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Some people seem to assume that we all have smart phones and have APPS ( whatever they are ! ) to enable us to buy tickets . Unfortunately there are large number of people , me included that do not have a smart phone and millions more , especially older people who have no idea about all this...

Thanks everyone who replied . Very much appreciated , Graham

Sorry to show my great ignorance , must be my age , but I am not sure what constitutes a compulsory ticket area . It is not something of which I have ever heard. Could anyone please explain and put this ignoramus on track !!! Graham

Many years ago I seem to remember having to buy a platform ticket to get onto the platform but are these still required ? I enjoy visiting railway stations and obviously many un manned stations can just be walked on to. However , recently whilst in Shrewsbury I popped into the lovely station...

If there is an increase in the number of railway suicides and for that matter suicides in general could it not be that there is a larger population and so even the same percentage of suicides would result in greater numbers

His programs are always very interesting and he is a good presenter with a nice way with the people he speaks to. Much better television than all the so called reality rubbish

Perhaps a bit too old but one of the most pleasant was John Betjeman`s series on the pleasures of Branch Lines His quirky , slightly eccentric ways and his enthusiasm for country lines plus his disdain for motorcars made the programs enjoyable . I love to watch him on You tube...

Thank you philthetube. Graham

Thank you Yorkie for the prompt helpful reply. Graham

I wish to travel from Lytham St Annes to Colne ( Lancs ) However the station at Lytham appears to be unmanned and I didn`t see a ticket machine on the platform. What is the best (only ? )) way to obtain a ticket . . Before anyone mentions smart phones and APS , all things that are...

What the railway needs for disruptive , noisy kids is a Children`s Club ! Preferably a heavy wooden one ! Just kidding before anyone thinks I am serious ;

rs !01. I certainly did read the opening post. I will slightly modify my statement. If you have an UP TO DATE railcard then damn well show it , and if not pay the full price. Is that better ?

I can`t understand all the discussion and palaver on this subject which seems so simple . If you have a card ,damn well show it and if not then pay full price . What could be more simple ?

Why not go the whole way : "My Lords , Ladies and Gentlemen , . Boys and girls and all others " That should keep everyone happy.

Thanks everyone for answering my query in such a nice way. I half expected a sarcastic reply sneering at my ignorance ---- I was wrong. Graham

Just a question to answer my curiosity if I may be allowed. Is it normal, and why would it be that a ticket from A to C going via B be cheaper than one from B to C? Seems a strange state of affairs. Bit like finding that the cost of a two course meal in a restaurant would be less than...

My post on zero tolerance was not an assertion it was what happened . Yes the idea was to cut down on drug crime but started with simpler things such as fare evasion and social bad behaviour such as vandalism and minor crimes . The idea was you came down hard on minor crimes and give out...

I think the problem is that many of the people who avoid buying a ticket think that it is not a very serious matter The Americans had the right idea . When they decided to have a zero tolerance to crime in New York one of the first things they did was to police train stations and anybody...

I wasn`t suggesting that you don`t think about what`s happening round you but automatically responding to controls . when driving my car I am not thinking about the actual driving but if somebody steps out in front of me I brake instantly without actually thinking about it . Surely the...

surely once you have learned to drive it and , like driving a car it becomes automatic and you do it without thinking about it then it should be easy. I had a friend who flew aircraft for a living and was very dismissal of it being difficult . He said once used to it you take off , fly to...