with VT. Tickets didn’t arrive through post. Contacted LM and they told me: 1. Their responsibility stopped...

Just to finish this story, I received the following from Arriva in response to my letter encouraging them to ensure drivers were fully aware of the validity of this ticket type... I am writing following the incident which occurred recently with a route 534 bus service. Your comments were...

So, in the example, the thing that is key in working out validity is the time the train passes Hendon and whether that is before/after 0930. I mentioned St Albans only to note that it was more intuitively obvious that boarding there would be fine since I would be boarding a service upon which...

Thanks. I figured I was OK with an off-peak travelcard but couldn’t quite come up with a convincing argument to back up my instinct.

For commuting I have a Leagrave - Hendon season ticket. Occasionally I need to travel elsewhere in London so might extend this with a Hendon - Zone 1-6 Travelcard, as I did today. It is usually obvious whether I need to buy a peak or off-peak travelcard but when it is on the cusp of the change...