One for a lazy Bank Holiday evening perhaps: what stories do our members have of free rides, merchandise, food, drinks or other perks that you've got from the UK's railways? I'll discount free staff travel or confessions of fare evasion here - I'm interested in circumstance, serendipty or luck that has led to freebies!
This is prompted by a journey I did yesterday (28th May) from Lealholm to Castleton Moor on the Esk Valley line in which the guard explained with a smile that his ticket machine battery was empty so no tickets were available!
This is prompted by a journey I did yesterday (28th May) from Lealholm to Castleton Moor on the Esk Valley line in which the guard explained with a smile that his ticket machine battery was empty so no tickets were available!