Recent content by pwharley

If you buy an Oyster card at T5, you would need to go to the Piccadilly Line station to get a Senior Railcard applied to it. It can't be done at the Elizabeth Line station.

The local press have now picked up this story, which should add to the pressure on Merseyrail. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/welcome-1950s-say-passengers-merseyrail-28879452

The reports I've seen in certain media today say that One Day Off-Peak Travelcards are NOT included in the scheme. :(

You don't say which TOC you are using but, if it's LNER, Seatfrog may offer a cheaper way of changing the time of the return journey. https://trainswap.seatfrog.com/

Tell your friend to select "Return" rather than "Open Return".

Llandudno still has a road between platforms 2 & 3. Nowadays, only Network Rail vehicles use it.

3Z97 Carmarthen-Chester DMUD has just passed me outside Cardiff consisting of 3 x 197/0s. If someone could advise me of the numbers, I'd be grateful.

Police officers can ask to see a person's rail ticket (to check they have a reason to be on rail premises), but they're not expected to judge its validity on a train and certainly NOT able to demand an £80 fine. Did you take any photographs of these individuals? Were they in uniform, or plain...

The Avanti Twitter feed has several people asking about travelling the day before. The replies are typically "Yes, you can travel, but aim to do so around the time of your journey planned for the 12th". So stick with your original travel times for Friday when travelling on Thursday.

It is accepted. Merseyrail is shown as one of the participating TOCs on the NRE page. https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/tickets-railcards-offers/promotions/lancashire-day-ranger/ Just show this page the next time you see them. #PoorTraining

Delivery will be within 20 minutes. If it's going to be longer, there will be an onboard announcement. See https://atseat.gwr.com/instruction

From today's Notices & Proceedings, the outcome of the Public Inquiry on 27/01/23: Link to source required, please - Mod

InterCity had a "Frequent Traveller Club" back in the 1980s. I still have the plastic membership card somewhere, which one presented at the ticket office when purchasing tickets. I can't remember what the rewards were - can anyone chip in?

To add to those already posted.... Glossop Watershed - Manchester Piccadilly is a network rail station

This is why the Shrewsbury<>Chester line was closed for most of yesterday: https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/disruption-rail-travellers-most-services-26214446