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Do we know ValleyLines142 isn't a BTP officer? They are meant to enforce the regulation AFAIK (as in tell those without a mask to wear one, but drop it if they say they're exempt)

Yeah, for me it's about the tone. If you normally ask me why I'm exempt, I'll let you know it causes me breathing difficulties after 10 minutes or so. OTOH if someone rudely tells me "Nah, I need some proof mate" I'll tell them to take a hike (if they threaten with police, I'd tell them I'll...

Your opinion on this doesn't matter, only the law = no proof required. And I facepalm everytime people speak as if though lanyards were to constitute any proof, when in fact it's something anyone can print off of the internet and is NOT endorsed by a physician. Seriously, has this virus killed...

I honestly would go this far even if it meant delaying my return home from the UK visit.

Got the following from Stagecoach: Good Afternoon, Thank you very much for providing this information for me. I'm really sorry to hear of the issue that you experienced with the 143 bus driver on the 24th of October, this is certainly something that would need to be investigated. We would...

Whilst recently visiting Manchester I had a bus 143 driver (Stagecoach) tell me exemption cards constitute required proof that's posted to you, but I told him it's downloadable online, is NOT endorsed by a physician and so does NOT constitute proof and is OPTIONAL, but in vain. Combined with...

I've found the announcements of many UK conductors to be highly...er, creative! "And by this I mean cover your nose AND mouth, not the chin, not the table, because that's not how it works"

The main problems in my eyes are: 1) a number of people in the UK just have to put your nose in others' business (rather than focusing on, you know, keeping your distance), and 2) many of you care too much about what other people (whom you have no obligation towards besides not deliberately...

Our IDs are the same, but our driving licences also have "Åland" on it. Regarding the passport, you get it if having the right of abode on Åland, i.e. if being a Finnish national and either a) being born on Åland and not having resided outside for 5+ consecutive years, or 2) having acquired it...

I'm from Finland (Åland to be exact)

I was under the impression that you in the UK lack a national population register, whereby, when getting a penalty/UFN, just giving a random name and an existing address+matching postcode will do. However, I've read on here about conductors/RPIs checking the details against records, just as in...

I know of Trainsplit, but it'll save me zero in my case. One question: is the 08:30 service likely to be much more crowded? If so, could that be one reason?

About to buy a ticket London-Glasgow, with 08:30 being the appropriate service for me. I could also make it with the 09:30 one, but barely so. However, the 08:30 train costs 143 pounds whereas the 09:30 one only costs 47. Could anyone please explain the reason for this huge price difference...

Hello, you asked where I'm boarding the train. I'm at Stansted atm and will travel to Birmingham, and then to Cardiff. If there is a fixed check by a conductor, that's good news, as when robbed, they didn't get the tenner I had in a spare pocket. I could then cough up a ticket to the first...

From what I understand, if I co-operate, providing my ID and residential address, an UFN or Penalty Fare should be issued. Is that not the case with XC?

No one I can get a hold of (I only have contact with two people at all, and they're not logged onto their social media)

Although I got robbed of the bulk of my cash, I saved some in one pocket which would be enough to buy a ticket to the first stop. SOmeone I know says he does this on purpose quite frequently on long-distance trains and that, especially on busy services, he's always been fine. SO if checks do...

WHere I'm from, long-distance trains have fixed checks by a conductor at the start of a route, whereas on regional or suburban trains, it's merely inspectors who board occasionally along the route, getting off one or two stops later. There, the UFN equivalent is valid as a ticket to the station...

For certain reasons, I'll legitimately have to catch a cross-country train tomorrow morning without a ticket, departing from it's starting point. My questions are: 1. Is there a fixed ticket check at the start of Cross-contry journeys, or is it only occasional at random points? 2. Is the...