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I feel like there used to be some organisation we were members of, that made those arrangements and facilitated that freedom of movement

It is scenic but extremely slow. I did Amsterdam to Bilbao a few months ago, and the last section from Hendaye–San Sebastian, then San Sebastian to Bilbao (Matiko), took from 7pm to 10.25pm, on pretty hard plastic seats clearly not intended for longer-distance use; I think it was worth it...

I have just (a couple of weeks ago) taken the Euskotren from Hendaye to Bilbao, changing at Amara Donostia-San Sebastian (as part of a larger journey from Amsterdam to Bilbao). There are some wonderful views, glimpses of the sea and coastal valleys, but it took a very long time and the Euskotren...

I remember in 2007-8 there still being some old direction signs at Highbury & Islington on the route from the one of the Victoria Line platforms, with 'North London Link' in one place and 'North London Line' in another — I think took a photo because (ignorant of the history) I wondered whether...

I do this very regularly, similarly at Eindhoven Centraal and Utrecht Centraal. Particularly in Eindhoven it is the "default" route between the city centre and the university and vice versa, with the alternatives being much less appealing and less direct. In Utrecht it's maybe the default route...

When moving from Pennsylvania back to Europe, I was quite excited to realise that my 20' container of furniture, books, household goods, etc, was going to go by Norfolk Southern from Pittsburgh to a freight terminal at Elizabeth NJ—and would be going around the Horseshoe Curve. I'd been round it...

Hypothetically, if two people bought Two Together tickets together, but then when it comes to travelling, they've fallen out with each other, or — let's say, they argue on the train, and one person leaves at an intermediate station (ignoring how that stopping short is forbidden by the Advance) —...

I need to do these two journeys in the same day (SWT St Margarets (London) to Windsor & Eton Riverside, walk to Windsor & Eton Central, then FGW to Slough, then later in the day St Albans to West Hampstead (FCC), London Overground to Richmond, and SWT to St Margarets). It'll be a Saturday...

Thanks! That's good to know. I know it's only a small detail but it particularly worried someone I was travelling with the other day who was wary of Oyster in general.

At Paddington (map) I quite often arrive on a train from Slough at Platform 13, and then cross the footbridge to the Hammersmith & City line platforms to travel east. There are no barriers between platforms 13/14 and the H&C platforms, but there are barriers between the footbridge and the...

Is that easement intended to prevent some of the permutations discussed here? If so, that was very quick indeed!

What I would find very useful as a passenger is the ability to interrogate the routeing guide in a user-friendly manner to list all the permitted routes for a particular ticket. Something like CORE was, but official and legally defensible. From a naïve outsider's point of view it seems like...

Thanks for the clarifications. I can imagine situations late at night rushing to catch the last train back from Paddington or Waterloo where actually knowing that I already have a ticket valid either route could probably be worth a few pounds extra to me. So I do need to give the various...

Thanks MikeWH and bb21 - those are very clear explanations! So, if I understand this right, it looks like, as long as the tickets are used in the 'right' order, a single from Windsor & Eton Riverside to Datchet or vice versa (£2.10 according to NRE) plus a Datchet to London Terminals return...

Thanks everyone for some very useful insights. Presumably I could buy a Datchet - London Terminals ticket online and collect it from the machines at either Windsor station. The idea raises three questions though for me: 1) Would it be permitted to start the journey 'short' of Datchet...

Could you tell me where it's possible to pay this excess? I presume it needs to be done before the return leg of the journey, but is it possible to pay the excess right at the start (i.e. before the outbound leg) to allow total flexibility for the return leg? If it really is only a maximum of...

Thanks, yes, of course you're right. I've never done it - I just wondered if the Oyster system could be designed to make something like this possible in the future, allowing on-train validation (presumably location-aware). Thanks for the warnings though!

Thank you Indigo2! Very helpful. Something which seems like it would be very useful to people living near London but frequently, if irregularly, travelling in, would be able to 'touch in/out' an Oyster card while on a train passing through the zone 6 boundary, so you could just buy a...

I often make the journey from either Windsor & Eton Riverside (WNR) or Windsor & Eton Central (WNC) into London, buying a Day Travelcard from one of the stations. Like, I am sure, many people travelling from Windsor into London, the choice of station is partly determined by which part of London...