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    Excess when stopping short on an advance

    I’m currently on a train holding an advance single. I’d like to get off one stop earlier than planned. Am I right that the worst that can happen is an excess, presumably to the off peak single between the station I boarded and my new destination?
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    Oxford - Torquay without Bristol

    Ah, got it - thank you.
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    Oxford - Torquay without Bristol

    My itenary yesterday was Oxford - Didcot, Didcot - Swindon, Swindon - Newton Abbot (Via Castle Cary) - it's this later leg that I can't find for the 9th. Maybe there was some quirk of yesterday?
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    Oxford - Torquay without Bristol

    Hi Yesterday I travelled Oxford - Torquay and back changing trains at Didcot, Swindon and Newton Abbot. I'm trying to book for 9th March, and planners seem to insist I go via Bristol. I can force via Swindon, but the route I get is still via Bristol. Has something changed in the timetable, or...
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    Reused Anytime short distance return ticket

    Interesting case this. I know Trainline aren’t popular but their app has a very useful ‘mark ticket as used’ function which lets the user separate tickets they’ve travelled on from those they have not.
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    TRACSIS Ticket audit

    Thanks for the reply! I asked and was told firmly that they worked for crosscountry. They wanted to view, but not scan, my ticket and for me to tell them where I was going.
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    TRACSIS Ticket audit

    I’m currently on a Crosscountry train; a member of Crosscountry staff has already done an efficient and friendly ticket check. Someone from a company called Tracsis has just announced a ‘ticket audit’. I have no idea what this data is being used for, or who Tracsis are. Any thoughts on whether...
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    Caught without a day ticket - Chiltern

    How did you get through the barriers at Oxford? It's very very rare for them to be open at this time in the morning.
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    Network Railcard on train departing Oxford before 10am?

    Just a note to say that the title of the thread has been updated on request. I still think it's odd that you can't see a list of when easements apply online! (Oh, and the barriers accepted the ticket at both ends - no inspection in between though)
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    Network Railcard on train departing Oxford before 10am?

    OK, interesting (though this train doesn't appear on the easement list). I shall give it a go...
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    Network Railcard on train departing Oxford before 10am?

    I was fairly shocked this morning to go to book a 9.32 train from Oxford to Paddington via Trainline, only to have it apply my Network Railcard discount. I'm 99% sure that this isn't valid, but if I wasn't intimately familiar with the fare structure on this route, I would have happily gone ahead...
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    Nuneham Viaduct shut - Didcot- Oxford

    Just a note to add that these services can be used for no additional cost if you have a rail ticket (as per GWR: https://www.gwr.com/oxford-update). I've used the X32 twice without ever being asked to show my ticket.
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    Fare from Oxford/Didcot to the west on GWML

    GWR tickets currently accepted on the S6 too…though I think it’s still likely to be slower than getting to Didcot from Oxford then getting the train.
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    TfL Capping/Fare calculation query

    Ah! I hadn't realised it would be the zone 3 - 6 fare, I was looking at fares from zone 2. Thanks.
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    TfL Capping/Fare calculation query

    I am a bit mystified by the cost of a set of journeys taken the other day. It couldn't matter less, but I have been unable to work out exactly why these are the amounts charged, and if someone could I help it would put me out of my misery. I used contactless throughout. Paddington (off peak) -...
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    Clever ideas for complicated trip (Oxford - Diss - Attleborough - Chichester - Pulborough - Guildford)

    Thank you for the thoughts, including the bus chat. Much appreciated.
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    Clever ideas for complicated trip (Oxford - Diss - Attleborough - Chichester - Pulborough - Guildford)

    Hello I have a slightly bizarre few days coming up, and am drawing a blank on any ways to do anything other than just buy three singles. On 10/3 I need to go from Oxford to Diss, arriving around 18.30 (so hitting peak out of Liverpool St) On 11/3 I need to get from Attleborough to Chichester...
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    Gatwick Airport to Oxford Parkway

    If you’re staying somewhere south of Parkway, I would strongly recommend getting a taxi from Oxford instead of a bus from Parkway. It’s likely to be roughly the same cost (~£10-15) as four bus fares, and will save you at least half an hour plus the faff of connecting at Oxford.
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    Delayed Delay Repay

    Crosscountry customer service inform me they are still dealing with claims from September, and that I should wait longer for my October/November claims. I am unreasonably annoyed.
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    Delayed Delay Repay

    I'm still waiting for a claim from the end of October, from Crosscountry. GWR on the other hand, paid out in less than a week recently.

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