Recent content by WoodHillsian

Did you use a Chase Bank debit card, or another online bank debit card? There have been issues with ticket machines not recognising the cards, and simply going back to the start message after you enter the code (happened to me, but the ticket office was able to print out the ticket for me)

I had no problem last night - called at a staffed ticket office and they printed it off without demur. I'll definitely avoid using Chase for this in future though

Sorry to being this up again, but I foolishly bought a ticket on the GWR app with my Chase card and tried to print it at an unmanned TFW station. Luckily travel isn't until tomorrow, so if I go to a manned TFW station will the ticket office staff be able to print out the ticket, or should I just...

I was shocked travelling on the 0723 Cardiff to London back on Friday 11 August - about 90 seats in my carriage, 4 occupied - a couple more people got on at Bristol Parkway, then 2 more at Swindon. But coming back on an off-peak on that evening it was standing room only. Looks like a lot of...

I would prefer to go by train all the way - however if I need to be in London by 9 am the journey planner suggests that I get the 23;21 from Abercynon the night before. No buses to my village before 8 am and after 6pm either, so I have to drive to a station - with all the work going on for the...

I need to catch an early train from Cardiff this Friday (11 August 2023) so I want to park at the station - I was concerned that the car park might be closed in preparation for the next day's Rugby International, so I checked the GWR website and saw this: Is there a chance of parking the car...

I came off the London train around 7-20 pm on Sunday. They had closed the staircase down to the South entrance, and a security guard was directing people into the lift to get down to ground level - took several journeys to clear the queue of people patiently waiting. There was heavy rain at the...

mod note - thread moved to the Speculative section of the forum as it is ostensibly just that - a speculative idea! By Ross Clark in the Spectator - in their blog not the magazine - some interesting/questionable figures in this article...

There's another problem with seat reservations which I encountered at Paddington 2 Saturdays ago. The Swansea train was announced as "Boarding" so passengers passed through the gates and began to board. I found a carriage where all the lights above the seats were green - no reservations. I sat...

Yes they have - I received a reminder email for my Senior Railcard yesterday - 4 weeks before its' expiry date.