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Keep calm, now . . . . It was a planned 'ruse' to keep the Bolton passengers away from 1S75, but I knew it would pick up passengers a Bolton booked on 1S75 as it was shown as a "departure" only (ie, no "arriving" time shown) in live departures. It was planned for Friday, as it is the worst day...

Scotrail telesales do PRIV over the phone for PRIV sleeper singles; DB Rail? do PRIV over the phone for PRIV Eurostar tickets

I get the feeling (from most of the replies he generates from those on here), most things ANG says are 'his opinion or way of doing things' attempted to be imposed on others as the 'only way'. Reminds me of the adage, "a lie often repeated is still a lie" Yes, Flamingo, I can see where the lack...

Doughnutting? not heard that expression before - what is it?

Worried: in your case, with preceeding (and possibly successive) weekly season tickets able to be submitted in mitigation, why didn't you go back to the manned station slightly later (when the revenue squad weren't there) and bought a weekly season ticket? Retrospective tickets bought after the...

A moralistic crusade? :rolleyes: Dearie, I've got no crusade, moralistic or otherwise!!! Unless you are an instructor/manager (Which I doubt) you seem to wish newbie's (or whoever, - see above) all abide by the way you do things. The clue I have (from the OP) is that you probably have a typical...

No, the guard that the OP was referring to applied the correct policy. There is no evidence to suggest (s)he picks and chooses when to follow the rules - why do you even suggest that? Brinnington may well be shut or closing at that time of the evening. He/she has NOT put herself at risk -...

Virgin make it easy for the chancers with their "open station" policy. The Lancaster-Crewe corridor revenue is shared through the Rail Settlement Plan with most, so I am told, going to (what now is) Northern. Inherited they did, in effect, from Regional Railways North West, et al This is why...

Ticket offices do free replacements for Railcards that have begun to fade to 'blank' due to the recent problems with ticket stock/thermal printing issues. But if it's too late to read all the data on the railcard (issue no., etc), then it's "tough". The 'heat trick' to put a heat source...

Think the 0804 may be diagrammed for a diesel unit. If not, it's one of the first diagrams to be substituted as it goes ecs Crewe-Alderley to pick up Alderley Edge diagrams from the 0949 ALD-MAN. Re: the above posts, I have had a 150/2 on a Manchester-Hadfield, and the most memorable ManUre...

PRIV is NOT valid at all on Metrolink. (Just as any railcards are NOT). You are risking your staff travel facilities if you do "buy" a through rail ticket with PRIV on Metrolink. Have heard of a guard being sacked for deliberatly issuing such tickets under the gross misconduct "fraud" banner -...

Why didnt you do PF's loco hauled train to/from Sheffield (if not York) with 66238, instead of all that plastic rubbish? £20 return Brum area-York with them.

Also known as "a sting operation". The best ones seem to be done by FGW. . . Reading station on a Fri/Sat night they used to let the chavs queue up at the excess fare window, hear them ask for their magic "return from Reading West/Twyford/Tilehurst" (which would have RPI blocks on!) which were...

Who will pay? Staff travel doesnt "cost" anything in real terms and may be used by shrewder TOCs in future pay negotiations (if they can share & agree between themselves). Adminstration of staff travel is a joke, each company has had to "admin" it seperately, instead of all done centrally to...

Yes, sorry, most still (sensibly) do. TPE, I have noticed, don't. But it seems Northern are now going further by saying guards can only be at the very rear of the train to close doors and not be able to use any of the other door control panels that have been built-in, or modified on units over...

Then why do other TOCs operate a very safe policy without resorting to knee-jerk reactions? Only Northern stuck to the Rule Book requirement that was dropped a few years ago to stay & observe the train leave a platform from inside a train (as if they can actually observe any one train surfing...

What "new" rule doing the doors from the rear of the train? I've heard a rumour of this and, in fact, overheard quite a few passengers complaining about this when queueing an inordinate length of time because the guard can't get through anymore. What nonsense. Certainly can't be realistic as...

Embers25, If they froth at insisting to charge FC on a "non-FC" advertised service on a lot of routes there is simply no FC fares available. Gone are the days when someone could up your ticket 50% on their Sportis machines - ask them for a First Class Single immediately! :wink: However, in this...

GM Traincards are valid to/from New Mills Central (due to a franchise commitment made by FNW, inherited by Northern in 2004). New Mills Cen-Sheffield= £202.40 per month When you say, "No Early Bird" do you mean that it's "Not an option for you"? as, there IS an Early Bird Sheffield-Manchester...

Cycle to Preston? - thats a v. long way, in the dark, 20 miles plus. Risk of puncture. Few "slightly over the limit" drivers out on them unlit roads? Rather you than me. Why not cycle & catch the 0539 TPE Blackpool-Airport (0545 at Poulton), gets to Preston 0603 & relax? Preston-Alderley Edge...