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I recently acquired a Touch Smartcard now that (some) journeys and tickets on my regular trips are covered. However I have a couple of questions I experimented with two one-stop journeys, on different days, from one unstaffed station to another (the latter only has a validator at one exit, so...

I visited National Rail Enquiries and asked for a schedule from Blackwater to London Liverpool Street (knowing it would default to the quickest route via Reading and Paddington). However, I also got offered this schedule:- d. 1619 Blackwater a. 1638 Guildford d. 1649 Guildford a. 1729 London...

I live SW of London and am looking at a day out in Dedham on the Essex/Suffolk border. Manningtree is the nearest station to Dedham and there is some pleasant walking to be done between the two. I have a Senior Railcard, but am not interested in the sometimes excellent value advances to GA...

I give you Reading - Aldershot. National Rail Enquiries reports a simple change at Ash.* An example for tomorrow (Monday):- Reading - Ash d. 13:20 a. 13:53 Ash - Aldershot d. 14:03 a. 14:10 So an easy 10 minute change, but the chances are passengers would miss the connection. How come? Ash...

According to the card's conditions, Senior Railcard discounts are available in the Network South East area from the first off-peak service on weekdays. However, National Rail Enquiries (NRE) is no longer applying this rule for many (but not all) journeys in the area. Instead the discount is only...

When SWT introduced their 2-tier off peak pricing to travel away from London on weekend day trips, many Off Peak fares were re-labelled Super Off Peak and morning travel restrictions were introduced. Presumably this was to manage demand on crush loaded routes such as Farnham to Alton! Sorry...

Lord Adonis resigned as chair of the National Infrastructure Commission today. His letter of resignation to the PM contains interesting views on the East Coast franchise. Extract: There is much more about EC here...

Keeping to long tradition, the Queen travelled to King's Lynn by train this morning en route to Sandringham for the Christmas holidays. She caught the 10:44 from King's Cross Platform 1 and arrived one minute late on Platform 2 at King's Lynn, the platform that is handy for exiting the station...

Saturday morning I travelled from Blackwater to Farnham, departing on the 11:25. Firstly, SWT, who control the fare for this journey, have imposed their Off Peak/Weekend Super Off Peak fares to this route. Off Peak Day Return: £6.20 Weekend Super Off Peak Day Return (valid after 11:00)...

Interesting! How many other frustrated Southern customers will be disputing with their credit card companies that Southern hasn't provided the contracted service? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/commuter-hit-southern-rail-chaos-wins-3k-back-credit-card-provider/

Perhaps I'm overlooking the obvious, but I've never found the knack of forcing the same seat reservation on long distance journeys when splitting tickets. I mostly book journeys through the GWR Mixing Desk, sometimes using their Android app. Any tips on how to achieve this will be...

I'm taking a day trip to Bedford tomorrow from my home station, travelling via London. From my home station to London there are various "sensible" route options, which can be completely different. All the various routes are permitted for most journeys beyond London, but not always. For the...

These Sutton United fans had quite a testing journey returning from their away game at Boreham Wood on Tuesday night:- http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/thameslink-delays-leave-50-football-fans-with-fiveandahalf-hour-journey-home-which-should-have-taken-a3402336.html Ouch!

I was looking up the shortest routes from Blackwater (BAW) to Clapham Junction (CLJ) - a little research as NRE (incorrectly) sometimes disallows one of the routes as part of a longer journey. The distances are remarkably similar, according to http://www.brroutes.com/mileage/#new?:- 38...

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkcityfc/14776037.York_City_FC_boss_Jackie_McNamara_convicted_of_fare_dodging/ As has been mentioned below, I'd have though an ex-Scotland international footballer and now aspiring manager would have been very keen to keep this out of the papers. Edit: see...

I haven't been able to find a topic on here that covers this announcement by the Rail Minister:- http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/rail-passengers-to-be-able-to-claim-payouts-for-all-late-trains-after-compensation-shakeup-a3338486.html The press articles on this are pretty vague...

With reference to this post by reb0118 on this closed thread:- http://www.railforums.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1694094&postcount=12 Yesterday morning I arrived at Blackwater to find both TVMs were out of order, so I couldn't collect a combination of tickets to be used for a journey to Cambridge...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/29/university-student-forced-to-pay-562-for-220-train-journey-after/ £562 for avoiding a £2.20 fare. Anyone primed with a "the dog ate my homework"- type excuse, and doesn't understand when to stop the pretense, may want to read, understand and act...

To what extent are TOCs responsible for inaccurate info on NRE when part of the through journey is the responsibility of a third party? NRE reports that the last service from London to Hunstanton By Bus on weekdays is: d. 21:14 King's Cross a. 22:56 King's Lynn -- CHANGE TO BUS SERVICE -- d...

There may be trouble ahead: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/opinion/no-train-today-ask-congress-why.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0