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Much like how the meaning of "Set-Down Only" seems to have changed for some in the last couple of years...

I'm off tonight after finishing a shift in my local Esso Store to eat at the Ritz - you know - that famous store on Piccadilly ;)

From looking back to the Opening Post - and the actual announcement - and not parts of it made up by someone here that wasn't actually there at the time - the reference to the “back carriage” is a good key piece of info given - meaning any other passengers wouldn't inadvertently go into that...

Anyway - well dealt with by the crew concerned - sometimes on the staircase approach - you might need to go to the top levels to resolve an issue.

Hilariously condescending in the first instance - we all know you have an agenda when it comes to Lumo from being caught out by them a few months ago when you were in the wrong.

First thing sprung to mind: Paying Shareholders big dividends and management massive bonuses. That’s all that matters nowadays

Attempted to buy a ticket - which didn't complete in time as the guard was coming through the carriage.

I've not seen a Permit to Travel ticket on WMR ever since they removed the old style car park PERTIS machines. Still got some of the old tickets in a box somewhere.

I was just about to come here and ask about this - as I've only just seen that on the website - thinking "Oh, so the days of buying on board from the Conductor when no facilities were available are now over". Have to ask the question thought - if that was their policy above - how would that...

The PERTIS Machine at Old Hill was removed in 2019 with the rest along the Snow Hill Lines - so unless there's a whizzy new electronic version of it - I think that's incorrect. On my few visits to the station itself - I cannot remember seeing any machines as it's not that busy a station...

just appeared in the Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/rail-strike-chiltern-midlands-network-b2242053.html

18. Ticketless travel in non-compulsory ticket areas (1) In any area not designated as a compulsory ticket area, no person shall enter any train for the purpose of travelling on the railway unless he has with him a valid ticket entitling him to travel. (2) A person shall hand over his ticket...

I really fail to see what use a station at Rushwick would be. It’s in the middle of nowhere (in relation to Worcester) and we’ve already got a Parkway Station that serves London, Birmingham and the South West. They built the Western Bypass to take traffic away from the village (as that’s what...

Clark has form for talking loudly and lying badly when it normally comes to rai stuff like HS2: Liam Halligan was incandescent at the suggestion by Nigel Harris of Rail magazine that the Channel 4 Dispatches programme on the HS2 project, which he had fronted, was “selective and misleading...

It was something like “allow break of journey - BHM-SAD” then dated and signed along with “XC”

Was about 30 minutes ago - and I’ll be raising a complaint.

Held an Off Peak Return from Sandwell & Dudley to Stoke on Trent today. No issues on the way up - but coming back down I received a message stating that I needed to head into Birmingham to take care of urgent business. The excellent Cross Country TM came round just after boarding at Stoke -...

I reckon it was one of these “Pay when challenged” lot who attempted to buy a ticket on TL as she saw the Guard coming down the carriage - and the purchase did not complete in time.

This is from the Worcester News. Will be interested to here the sage opinions from those here with knowledge of the regulations etc: https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23135276.woman-fined-worcester-foregate-despite-paying-ticket/

I’ve had more negative experiences on rail services involving either Rugby fans or Racegoers than football crowds