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As we were making a school holiday plane spotting trip to Heathrow yesterday, we decided to split up and compare the cheap route vs the expensive route by train from Crystal Palace to T5. I took the £3.70 avoiding Zone 1 route - four trains - whilst the others took the £13.30 Elizabeth Line -...

I'm planning a weekend trip from Norwood Junction with my son to check out the refreshed Gatwick Airport station. I could use Oyster PAYG and try the East Croydon split, so £13 there and back for me. I'm guessing my son needs a £3.80 Coulsdon South - Gatwick return to cover the non-free part...

I wanted to drop my other half's car at the station today so it's there for when she gets back from a trip, so was looking at the charges yesterday. There are TfL signs up about a new provider taking over, but it's still "£4 daily" although the payment machine is no longer in use so it's a...

I'm sure there's only one Canary Wharf!!

I've had my first experience of London Victoria's new departure screens this week and think they're excellent. I like the fact that they show the arrival time at every stopping point, which is kept updated if the departure is delayed. Sadly, I can't find a Network Rail press release for this...

Looking at my Oyster history, I travelled on a Thursday afternoon (16:48 - 17:38) from Crystal Palace to Vauxhall (changing at Clapham Junction) and was charged £2.50. According to the TFL Single Fare Finder, the Off Peak fare is £2.50, but I should have been paying the Peak fare of £2.90...

Looking at the Avanti timetables page, there's nothing covering 8th - 15th May. Any ideas where one gets such a thing?

moderator note : posts #1-#7 originally in this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/quarantine.207488/ I think you'll find that our voting system always gives a government for whom the majority didn't vote.

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/face-coverings-compulsory-on-public-transport-in-england-from-15-june.205120/ But at least with less visits to Gregg's we've perhaps made a small improvement in the real issue slowly crippling the NHS - obesity.

I've had a couple of Thameslink meltdowns recently that entitled me to delay repay. But as the journey was a relatively cheap one on Oyster it didn't seem worth the effort to claim just over £1. However, I saw on Thameslink's delay repay page that you can donate your refund to one of their...

This Twitter thread makes for depressing reading, I wonder how many more people just give up ? https://twitter.com/EilishGregory/status/1114426590006530049 (Edited to add a quote - a bit jumbled though as the conversation got a bit multi-threaded!)

Does anyone have any idea what was being filmed at St Pancras today? Appeared to be a significant event with stacks of crew and quite a few extras. They were up by EMT platforms when I saw them this afternoon.

Whilst researching some split ticketing travel for tomorrow, I noticed that Crayford to Feltham tickets are available in both "Not Underground" and "Not Via London" guises. I shall be using the former to travel via Waterloo/Waterloo East, but what route would I be expected to take on a "Not...

It's all happening at Gravesend Station at the moment.... Today (1st Dec 2016) the new Cycle Hub is being opened. Reinforcement work on the tunnel at the eastern end of the station is almost complete. Railway Place is about to be resurfaced. The whole station is currently in the centre...

Gravesend seems to be penalised by having the highest priced HS Upgrade ticket prices which is weird since it's closer to London than stations with cheaper Upgrades. Any reason why I couldn't use a Strood HS Upgrade from Gravesend? Maidstone West is cheaper still, whilst a Birchington HUC...

My partner lost her monthly season with a week remaining on it - her first time of doing so. She was alighting at Station X when she discovered the loss, rather than her normal "home" Station Y. Staff at Station X gave her a lost ticket/refund form and she submitted it back to Station X within...

As my ticket was once again rejected by Southeastern's HS1 ticket barriers at St Pancras yesterday morning, I decided to enquire why.... "Is my ticket valid?" "Yes!" "So why do your ticket barriers reject it?" "I apologise for the crappy ticket barriers..... we have so many tickets...

Currently in Croydon, following NRE's route, except that the trams are not running due to not insubstantial paving works. Doesn't anyone have responsibility for removing trams from travel routing whilst they are out of action? I walked, but less able travellers would have been stuck.

A bit confused as NRE shows £11.90 for a Seven Sisters to Welwyn Garden City Anytime Single for tomorrow, but brfares shows £12.60 for a✠VICTRIA LINE NTH Anytime Single and Southern/Thameslink mixing decks only show a £15.40 ✠ANY PERMITTED Anytime single. What exactly does the ✠VICTRIA LINE...

Recently, I have further refined my favourite Travelcard/Boundary Zone ticket combination for travelling into London Victoria from Gatwick Airport, but this leaves me with a niggling validity issue. I'd be interested in the opinions of others. I'm using a full price Off Peak Day Return...