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    Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares")

    My point remains. Essentially blowing up other TOCs' quota management across southeast England to enforce Advance-only or Anytime tickets on LNER would be very difficult, given Great British Railways for all practical intents and purposes doesn't exist. There's no guiding mind at work here, just...
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    Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares")

    I've been keeping an eye on this thread and, a fair few times, the off peak single from my local station in the southeast has been significantly cheaper than the cheapest on the day Advance on offer for passengers starting at King's Cross. Erm, just buy the off peak ticket then. LNER is not an...
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    South Western Railway Fare Evasion

    The OP's stated location is "south western England." I may be wrong, but I doubt if any good citizens of Basingstoke would describe themselves as living in south western England.
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    Direct Heathrow Services from the West

    I didn't mind the Reading RailAir coach either (but no longer use it), however it is far from competitively priced from my home station, Blackwater - currently a cool £71.80 is requested for a period return. Given I can book the RailAir coach leg for £36 return I'm not sure how the pricing...
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    Excessing Railcard Discounted Tickets Used at an Invalid Time

    This is incorrect. For journeys wholely within the Network South East area, Senior Railcard discounts apply M-F from when the first off peak ticket is valid for a given journey, which is normally well before 10.00am. Some TOCs in the NSE area also offer Senior Railcard discounts on Advances...
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    Farnborough North and Frimley Green crossing replacements.

    I'm unsure if you're a frequent user of Farnborough North. The current arrangement costs a fortune. Contractors in their, now rather-well-appointed, portacabin are on duty 18+ hours a day, seven days a week to mitigate the risk of serious incidents occurring (some previous incidents have had...
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    Farnborough North and Frimley Green crossing replacements.

    I frequently use Farnborough North late in the evening and there's never been the slightest issue.
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    Short ticketed 14 times and awaiting a letter, I'm so scared please help

    You You have deliberately evaded paying the correct fare on numerous occasions, so making excuses (I was in a hurry, pressed for cash, I've got ADHD etc) won't wash. It looks like the railway already knows what you have done, so be open and honest if you want to avoid a criminal conviction...
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    Is there any point in buying an advnaced purchase ticket from Garwick Airport to other stations?

    I use the North Downs Line to Gatwick Airport and have been buying an Advance for the outward leg and and flexible single ticket when returning if the flight departure is before off peak tickets become valid. However, I now see that GWR offer Advances right up to departure, so it's feasible to...
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    Slough - Winchester Split

    I'm reluctant to provide specifics as pricing managers will be keen to know about them too. There's a fairly well-known one, albeit a bit niche, where a period off-peak return from [X] via London to [Y] is significantly cheaper than the period off-peak return from [X] to London. The anomaly...
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    Slough - Winchester Split

    There are plenty of instances where it can be cheaper to buy walk-up flexible tickets that have validity before your actual originating point and/or beyond your actual destination. An example: I'll be using a split tomorrow to get from A to C, splitting at B. However the 2nd ticket will be [X]...
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    TFL recoup £1.3m despite spending £22m on fare dodging. A discussion.

    In your opinion. Given the usage of public transport in London is on a massively different scale to the rest of the country, I'd hesitate to compare TfL's revenue protection policy with a TOC's, and also wouldn't assume TfL haven't tried other approaches in the past.
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    TFL recoup £1.3m despite spending £22m on fare dodging. A discussion.

    Penalty Fares are intended to apply where genuine mistakes have been made. TfL's revenue protection operation focuses on systemic, criminal, fare evasion. Two different things.
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    TFL recoup £1.3m despite spending £22m on fare dodging. A discussion.

    The very obvious answer to the OP is that TfL tend not to issue Penalty Fares, so it's entirely unsurprising that Penalty Fare income comes nowhere near the cost of their revenue protection operation. TfL use the courts to discourage fare evasion. The Standard article does not mention this.
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    Exeter st davids to Waterloo 1st class

    Assuming no refurbs since I last travelled on this route, there's more space in 1st class, but the 2nd class seats are far more comfortable. 1st can be less crowded of course ...
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    Cross Country Cancellations - Emergency Timetable

    GWR were planning 3tph on the North Downs and had recruited appropriately before COVID happened. Which has meant, until recently, staffing of services on this line has been spot on with virtually zero cancellations. Fast forward to recent weeks and it's a very different story. Cancellations...
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    Travel via a non-permitted route when starting from a station without ticket buying facilities

    The railway has got around this by only offering via Gomshall tickets for a Blackwater to Holmwood itinerary, thereby forcing use of the walking interchange at Dorking. The shortest route entirely by rail is via Guildford and Leatherhead. Strangely, Guildford - Holmwood tickets are valid for...
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    Trivia: Longest end to end service with an inter-peak frequency of every 15 minutes or better

    Wasn't Waterloo - Reading 4tph for a short period before COVID put its oar in?
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    Should Bus Travel be Free

    For large parts of the country having a bus service at all would be a start.
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    Does the first Redhill to Gatwick airport train ever run?

    Whatever the issue is (or was), the last train from Reading has run as timetabled since Monday. Which means the first train to Reading has also run. Good. Keep it up.

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