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If one is driving to a train station, I feel as though one should be able to park in a limited waiting space if their train would be scheduled to get them back in time (e.g. if a parking space allows free parking for 2 hours from 9-5, it should be ok to park there in the evening and travel back...

Is there any way of finding out what the capacities of different train carriages are? I would like to find out the capacity of a British Rail Class 377 - both the total capacity and the number of seats. I realise that this varies since there are sometimes 5 seats going across and sometimes 4.

Is there any easy way of viewing old train timetables? It would be particularly useful if I could get hold of GTR's timetable from before the changes in May. This is for a master's project that I am doing.

I am completing a master's course in Data Science And Analytics at the University of Chichester and for my dissertation, I completing a research project to explore whether or not current train timetables could be improved. In order to try to devise the optimal alternative timetable for a...

I have wondered for years, but never thought to ask, why train travel seems to be so cheap in general in the Devon and Cornwall! For example, an Off-Peak day return from Plymouth to Exeter costs £9.80 and the distance each way is around 45 miles - similarly, an Off-Peak day return from Plymouth...

What do people think of the idea of buying a second ticket (when travelling alone) in order to have two seats to oneself on a train? When travelling off-peak with Southern, a return ticket or Travelcard can be purchased for an accompanied child for just £2 so subject to availability of seating...

There are two different fares from the boundary zones to Slough; one is "Any Permitted" and the other is "Via Windsor". On the face of it, one would imagine that the "Any Permitted" option includes "Via Windsor", however the "Via Windsor" option is more expensive and this is a longer route. Is...

What would happen if I was travelling with my bike from A to C, changing at B, and should get the last train at B which bicycles are allowed on before the evening peak, however my train from A to B is delayed? Would the train companies take any responsibility for getting my bicycle to my...

I want to travel from Staines to Sydenham, and then from Sydenham to Chichester. I believe that the best way to ticket this is with a Super Off-Peak return ticket from Chichester to Clapham Junction if I am travelling during Super Off-Peak times, but with an Off-Peak return ticket from...

I know that they're not obliged to, however if someone leaves ample time to make the connection but due to a train delay, arrives in a rural area and has misses the last bus, do you think that they might cover the cost of a taxi? If not, then a poor vulnerable person might have no choice but to...

It seems that with operators such as VTEC, in first class they limit you to one hot meal in a journey, however long your journey is. Do you think that if you have split tickets, you could have an interesting conversation with catering staff and justify being allowed another meal after each split...

I had a situation recently where I got off a train with a valid ticket, however the barriers were closed, my ticket was rejected and no member of staff was available. I called out for a member of staff for several minutes but there was no one there, and if I waited any longer I would have missed...

Often on trains they advise passengers to get off at the next station if they feel unwell...but it really annoys me that they don't also mention that if you have an advance ticket then getting off early will void it. As such, would it be reasonable to assume that if you get off early on an...

How can one check exactly which Underground services a train ticket can be used on, which is valid for a cross London transfer. E.g. if I want to travel one way from Chichester to Swiss Cottage underground, I believe that the cheapest way to do this which is probably valid is to buy a ticket...

I have always thought, in theory if you wanted to make the same return journey many times in the same day and no ticket exists for unlimited daily travel on that route, then the best option would surely be to buy a 7 day season ticket, however I have realised that you could get a partial refund...

I sometimes purchase a Super Off-Peak Day Travelcard from Chichester when I am starting my day in London, want to travel around London and then travel on to Chichester so my question is when exactly I can start using the Travelcard in London. The restriction is "Not valid on trains timed to...

I arrived at Chichester Station around 9am on a weekday once and asked to buy a Super Off-Peak Travelcard; this is valid on the 9:40 service to Victoria but not the 9:11 service and the member of staff wrote "not valid before 9:30" on the Travelcard to make this clear, however the restriction is...

Yesterday I arrived at my local Bus Station before my bus was due, my bus arrived and the driver got off and closed the doors for a change of driver so I stood by the bus and waited. Shortly afterwards, another driver arrived and got on, then some passengers got off and the driver got off, and I...

The other day I was travelling on a South Western Railway service from Staines, where signs state that train doors close up to 30 seconds before departure, however to my horror the doors on one service were closed around 2.5 minutes before the scheduled departure time, and the train departed...

Could someone please confirm whether or not a ticket (routed "Any Permitted") from Chichester to London (or Kentish Town, since often it's cheaper to buy the ticket to here even if you only want London Terminals due to the ticket being priced by Thameslink rather than Southern, which is...