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Oh, I know some people like this and it drives me up the goddamn wall every time :evil:

Well, that would be me out of a job in short order as I would refuse to apply such a charge.

To be expected when the relevant TOC decimates their Revenue department. I said at the time that the line would go from the Paytrain to the Don't-Paytrain.

Part of the restriction text for code LC, which is the restriction that applies to this ticket . The relevant section of code WO states

Thing is, these fares are cropping up in the north, which already has plenty of SOR fares that are not insanely-priced. Yet, no sign of them down in the Network area where they are sorely needed. Sadly I'm not surprised that this is being used to erode the number of days' validity. When...

Yup, one of the big changes for September is Virgin removing the last few 2T restrictions on "Any Permitted" tickets from Northampton to stations south of Carlisle (Chester, Blackpool North, Manchester Airport etc). Where there is a "Via Long Buckby" on restriction 2T, that remains unchanged.

Not really, I have the National Fares Manual 56 from 1994. Most Intercity fare flows had two sets of singles and returns (Apex and SuperAdvance) with flows to/from London having Leisure First Return. Give us that back now and life in a booking office would be a lot easier.

If you mean the senior management in Birmingham, then no. Because that would require them to actually care about the West Coast.

Pretending to be publicly owned isn't that bad a strategy. It worked for British Rail and every other state-owned entity for their entire existence.

Those fares are needed in a lot of places but the TOCs are gonna fight like mad to make sure it doesn't happen. Just using the flow being discussed, an SDR would go like this: Wellingborough - Harpenden (furthest south that an SDR is available) £26 Harpenden - London Thameslink £23.70 So...

Now does anyone doubt the purpose of smartcards is to eradicate our profession?

Of course not a peep in this article about those of us in booking offices who are going to be put out of work by this. But then, that is by design

Because dog forbid that booking offices be involved in promotions so people can have their choice. :roll:

I don't know about the first class bit, but yes. Rugby's long-distance ticketing to the north, where Virgin price it, is broadly how Intercity left it: essentially unrestricted. That said, Coventry to Macclesfield is on code 2V (After 09:30), so if the evening peak out of Euston is the...

Milton Keynes Central ticketing is simple if you're going anywhere besides London. We're the only station in a sizeable radius that has to put up with this. At least at the other stations around the network, having multiple route columns is usually because there is actually more than one route...

The main franchise ended in September and LM is currently in an extension period till March, hoping to get a direct award to take them to 2017. I remember reading in the details of the extension that London Midland could not offer any new ticket discounts other than those already available...

Signage or no, the Red Star Parcels office is still there, directly beneath the concourse. It's a storage space these days. Southampton Central has come full circle with Doddle taking over. Bournemouth's is in good nick...

Note that none of these staff can actually sell you a ticket. I know this because I was in the assessment for booking office roles elsewhere with Chiltern, at the same time as these roles were being recruited for. And it was made quite clear that ticket selling was not in the job description...

Of course that's not helped when the department that issues and sends out these online seasons can't be bothered to put the details in the TOC database. So you have the worst case scenario of an annual season holder needing to apply for a duplicate and there being no record to check against...

Go back to the old BR route codes like AP Rugby and AP Peterborough?