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What journey details were actually stated on the itinerary for the advance ticket you purchased as that’s what any delay repay should be calculated against? If it showed a through train to Lancaster and didn’t take into account the replacement bus from Preston then you likely still have a valid...

Part of ESP Group - HQ in Arbroath and also has offices in Hull.

Not quite! You can go from Cumberland into Scotland as far as Gretna, Canonbie and Under Burnmouth with ENCTS passes. Likewise from Northumberland you can go to Duns, Galashiels, Eyemouth and Jedburgh on certain cross-border services.

This unfortunately also varies across England and in the case of Chester to Mold or Wrexham only applies to “local” Chester West and Cheshire, Halton and Warrington ENCTS passes. Passes from elsewhere in England are only valid for free travel within Cheshire on cross-border services.

A Swiss 1st class panoramic coach is normally included on one journey each way so well worth catching if you can. Currently EC106 at 1403 from Krakow and EC107 at 1110 from Przemysl.

Thanks for clarifying that you were talking about that specific operator’s configuration and not just generally about Ticketer devices as I’d read it.

Yes they do, effectively same UI and functionality for both types. 1703599055 Annulment time period is configurable for each Ticketer operator and many have it set to longer than 2 minutes (eg 5). But the principle is as you describe.

I suspect you’re getting these codes from reading the ITSO product encoding using a suitable app, if so then ValidityCode is an encoded field in TYP22 and 23 products defined in RSPS3002 ITSO on National Rail specification. 17 just means it’s a live (rather than test) product whilst 25 goes a...

Indeed - I got an unexpected treat to catch them back home from Airport on Thursday evening and apart from zero saloon heating in 4083 they seemed to be running just fine.

Yes that’s my understanding of how it works, there’s a standard range of ITSO products available to all Paypoint terminals and accessed by the type of smart card presented, and I know someone who successfully purchased a Saveaway on one near Llandudno a couple of years ago.

I used the tram for a 3-stop journey last week but was glad it wasn’t my own money I was using as I don’t believe the short journey was worth £2.80 and, had I been paying for it myself, I would probably have walked instead had it not been raining at the time. I would have thought that in...

Personally I think it would be better if short trip fares were also available for any short journey, say for up to 3 or 4 stops, rather than just anywhere in designated areas (which could more accurately be called local zone fares than short hop), since you can currently make relatively long...

Yes that’s correct, they are valid for travel to and from England on qualifying cross-boundary services and can be issued on bus anywhere they’re valid for use.

Indeed, and if purchasing the OP’s Anytime ticket with railcard discount on Trainline app there’s no mention of any further time restrictions (because of the railcard) and it actually says “Travel any time of day” and, in the full restriction text for that ticket type, “Flexible ticket with no...

QR code? ENCTS cards use ITSO functionality, not QR, and have been interoperable throughout the country for several years whereas not all ETMs are capable of reading QRs yet. Under standard ITSO functionality the issuing authority will already receive all journey transactions for their own...