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Probably fine. The website and tickets now suggest 2 hours...and I am a stickler for the rules....haha.

I would say that might be tight but doable (nothing to do with COVID, I have in the past missed my train as I checked in too late). I travelled last week and the train was generally quite full, but arrived 2 hours ahead for both trains. For the London departure, we were told to come back 90...

No, if you're double vaccinated, current rules mean you need a lateral flow test (at least) in order to enter the UK AND a PCR test to be booked to take two days after arriving. No self-isolation unless arriving from a red-list country.

Ok, so for future travellers...I got to St Pancras at 06:30 for the 08:01 departure. As I didn't find any coffee en route, I first stopped to get a coffee. Then proceeded to Eurostar (they check that you have your sworn statement and at passport control I also had to show my vaccination status...

I am travelling on the 08:01 service on Saturday from London to Paris. The website now says to arrive 2 hours before departure, but that would mean some really awkward train changes (the difference is leaving home at 03:45 vs 05:10!) - the earliest I can make it to St Pancras is for 06:30 - all...

First class should be declassified when trains become too full. Standard class passengers also pay fares and also have expectations of what the service will provide. If there was a bit more space and maybe even a seat available in standard class, I doubt that the majority of standard class...

I used to travel that route often during peak times and I truly sympathise with the OP. I have had many incidents because people would get physically and verbally upset with me for refusing to move into 1st class due to overcrowding. Being pushed and shoved and sworn at. I have always managed...

And then people wonder why TfL has such a huge deficit! It is just used as a political vehicle for one mayor after the next. My suggestion would be to either scrap this (and not replace it with something else) or at least make it for travel off-peak only, or buses and trams only as the tube is...

Being late isn't necessarily a problem, but the poor and excessively late communication around it is just plain dishonest. I was involved with Crossrail in 2017 and we all knew December 2018 was impossible back then already (this was fact not speculation) - it pretty much came up in every...

You may also choose to raise your concerns to TfL with regards to the behaviour as it would be totally unacceptable for someone to just ask you to tap your contactless card without being reasonably satisfied with who they are. They are generally quite serious about the reputation of contactless...

It was an announcement on the station not on the train. I just think it's sending a message that the handle isn't for all emergencies and it might deter people from using it when it should be used. If they are going to put a message out about when not to use it, it might be worthwhile...

Standing waiting for a train in SWR land this morning, I heard the announcement saying that if you feel ill, not to pull the emergency handle. This reminded me of the thread where the gist of the messaging was for customers not to fear contacting the BTP, no matter how small. The message this...

I tried out delay repay sniper and it wasn't very accurate. During my month trial, it suggested several times that I had valid claims for trains I used and I knew for a fact I didn't have a valid claim (including showing some trains as cancelled). It was also a lot less effort keeping track of...

Times are changing. Cash is no longer welcome on buses in London. My buses in the countryside all accept contactless now and the sandwich shop at work is completely cashless. In my world, if I had cash and no cards/phones with me I would have a much harder time than having no cash and only...

I did a change-over of my season ticket today with South Western Railway at the Bracknell office. I'm due a refund of over £500, but the lady at the ticket office said that she wasn't authorised to pay it out and that it will be dealt with as per the form she gave me (all it says is "Payment...

There is an exception for employees who "have" to attend functions on behalf of TfL and in this case it is allowed, as long as consumption is reasonable (???) and the policy does state that bring TfL into disrepute may result in dismissal. Not sure being that drunk brings disrepute to TfL...

Some corrections: 1. The inspection device cannot know how much money in your account. It would have indicated that your card issuer declined a transaction or that you are on the blacklist for other reasons. Based on everything else said, it is clear that your card was declined by your issuer...

Yes, that is really how it works!! This is what happens if you design a smartcard with no clear and specific use in mind. ITSO was designed to do everything from being used for travel to being used as library cards, however, due to the many poorly implemented/designed features, most of it...

Usually yes.

No UK card issuers currently allow cashback on their contactless issued cards, it isn't allowed on foreign cards and £50 breaks the contactless limit. I suspect this is just a wind up as this scenario is currently not possible.