Recent content by sigma421

It’s not just you. Surely that should be most of their revenue since the vast majority of people in standard and first will board with a valid ticket?

Underwhelmed by the crew from Aberdeen to Edinburgh today who closed off first class service after Leuchars to allow for a crew change at Edinburgh. Surely it doesn’t take that long?

Just a heads up that the offer is currently still down to expire on 31 December 2024. It might be worth making any bookings you have planned today.

If the Hex was to be discontinued, what would happen to the paths on the fast lines that they use? My understanding is that it's not possible to go from the Elizabeth Line tunnel to the fast tracks, so it's not like they could simply be replaced by extending some of the EL Paddington...

Christmas Menu is out and with the exception of some unexplained 'Christmas Ketchup' is not Christmassy at all https://www.lner.co.uk/globalassets/christmas-menu-2024-fc.pdf 11 December to 6 January.

Usually 'we've been told by source(s) who didn't want to be named and have seen/heard enough to believe it'

There are normally at least a few of these every day (well, less so on Sundays since there's not really anything to cut back

I've done Leeds-Dundee on the 0708 direct departure a few times. It changes from Breakfast Dine to lunchtime Dish at Edinburgh and I've had two meals without issue

Hey! Thanks for the reply, I will consider it, although 10% cash back is a fairly significant amount to lose out on. For the record, I did buy a new (correct) ticket and as I suspected would happen if I went down this route, the guard didn't check any of the Railcards at all, so it would've...

Tried that - they weren't especially interested. Eventually gave in and burned some LNER Perks credit on a new ticket - irritating but I would've spent the day worrying (train is the 23:15) and the person with the invalid ticket wouldn't be me, so it didn't seem reasonable to land him with this!

Yes

The problem is that I've already used up the companion allowance for one of us. The more I think about this, the more I'm tempted to just buy a new one - it'll save me worrying anyway!

Railcards among the 3 of us are 1x Disabled 1x 16-25

Booked tickets for me and two friends from London-Leeds tomorrow. Booked about a month ago and must have made an error with Railcard selection as I've ended up with 3x Disabled Railcard discounted tickets when my intention was to buy 2x Disabled Railcard tickets and 1x 16-25 Railcard. Contacted...

Details from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/04/euston-station-advertising-screens-network-rail "...I’ve tasked Network Rail with coming up with a clear plan to immediately improve conditions for passengers. This includes a shutdown of the advertising boards from...