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When we were building our original web site and for a short period after we launched, the commission rate was 71% higher than it is now. As for charges, that is a moot point, can you find a "ratecard" anywhere official? Fair enough. What about encouraging new players into the market though or...

Apologies for not answering that point. The relevant field in the CTR is not "amendable" but I can't think why. We're going to raise it with RSP to see if this can be changed. This would be a ideal solution, when there was a problem we could instantaneously change the requirement for the card to...

Hi Guys & Totorro, I'd like to respond to the comments in this thread about why Raileasy uses a premium rate number for its call centre and charges a booking fee but for commercial reasons I cannot divulge actual Raileasy figures. I'd also like to thank the guys who have a deeper awareness of...

Hi Guys, I would just like to take you through some of the economics of selling a UK train operator ticket of £7. As an independent retailer (who actually takes the trouble to give people these London Int'l fares) on a £7 ticket we earn in commission £0.37p. Out of that we have to "pay...

Thanks for this, that's very useful to know.

I chased up the DfT at the beginning of this month about accessing this info under the FOI act and the DfT responded by saying it was now reviewing whether it's in the public interest to release this information. What the point of having freedom of information if the DfT can just use this...

That's a good idea, I'd like to see that doc. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Here's the mail address if anyone is interested [email protected]

I went to a meeting with the ORR about it and was told that there. If you look on the ORR web site, they say something about doing a review of split ticketing. I asked to see that and was asked to go in and see them and they gave me the status including that it was now with TV. --- old post...

As part of the Govt's "cutting red tape" initiative they are looking at the National Rail Conditions of Carriage. The Which web site is canvassing for views on this so it's worth a visit and commenting. They do have a bit of clout. I like them because they like split ticketing and they have a...

Sorry to put a damper on your creative ideas but unfortunately it's not just getting off the train, the proposal in front of Theresa Villiers is that you'll have to change trains. :(

The idea that "releasing this data will boost the market for fare finding and comparison services such as online search engines or mobile apps" is great in theory but people who create these "search engines or mobile apps" presumably will want to get some return from their investment. Or does...

Raileasy has an API which it is happy to make available to people who want to create rail apps. It provides access to timetables and fares, the NRS, Lennon and the CTR database. Unfortunately it doesn't have live data which I agree should be in the public domain. RSP would never allow a...