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Only "Advance" tickets are for a specific train (which don't exist on this route). For Super Off-Peak tickets to East Grinstead you can use any train subject to these restrictions https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ticket-types/validity/pb/

There aren't any Advance fares from East Grinstead to London, selecting any train online won't make any difference, you'll just be sold the same walk up tickets you'd get at the station (not for a specific train). There isn't any advantage to buying in advance so I'd just get it on the day...

I feel like the only way you can see it that way is if you willfully misinterpret things. GWR's position seems very clear, they've decided not to promote First Class on these services, but it is still provided for any First Class ticket holders that travel on them, or anyone who chooses to...

They still provide the local service for Taunton, Exeter St Davids, and Newton Abbot, it's only after Plymouth it becomes set down only. Used to run a daytime service to Exeter until around 2017 too.

No, as you don't need to book any train to hold a first class ticket. Any ticket office or TVM will more than happily provide a ticket to use that carriage.

The service in question is not intended to Standard Class only, it just hasn't been marked as conveying First Class in the electronic data (which is wrong so often lately something should probably be done).

The electronic timetable data isn't authoritative, the NRT was previously but this was removed from the NRCoT a long time ago. I think this did happen somewhere. It would be available exclusively for those holding long-distance tickets, Interrail, and ALRs I guess.

There's no SWT logos underneath (they were in a different place), but they have been like that since 2017

Indeed, many here will be disappointed

Yep, the tickets you're seeing now are what you'd get at the station on the day. They're a fixed rate and not linked to any particular service, so I'd recommend not buying in advance personally since there's no advantage to doing so. It looks a better option for you would be to buy a DaySave...

There is a limit, but unless they've changed it they do sensibly "oversell" in Standard Class/Coach.

I would not hold up Amtrak as an example of how to run a railway, but their tickets are fully refundable right up to departure without any change fees, that is not comparable with LNER'S much more expensive Advance or 70 min fares. Counted places aren't the same as seat reservations (although I...

Thats nonesense, I know many people who aren't enthusiasts and choose flexible tickets, there's not always one best route. Although it's out of the budget of most backpackers SNCF does actually offer a premium fare that allows travel on "full" TGVs without a seat. Trenitalia allows flexible...

If the handover is scheduled for 02:00 as it was at the start of the franchise, then it's probably this one: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Q41922/2025-05-25/detailed I suppose it depends on how you define it, but it's likely to arrive early.

Even the page on the LNER website completely fails to acknowledge that most non-advance tickets aren't restricted by operator (and that compensation paid will assume you took the next CrossCountry or other TOC train)

I can't vouch for the accuracy or the original source, but it has been reported that nationalising SWR will be used to launch GBR as a public facing brand https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/great-british-railways-will-fly-the-union-jack-df0f2r5sp#:~:text=Government...

De jure if you are traveling on an Advance ticket you must occupy only the seat shown on your ticket, if you are on any other type of ticket then you can use any seat. However there is virtually zero chance of this ever being enforced.

Interesting! I was considering using this route in June and had no idea. Should have known something was up when the RailPlanner app and RailEurope showed no reservation required, thought Renfe were finally being cool for once. Nothing on their alerts page in either language, but there is a...

Presumably when SWR is nationalised on 26 May. Although I would think there would more signs of this publicly by now if they intend to merge the public facing brands into GBR. Still the much bigger quesrtion of when/if the OLR actually gets absorbed into Network Rail assuming that's still the plan

They are effectively rover tickets so the routing guide doesn't apply, and you can take any route, stop off anywhere and take multiple journeys per day. For inbound/outbound days there is technically a requirement that they are used as part of a journey to/from an international journey, but...