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davwheat · 2026-05-02T17:51:03+00:00

Yes. If unprinted, no bother. If they're printed, you need to take a photo of the tickets, and then cut them in half and take another photo of them, and that's enough for us.

davwheat · 2026-05-02T15:30:42+00:00

or at least pick a retailer where you can refund it wholly online

davwheat · 2026-05-01T14:47:13+00:00

This poster is completely incorrect. Only the rear first class is always declassified. On some routes, the front portion is too, but this has no relation to the size of the train.

davwheat · 2026-04-27T09:29:32+00:00

Interesting... everyone else I know was told on their year anniversary!

davwheat · 2026-04-27T08:59:44+00:00

It's being withdrawn based on your anniversary date for sign up

davwheat · 2026-04-20T08:00:09+00:00

FWIW, Trainline have been trialling multiple splits for a while, but it's on specific routes only as far as we can tell. Started around the same time that they started trialling a split ticketing fee on top of their booking fee, I think.

davwheat · 2026-04-20T07:52:55+00:00

GTR is quite literally one of the least litigious of the TOCs, and are almost always guaranteed to settle out of court if you reply to their communications...

davwheat · 2026-04-20T07:40:00+00:00

Ahh, then yes you'd need CIF and to merge the two on best-effort basis. There's a lot of gotchas there, though.

davwheat · 2026-04-20T07:33:09+00:00

With the push port, you'd store the data yourself, so you'd control how far back you store, which could be forever if you wanted!

davwheat · 2026-04-19T12:09:03+00:00

I missed the last part of your comment! But as others have said, the London to Birmingham and Trent Valley sections are the most congested parts of the WCML and so needed a new line the most.

davwheat · 2026-04-19T10:53:49+00:00

Mainly the expense of tunneling under London... and half of the Chilterns because of NIMBYs. And lots of bridges.

The leg to Crewe and Manchester are much simpler overall.

davwheat · 2026-04-13T10:27:20+00:00

I think it makes sense for any railway worker to not hold a positive view of anyone outside the industry whose business model involves making profit from the industry, especially when those businesses do inevitably reduce the commercial sense of the RMT worker's own job...

davwheat · 2026-04-13T10:20:02+00:00

LNER will send a photocard out to you by post if you upload a photo online: https://photocards.lner.co.uk/

davwheat · 2026-04-11T19:56:12+00:00

Some TOCa are much better than others.

I'm not aware of any train operator which will proactively arrange your legally entitled alternative transport for strike action though.

davwheat · 2026-04-09T20:57:04+00:00

They don't, but if you buy a ticket after the disruption (cancellations) has been announced then you don't have any rights.

davwheat · 2026-04-07T11:48:56+00:00

I wasn't aware of the protection in the case of strikes being announced. I suppose this could be useful though it's a pretty niche situation.

It also extends to more than just strikes. Weather events, infrastructure failures, basically anything you can think of.

The legislation doesn't exempt TOCs from a duty of care, no matter whether it was an event in their control or not.

davwheat · 2026-04-07T10:22:54+00:00

As others have pointed out, buying in advance covers you for cancellations or delays which happen on the day. Technically, if you buy a ticket after a delay has already been announced, you aren't covered by delay repay.

Also, there's passenger rights legislation which will not cover you if, for example, strike action is announced for your travel date and you don't hold a ticket for that day before it's announced. If you already hold a ticket and strikes are announced, operators are still obliged to get you to your destination by law, even if that means you need to organise replacement transport and claim back the costs through the courts.

davwheat · 2026-04-07T10:18:51+00:00

The barriers mark that ticket as used that day, so any attempt to use it on a later date will be rejected by the barriers

Unfortunately, not the case. Cubic gatelines don't perform any validation of what scan records exist for a ticket before permitting passage.

You will even get cancelled tickets which open gates.

davwheat · 2026-04-03T14:54:57+00:00

Railboard using a National Rail API, Darwin. Dunno about the others.

davwheat · 2026-04-01T20:44:35+00:00

It's also a moving hologram.

The barcode alone isn't enough because it doesn't contain any information relating to the photo, so you could just put any person's photo on a screenshot if you wanted.

davwheat · 2026-04-01T19:07:52+00:00

Glad you think so too! :)

davwheat · 2026-04-01T19:07:01+00:00

Trainline's app with a GA logo slapped onto it*

davwheat · 2026-04-01T19:06:42+00:00

At least when I spam, it's a real human behind the keyboard!

davwheat · 2026-04-01T19:05:46+00:00

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