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    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    Benefits the GOVERNMENT. Delay Repay schemes are (and have always) effectively been taxpayer funded - either factored into the Franchise terms or now directly related to the DfT cost model. Instead of progressing the underlying issues of the industry, successive ministers were happy to sign...
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    Thamelink only valid on Gatwick Express train from London Bridge to Hove?

    Thank you, yes, that was exactly the point Which gets to the heart of the issue - despite all the Gatwick/Brighton line fares having been under the control of a single operator since 2007, in an arrangement where Government takes the revenue risk (long before that was the case for other DfT...
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    Thamelink only valid on Gatwick Express train from London Bridge to Hove?

    The bit about the legislation is a factual observation. The rest is indeed an opinion - it is quite normal to share different opinions of a public forum. There is no expectation that everyone will agree. I think we all await the court decision with interest.
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    Thamelink only valid on Gatwick Express train from London Bridge to Hove?

    The legislation says absolutely nothing about brand restrictions. The issue relates solely to the phrasing of the passenger contract in various iterations of the NRCoC/NRCoT. Even the argument about who can set dedicated permanent fares in the TSA is irrelevant as the TSA itself is a multi-party...
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    Class 503 disposal

    What you're suggesting isn't like-for-like. A Pacer can be used on most heritage railways as a cheap unit to operate on quiet days or to ferry volunteers. For all practical purposes, any EMU is just an ornament, albeit one that needs a lot of time and expense if it isn't going to rot away. A...
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    SE High Speed services

    PMS is a contracted service. The big difference between TfL/Cubic and TOCs/PMS is that in the case of the former, Cubic are dealing with the fares for a single entity; whereas PMS is required to process and distribute fares input by multiple fare setting TOCs
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    Chances of just having to pay the price of the correct ticket?

    The only stage at which your reason for not having a valid ticket has any real possibility of being considered as mitigation is likely to be the Third Stage appeal - no guarantees but that is really the only point at which wider circumstances might be acknowledged. So if you are prepared to go...
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    Are there any train drivers earning £100k or more?

    The bizarre tax structure caused by successive chancellors pretending to cut the headline rate of tax whilst clawing the money back by all sorts of allowance limits is becoming a real issue for actual working people. Train Drivers, senior health workers, police, firefighters, senior teachers etc...
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    Definition of absolute block signalling

    This is all bringing back memories of my AB signalling regs training. The one thing that always stood out for me about Absolute Block compared to the various other forms of block signalling was the distinction between the need to 'offer' and 'accept' trains as opposed to the signaller just...
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    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    That's irrelevant to the point that evaluation is against comparable markets. The DfT and its analysts have dozens of comparable flows across the TOCs, even if DfT agrees to further journeys being added on LNER.
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    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    The reason the trial is done on only 3 flows is that there are many other 'comparable' flows that the results can be evaluated against.
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    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    Those first three are fully private sector operators. The last one is a publicly owned company. Interesting given the popular view that nationalising things turns them into cuddly benevolent organisations that exist only for the benefit of the people.
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    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    I'm sure any political party that has no chance of winning the election will be happy to make that commitment. Any party that might actually find itself in Government will not be willing to tie their hands when the public finances are in such dire straits and the rail industry is still costing...
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    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    Presumably avoiding the numerous services abroad that require compulsory pre-booking on to specific trains
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    Forced Compensation

    If you do buy a ticket and your train is cancelled or delayed and you choose not to travel you can get a full refund. The strike days and likely disruption are already known and you haven't yet bought a ticket so you will not be compensated for any delay beyond that for any service that is...
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    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    The point I was making is that it will be the views of the majority that influence the feedback rather than what you or I think. The aim will be to find a way to maximise revenue in a way that meets the requirements of as many passengers as possible. That means some benefits end up getting...
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    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    According to LNER, about 12% of sales on the trial flows are off-peak ticket types. The biggest single influencer of purchase is price. A proportion of those off-peak tickets will be on the day sales too. Flexibility is a factor and getting that formulation rights for the semi-flexible ticket...
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    CDR validity Brighton to London Bridge

    There wasn't a provision for a ticket to be restricted by brand in the TSA but there was (and is) a perfectly legal mechanism to restrict tickets by train service using restriction codes. That's what makes the post-2007 mess of Brighton Line fares so ridiculous - the mechanism existed to do it...
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    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    From my work in the industry I am aware that the revenue modelling and calculations must have been audited by many hands (the DfT are cautious to the extreme at approving anything without having it checked) so it's neither a quick nor lazy solution. That's not expressing an opinion on whether it...

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