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I posted something similar in another thread a while ago. I gave directions to someone at Moorgate (IIRC) who wanted to go to Walthamstow - they thought the quickest way was via Kings Cross to get the Vic line and had no idea they could simply get a GA train from Liverpool St and be there in...

Does anyone know what a GA only London Liverpool Street to Cambridge will *always* be rejected by the Cambridge barriers? Oddly enough, on the return Cambridge to Liv St section, it doesn't retain the ticket but gives it back again after opening the barriers.

I think the confusion arises because so many people are told by the staff running the buses they they *don't* need a ticket. I have travelled countless times from Weybridge to Walton-on-Thames on a replacement bus and I asked each time whether I needed a ticket. I was told not only that I didn't...

Say the arrival station was Royal Victoria, where the oyster validators were behind an area that has been roped off? Ditto Beckton Park, where it isn't possible to get to an oyster validator to complete your journey. Do TFL really expect people to embark on a small excursion down to the...

Hi, General query as the DLR is suspended between Canning Town and Beckton this weekend. Posters at Canning Town say you must have a valid ticket before travelling on a replacement bus, yet the staff at the station who are announcing which bus goes where etc say you don't need a ticket. I...

How would anyone get caught sharing an Oyster travelcard? The three times in my life I've been asked for my Oyster card by an RPI on a TFL service (and I have commuted during peak and off-peak hours for some years), there was no question of me providing any ID to prove that I was the valid owner...

I've seen rude passengers and I've seen rude staff. Rudeness exists everywhere in life, alas.

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On the subject of showing tickets, I made a journey today from King's Cross to Welwyn Garden City *and* back again - the barriers are both ends were open the entire time and not once was I asked for my ticket on the train. Now, we on this forum all know fare evasion is wrong so we buy our...

I saw this wheely chair on the Jubilee Line last night. Suffice to say, he didn't sit in it for the journey.

Most people say "I'm getting on the tube" though, not "a tube". At least all the Londoners I know. My comment about the Metro was that "hit by a tube" is not an acceptable phrase for a national newspaper, I presume the sub-eds missed it.

Just seen a northbound leave Wimbledon for Wloo. Local buses were rammed, the queue took up most of the pavement at Raynes Park. I walked to the stop before so I could get on, ha!

Stuck on an SWT London bound at Raynes Park - apparently someone hit by a train at Earlsfield. Anyone know anything?

I was giving directions to a chap at Blackfriars who wanted to get to Kings Cross - he was planning on getting the District or Circle line to Monument and connect with the Northern Line. Was very surprised when I told him there was a direct service that takes less than half the time from...

Maybe everyone with an advance ticket (as I presume that most reservations are those made in connection with advance tickets) should be asked to sit there? I don't suggest there is a patrol of the train to check, but I would think making an announcement along the lines of "Would passengers with...

Yes, when I had a Gold card and commuted from Worthing to Canary Wharf I usually opted to be let through manually because the ticket fades so quickly.

I should add that I also find it annoying to travel and not have my ticket checked at all. The railways aren't supposed to work on an honour system!

I think most people don't understand that a ticket barrier will only validate whether a ticket is valid from X station and not for the entire journey or whether or not the passenger is eligible to use it. I recall during my commuting days a lot of people getting shirty about having to produce...

I was on a FGW service to Cardiff the other day that got rather full. What annoyed me most was that I heard people who did have reservations muttering and saying things like "Oh it doesn't matter, you don't HAVE to sit in your reserved sit, let's sit somewhere else". Which is all well and...

I don't know if this really counts as "luggage", but amused me nevertheless.