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  1. SargeNpton

    National Routeing Guide update

    NLCs are the principal index for all fares locations. Just that in most online retail systems the indexing is done on the CRS Code instead. However, the NLCs are still there in the background and ticketing would fail without them.
  2. SargeNpton

    Penalty Fare for being on wrong train by 3 minutes - Leeds to Manchester

    It's not as if using the RSID in public-facing information wasn't the idea way back when they were invented.
  3. SargeNpton

    Term ticket validility

    Thanks for the clarification. The MerseyTravel website does clarify the validity though... When can I use it? Weekly, Monthly or Annual Tickets - Anytime any day. Activates on the day you buy it. Term Time Tickets - Monday to Friday before 8pm during term times only.
  4. SargeNpton

    Term ticket validility

    "Valid on Merseyrail services, on 16 - 18 Term Time Railpass only" I'm assuming that the Railpass is a separate document that needs to be held to purchase first ticket above. What then does the wording of that pass say about valid days/times?
  5. SargeNpton

    What is the official platform number of Liverpool Lime Street Low Level?

    It was changed to A a year or two back, to avoid any confusion with the platforms in the main station.
  6. SargeNpton

    Embargo on recruiting new staff in BR 1979/1980?

    Embargoes on recruiting staff were BR's own decision. Often in advance of any reorganisations - of which there were many between the late 70s and early 90s.
  7. SargeNpton

    Doncaster Sheffield Airport to reopen?

    That 1968 Tory win was but a brief interlude. In 1969 it was back under Labour control, and probably has been for most of the intervening years. David Blunkett and the 1980s "Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire" springs to mind, as does Clive Betts and the financing of the 1991 World Student...
  8. SargeNpton

    Aslef strikes over Trains Modernisation plan

    Liverpool Loop. Linslade Up Slow and Down Fast. I'm sure there must be others.
  9. SargeNpton

    Airports outside the UK and Ireland with eGates that accept UK passports

    I used the e-reader at Vancouver last year to validate my passport against the Canadian electronic travel authorisation. No subsequent human interaction required.
  10. SargeNpton

    Network Rail hopes staff will be 'amateur meteorologists'

    The biggest factor at Carmont was the lack of supervision on the drainage work that was supposed to prevent it - with the contractors not carrying out the work to specification and no one in Network Rail inspecting the work afterwards.
  11. SargeNpton

    Permitted route to Bude

    Through rail/bus fares are via Okehampton, so the route from Clapham Junction to Bude will be that as for Okehampton.
  12. SargeNpton

    People buying houses with associated noise (churches, railways etc) and then complaining about the noise?

    It was, but as it has been printed in several different newspapers, either they have all fallen for a joke or it's real.
  13. SargeNpton

    People buying houses with associated noise (churches, railways etc) and then complaining about the noise?

    And in Edinburgh... https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/urgent-intervention-to-stop-health-and-safety-killjoys-silencing-historic-gun-salute-from-edinburgh-castle/ar-BB1kQGtz
  14. SargeNpton

    Retired BR Staff Travel for European Sleeper services

    Everything you need to know should be contained in one of the documents downloadable from the RSTL website here... https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/rst/where-can-i-go.html Make sure that you select the guide that is appropriate to the travel facility that you hold.
  15. SargeNpton

    Which TOCs are more lenient than others?

    Yesterday's 1656 Euston-Birmingham via Northampton had at least two revenue protection staff on board checking all tickets and railcards.
  16. SargeNpton

    [Trivia] Minor be stations with higher/lower usage because of non-railway changes

    Bicester Town: Now used much more after the opening of the shopping outlet and being re-named to Bicester Village to match it.
  17. SargeNpton

    Finding ticket number before collecting CCSTicket

    Except that the Hovertravel form does say that the ticket number on the form must match that presented.
  18. SargeNpton

    Shortest Distance Rule - Valid via Stratford Intl?

    Based on your limited information of from somewhere in Sussex to somewhere in South East London (south of the Thames) via Stratford International (which is north of the Thames) I doubt that what you are trying to do is valid with a point-to-point ticket to that South East London ticket. Might...
  19. SargeNpton

    Avanti Premium Economy Question

    Have you asked the HR section in your company that issued it?
  20. SargeNpton

    Shortest Distance Rule - Valid via Stratford Intl?

    You would really need to say what your departure and arrival stations are.

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