py_megapixel
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Just looking up some times and fares for a trip I'm considering in the summer, and bizarrely the Avanti West Coast website is claiming that no fares are available to Manchester from most Northern stations in the Stockport area, even though I know they exist and have even bought them from Avanti in the past. I tried Navigation Road, Altrincham, Davenport, Woodsmoor, Cheadle Hulme, Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme on a variety of different dates, including some in the near future, and none of them would show any fares to Manchester.
Strangely, selecting "Manchester Ctlz" (presumably standing for Central Zone) rather than a specific Manchester station produces the correct fares - even though, if I'm not much mistaken, it should be offering to sell the Ctlz tickets for journeys to a city centre station anyway. And even more strangely, reversing the direction of travel (entering Piccadilly to Levenshulme rather than Levenshulme to Piccadilly for example) also produces fares.
Other booking engines don't seem to have this bug.
Why is this happening?
Strangely, selecting "Manchester Ctlz" (presumably standing for Central Zone) rather than a specific Manchester station produces the correct fares - even though, if I'm not much mistaken, it should be offering to sell the Ctlz tickets for journeys to a city centre station anyway. And even more strangely, reversing the direction of travel (entering Piccadilly to Levenshulme rather than Levenshulme to Piccadilly for example) also produces fares.
Other booking engines don't seem to have this bug.
Why is this happening?