Recent content by SaveECRewards

Not true. On a Friday evening there’s no off peak restriction out of KGX whereas super off peak is only available from 18:15 onwards. Back when I used to mostly travel standard I appreciated the ability to jump on the first train on a Friday after I finished work (preferably one before the...

I’ve not been around much lately. Working on the south coast has meant I’ve not been on LNER as much this year and it’s a bit out of sight out of mind. But my initial thoughts on this are: Why make it a trial on limited routes? As mentioned before those boarding at Durham or Wakefield might not...

Good question, I don't know the answer but it's possible that the reason they were next to each other rather than one end of each carriage is so they could share a tank.

The mk 4 coaches did have two toilets per carriage in standard until GNER's Mallard refurb. I think in standard only the coach with the accessible toilet had one and I think first class only ever had one. The main difference was the toilets were both at the same end of the carriage whereas the...

I think I’ll leave it as although I think the UFN process can be improved I am happy in how quick it was dealt with.

Sorry 6 was a typo. I boarded the train on P4 and the 19:00 left on P5, but I see in my head the train popping up on the higher of the two departure boards by the escalator which is the one for P4. My advance was a little over £50, it was (in my mind) a bargain for an evening meal service...

Yeah the fact I couldn’t find a fare for £205 has confused me. He never looked at my advance ticket (I would have thought he should have at least looked at it as some passengers think an ‘advance’ is any ticket booked in advance and might have been valid). I boarded platform 4 and the actual...

A rather long account of my experience is here (as I wanted to try and explain things from my side): https://saveecrewards.co.uk/blog/unpaid-fare-notice In short - I got on the 19:30 (P4) [note: I mistakenly typed P6 when I posted this, but it was definitely P4] last Friday instead of the 19:00...

If you look at the LNER system it’s a bunch of glued on units to the existing sets (all sets have it, even the HSTs that originated from EMT). As they’re entirely wireless they run off batteries and communicate via Bluetooth. This means they use low power eInk displays like the kindle and the...

On the LNER website I'm not seeing any KGX-HUL advances available even when changing in Doncaster. I'm not sure why the ones involving a Doncaster change are not showing up, it's only the Hull Trains operated services showing any advance availability. For KGX-LDS services that operate the same...

VTEC did something similar with the Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough. Does LNER still do this? The lack of promotion will probably mean it’s withdrawn due to lack of demand. I can see the same at Stoke.

It's a traffic light system, well I've seen red and green so far and amber is supposed to be there for seats that are currently free but reserved later but I've not seen that. I need to find out the plan for Azuma. As you know with the GWR IETs the sets have their own electronic reservation...

I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic. I hope it'll work well before it goes live but as (like most of you on this forum) I have no direct influence I can just give feedback if it doesn't appear to be working well either in testing or once it's gone live. You also have to remember paper...

Eventually the electronic reservations will be much better than paper. It should be possible for apps that show the actual occupation of the train (seats filled and actual reservations) so you know where to go in the train. It should allow you to reserve a genuinely unoccupied seat at short...

Looks like it's working now, although I've not really looked at it extensively this morning but I did see the other ticket types offered