Recent content by planetf1

I watched that (I live in Brighton & Hove) - I do rather wish they'd added some text/subtitles, perhaps documenting the stations as they went past, or showing other changes. It was all rather quick about from the start/end stations.

Hi, I’m planning to travel Brighton-London Bridge next saturday for a social event. This means I can use a thameslink only ticket - significantly cheaper at the weekend than southern. In recent years I’ve been using KeyGo ie payg, and always been charged correctly. It has the benefit of...

@MrJeeves Thanks for the reply. As a techie, In part the email was an outlet of frustration over the ticket fragmentation - particularly in terms of formats that can be used (as opposed to pricing), where I see stations have rfid readers & barcode scanners. Smartcards in particular fell way...

I have a gtr key Smartcard. Key go is active which works great for journeys Brighton-London etc (but no travel card) . No thinking ahead, railcard included. I also have a swr railcard where I could also add payg. Today I needed to travel portslade-Portsmouth. I can’t use payg as some options...

Good news (and somewhat surprising?), but I guess for me it will come down to what the 'small increase' is. It's about £5 less for a travelcard than return+z1-2 daily cap (more for other zones). My guess is a £1-2 increase.

Yes I have. This also also affects ticket office/TVM After reading some more recent comments, I suspect this is specific to the super off peak thameslink only - not available due to gateline programming?

In Brighton I may want plusbus to apply locally, as part of my rail journey. GTR's 'keygo' works great for this as I can tap it in/out on the bus, and in/out on the train and it charges the correct plusbus far. If not train component it will charge the correct capped bus fare. Works super...

A very specific case, but if using Thamelink 'keygo' PAYG option, the railcard is linked, and then one travels as normal, with discounts automatically applied. Works great, within the limitations of - can't use on underground/bus in london - only for GTR stations (mostly) - can't use split...

I bought a discounted railcard with trainpal. I just tried the iOS app. First I turned the phone into airplane mode. Launched the trainpal app, and was able to show the railcard just fine

This irks me too. Each time we decide to take a leisure trip to London (from Brighton) at the weekend we'll typically have to buy a PAPER travelcard. It's a great price (thameslink only, super off peak, zones 1-6) but it seems to be 50/50 on whether the ticket is still readable by the end of the...

presumably the argument about not allowing *brand* specific pricing, could just as easily be used to justify the removal of 'thameslink only' pricing (very nice, especially for day trips brighton-london), as for being able to use GX. Personally? I'd rather keep the thameslink only....!

I live in Brighton and do visit London, so a question on this. The usual route would be via St Pancras, but a direct route is slightly cheaper ( super off peak, and off peak) at least assuming the thameslink route. Are there other London destinations around Victoria/further west where this...

I have a eurostar journey booked in January. I’ll be travelling from Brighton, and usually just get a ticket on the day (or use my smart card payg). With strikes looming, I’m considering getting the brighton-london CIV ticket, thinking this might make any refunds/delays easier to manage (though...

Apologies I'm not familiar with all the terminology - but WebTIS would be used when purchasing from many details/TOCs online? I had wondered if I could buy a travel card online, and then load it onto the key smart card via phone (iOS) but not found any specific way to do that yet? The reference...

@MrJeeves thanks - one clarification on my travel card case : a) The thameslink super off peak travel card is not available via tvm or office it seems b) specifically having keygo dynamically add a travel card, as it does for pluses, would be amazing ...