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I believe "aging" is the standard US/Canadian English spelling and "ageing" is usually used elsewhere with other varieties of English. I've noticed before that US English spellings are commonly used on Wordle, so I must admit I didn't pay particular attention to it today: when I had A*I** on...

I've just looked back at some old pics I took on the same day and it was actually July 2010 (i.e. not long after London Overground conversion) - not as long ago as I thought!

I've been using Railcard-discounted Thameslink Only Travelcards for more than 20 years, and regularly travel to Bromley South via Victoria "South Eastern" side. They have never once worked at the gatelines at either Victoria SE side or Bromley South. However, I have only once had problems with...

Members may be interested in the attached spreadsheet, which I have compiled from various sources including National Fares Manuals, Journals of the Transport Ticket Society and observations from my own ticket collection. It shows all station groups known to have existed from 1985, when the...

When on foreign trips I spend a great deal of time tram-travelling. Other than those I "voted" for: Freiburg im Breisgau, Berlin, Munich, Augsburg, Rostock, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, Bochum/Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund, Neuss, Krefeld, Vienna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Lisbon. Munich three times...

I wasn't; I am unfamiliar with the Welsh transport scene and have not been for some 20 years. The existence of a direct bus makes it even more surprising that such a convoluted rail/bus journey should be available! (As an aside, that looks like quite a pleasant, scenic route.)

Many thanks to all for your input!

Hi all. I have just had sight of a ticket issued for this journey - i.e. the route field shows "Valid only via Aberystwyth". brfares.com has it as well: https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=NWT&dest=CDF&rte=649&tkt=SVR. It is cheaper than the Any Permitted fare via Shrewsbury. I can only...

Just as an aside, and apologies for veering off-topic, but I have a number of Apex Singles in my ticket collection, dating from between 1994 and 2005 and for journeys in various parts of the country.

I have been travelling on the 0826 Brighton–Ore fairly regularly for the last 4 months and on every occasion it has been a Gatwick Express unit. I usually get an ex-Seaford train coming home from Lewes, but on the rare occasions when I catch an ex-Eastbourne/Ore it has always been Gatwick...

I'm a subscriber to the British Newspapers Archive, and was inspired by this question to do a search for "replacement bus" across the whole of the archive. Already in the first few hits, I've found a couple of things which touch on points made above: "RAILWAY CLOSED TO PASSENGER TRAFFIC: The...

Indeed! The good old "A"-marker in evidence! Thank you all for the info - this has given me plenty to go on!

Hi all - can anybody help with info about the above? NB. Not the current Heart of Wessex Rover. I'm going through my collection of Rail Rovers at the moment, which include a series of "3-in-7" Wessex Rovers from various years between 1991 and 2004. The 1991 price was £22.00 for 3 days, and...

In my ticket collection I have a fairly recent Off-Peak Return from Manchester to Worle with an Excess coupon attached from Manchester to Wool. The friend who passed it to me said the person asked for a return to Wool but it was misheard as Worle! (Edited to correct this - I've just found the...

Indeed! Hopefully at least some sandwiches and a nice whisky or similar. Incidentally, I've just noticed the telling phrase at the top of p4: "Because of severe air competition these [Scottish] packages are heavily discounted and have enhanced facilities". BR had clearly recognised that by...

1691517965 Have a read through the attached to see if any of the information looks familiar. (Images taken from BR Sales Circular 22, 11–17 January 1987, available at the National Archives, Kew.)

There are two possibilities that come to mind from that era: - Travel Key (I think this was being wound down in 1987, though) - British Rail Executive Tickets I have scans of a more-or-less full run of BR Sales Circulars from number 1 (1986) onwards. Happy to dig through and have a look for...

Good find! I've dug through my 1972 and 1973 editions of the Transport Ticket Society Journal for news. We start with a report on pp21–23 of January 1972, reporting the trial scheme and its subsequent extension (as reflected on your leaflet): "SUPERSAVE. This facility, which has been...

Vielen Dank! I had missed that bit on the official website. Looking forward to my first post-pandemic trip back to Germany! 1691004412 Ah, but I'm after the physical ticket for my collection :lol: Looks like a decent service: every 20 mins. Last time I was in Munich I went the other way...

I haven't been able to figure out a definitive answer to this, so I will throw it open to the forum! I will be flying into Munich soon, and for reasons that are far too boring to mention :lol: I would like to travel into the city by first taking a bus (the 512, specifically) to Erding, then...