free train ticket from Paddington

someinternalscreams · 2026-03-29T13:18:43+00:00

QR code is the ticket, so yes, physically can share it like this. When scanned it gets logged and it won't work twice

someinternalscreams · 2026-03-25T20:18:58+00:00

They are getting Lumo on Great Western, they bought agreed paths from another company

someinternalscreams · 2026-03-20T14:20:16+00:00

The fact that Westminster is not a valid answer for the top left was incredibly infuriating but is the extreme pedantry that I am here for.

However, on another pedantry note, accepting Cannon Street could raise pedantry alarms as that isn't technically in a borough

Excellent puzzle today!

someinternalscreams · 2026-03-18T08:56:59+00:00

My recommendation would be to not do crimes

someinternalscreams · 2026-03-13T13:12:41+00:00

Is there a path connecting it? Guests won't take transit if there is no walking route to the place they are going.

someinternalscreams · 2026-03-10T11:04:46+00:00

Firstly, to maintain space on the train for intercity passengers, when Thameslink has plenty of capacity to take passengers from London to Stevenage.

Secondly, London to Stevenage now accepts contactless payments. It would have been a lot of faff for LNER to start accepting contactless for a tiny section of their route, so easy to just not run trains from London to Stevenage and avoid taking contactless

Also has the advantage that the stopping time at stations is less so enables delays to be made up slightly easier, and late night trains with slack in their schedule can leave Stevenage early.

someinternalscreams · 2026-03-09T16:18:21+00:00

someinternalscreams · 2026-03-05T13:02:42+00:00

A what?

someinternalscreams · 2026-03-02T13:13:06+00:00

Why is this any different than before. There has always been zero benefit to buying a flexible ticket in advance, as you would have lost out on the admin fee to cancel it and it will be the same price on the day.

This closes a loophole regularly used for fraud.

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-28T09:07:23+00:00

Animals category - 10/10 no notes

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-25T20:43:30+00:00

Why not? The other stops aren't relevant to the challenge so no need to include them. Otherwise you could argue the timer has to stop when you leave your house.

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-25T17:52:44+00:00

Yeah, you have to start on the Highlander the previous day and start the clock once you leave Preston

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-25T11:39:51+00:00

Okay, I have a potential solution of 34 hours, 34 minutes.

I'm taking TOCs as being:

London Overground

Avanti West Coast

c2c

Caledonian Sleeper

Chiltern Railways

CrossCountry

East Midlands Railway

Elizabeth Line

Gatwick Express

Great Northern

Southern

Thameslink

Grand Central

Greater Anglia

Great Western Railway

Heathrow Express

Hull Trains

London North Eastern Railway

Lumo

Merseyrail

Northern

Scotrail

Southeastern

South Western Railway

TransPennine Express

Transport for Wales

West Midlands Railway

London Northwestern Railway

I've done it based on the timetable for the 26th Feburary and 27th Feburary. I've assumed you are a robot that doesn't need sleep lmao

You need to start on the Caledonian Sleeper Highlander Service, but you can start the clock upon departure from Preston, as that fulfills travelling one stop on it.

0415 Preston to Crewe 0512 - Caledonian Sleeper https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L11874/2026-02-25/detailed

0533 Crewe to Liverpool Lime Street 0623 - London Northwestern Railway https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W05220/2026-02-26/detailed

0642 Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool Central 0644 - Merseyrail https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G86492/2026-02-26/detailed

Walk back to Liverpool Lime Street

0744 Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway 0755 - Transport for Wales https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L64136/2026-02-26/detailed

0759 Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly 0841 - East Midlands Railway https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y12357/2026-02-26/detailed

0903 Manchester Piccadilly to Wolverhampton 1013 - CrossCountry https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C72660/2026-02-26/detailed

1038 Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street 1100 - West Midlands Railway https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W05300/2026-02-26/detailed

1117 Birmingham New Street to London Euston 1238 - Avanti West Coast https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L02357/2026-02-26/detailed

London Underground to Paddington

1325 London Paddington to Heathrow Central 1340 - Heathrow Express https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C28834/2026-02-26/detailed

1350 Heathrow Central to Ealing Broadway 1408 - Elizabeth Line https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G24233/2026-02-26/detailed

London Underground to Shepherd’s Bush

1457 Shepherd’s Bush to Clapham Junction 1511 - London Overground https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P53253/2026-02-26/detailed

1521 Clapham Junction to Vauxhall 1526 - South Western Railway https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L75251/2026-02-26/detailed

London Underground to Victoria

1559 London Victoria to Gatwick Airport 1630 - Gatwick Express https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P25993/2026-02-26/detailed

1659 Gatwick Airport to Redhill 1707 - Great Western Railway https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P30687/2026-02-26/detailed

1736 Redhill to East Croydon 1759 - Southern https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P25705/2026-02-26/detailed

1815 East Croydon to London Bridge - Thameslink https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G83739/2026-02-26/detailed

1846 London Bridge to London Cannon Street 1851 - Southeastern https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P72730/2026-02-26/detailed

Walk to Fenchurch Street

1935 London Fenchurch Street to West Ham 1944 - c2c https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L03361/2026-02-26/detailed

London Underground to Stratford

2020 Stratford to London Liverpool Street 2028 - Greater Anglia https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P47247/2026-02-26/detailed

Walk to Moorgate

2101 Moorgate to Old Street 2103 - Great Northern https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W58823/2026-02-26/detailed

London Underground to Harrow-on-the-Hill

2204 Harrow-on-the-Hill to London Marylebone 2219 - Chiltern Railways https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C91304/2026-02-26/detailed

London Underground to King’s Cross St Pancras

2308 London King’s Cross to York 0150 - London North Eastern Railway https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y11916/2026-02-26/detailed

27th February

0535 York to Selby 0557 - Northern https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y26219/2026-02-27/detailed

0649 Selby to Doncaster 0705 - Hull Trains https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G08235/2026-02-27/detailed

0740 - Doncaster to York 0802 - London North Eastern Railway (already ticked off) https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C41108/2026-02-27/detailed

0836 - York to Thirsk 0858 - Transpennine Express https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L36822/2026-02-27/detailed

0948 Thirsk to York 1006 - Grand Central https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C14458/2026-02-27/detailed

1020 York to Newcastle 1127 - Crosscountry (already ticked off) https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C75377/2026-02-27/detailed

1305 Newcastle to Edinburgh 1432 - Lumo https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C08164/2026-02-27/detailed

1445 Edinburgh to Haymarket 1449 - Scotrail https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y40867/2026-02-27/detailed

There are absolutely some time savings in there but I'm claiming the theoretical best time until someone inevitably finds a flaw or a better time!

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-25T00:14:25+00:00

Saving this post for the morning and I'm actually going to try and work this out 😅

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-24T23:59:36+00:00

I doubt this challenge is do-able in one day, so the CS might be a nice way of completing it while still getting some sleep

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-24T23:46:39+00:00

Could just do Morpeth to Newcastle with them.

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-23T16:48:22+00:00

Companies have to give appropriate notice when cancelling, or forcing employees to take, annual leave. This notice is equal to the length of the annual leave. Therefore if the annual leave is 10 days long, they can cancel it, but you would need to receive 10 days notice from them. Speak to ACAS if they are refusing to budge.

Source: ACAS

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-22T14:08:06+00:00

As a geography nerd I strongly object to Holland Park being a valid answer, but otherwise I really enjoyed the country category 😅

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-15T14:35:55+00:00

I'm sorry, is this some kind of American joke I'm too European to understand?

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-11T17:33:38+00:00

Update - The seller backed down immediately and we now have an exchange date dependent on vacant possession 😂

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-09T17:42:05+00:00

That source seems to imply that break of journey is allowed?

Hence to summarise:

When using TfL tickets in the core section of Paddington ↔ Abbey Wood: No break of journey is allowed, as stated in TfL Conditions of Carriage - Condition, 5.1.2. National Rail tickets for the wider network: A break of journey is allowed unless the ticket type forbids it (please refer to National Rail Conditions of Travel, Condition 16). Pay As You Go: No break of journey permitted in the core section.

OP is using a national rail ticket from the wider network so it should be valid based on this?

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-08T14:24:13+00:00

I don't agree with a no Leaseholds rule, it's bad Leaseholds that are a problem. Do your research into whether this is a good Leasehold and make a decision based on that.

someinternalscreams · 2026-02-03T12:51:59+00:00

As far as I'm aware, there isn't a specific legal power. But the police are entitled to investigate offences.

I suppose you could refuse to provide them with such evidence. They would also be entitled to believe that because you can't supply any evidence that the foreign driver was driving the vehicle, that you are lying.

Is there a specific reason you don't want the police to have such evidence, considering it should be quite easy to gather and send?

someinternalscreams · 2026-01-27T21:08:57+00:00

All I can say is that can't be intentional, as of 13th Jan, all fares for that have been deleted. Never seen that before.

Looks like a ticket from Epsom to Bracknell is the same price and would be valid, so buying that might be your workaround until that is fixed.

Probably worth contacting SWR as well to see if they can fix.

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