Recent content by Richardr

Yes they are directly connected. The railcard was bought from the national railcard site, not from Great Northern. The email includes the wording:

Having registered my network railcard on my KeyGo card, I had an email from Great Northern today reminding me that it expires in just over a week's time.

How many votes do you think they will gain by doing that? Unlike most things, it will be immediately reported on and noticed by voters.

People using cash will have withdrawn cash from an ATM, and that will often be some time, and in all cases will be before they make cash payments.

There is a simple answer to rail fare evasion - shut down the railways. That would stop it. Back in the real world, the calculation is that railcards add to he industry's income by encouraging people who would be less likely to use the railway to use it, or use it more frequently. This then...

The point about the rolling stock leasing companies is that the government effectively [stupidly] accounts for things on a cash basis, and as a result government investment is in general low. It tries to reduce borrowing, ignoring the asset side of things. It would rather have "off-balance...

Especially at the weekends, trains around midnight and for the next hour out of London are packed in my experience. People on them should be allocated a super off peak return [apologize if my ticket terminology is wrongo_O]. If I understand what you are proposing, instead they should be...

I had this as well a couple of years ago where my journey crossed the day break on Thameslink. It took a couple of goes [via email and phone in my case] to get Thameslink to sort it out. See https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/charged-twice-by-thameslink-on-single-key-smartcard-journey.226255/

In what way are you hopeful? The Media Bill has passed its way through the House of Commons, and is half way through the House of Lords. https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3505 It includes [per the explanatory notes]: OFCOM will no longer be required to secure that stations provide non-news...

He had to get a letter from the NHS that said he was fit prior to the original sentencing. Per the LNER link I posted earlier:

A little more information: https://www.lner.co.uk/news/train-ticket-cheat-jailed-for-22-months/ Thereafter, independent of the original offence, lying to a court will always be treated very seriously. This led to the charge of perverting the course of justice, and following denying this in the...

Whilst there will be the odd place that doesn't have decent DAB or internet access, 72% of listening is digital now. The bandwidth for radio is low anyway, hardly requiring fast broadband. The 72% is split - 43% DAB, 15% smart speakers, 11% web / apps, and 4% digital TV.

Because as virtually all other European countries, including some not in the EU, chose to deepen cooperation by implementing Schengen, the UK both inside and outside the EU chose to pull back from any such system. Don't forget that Schengen and similar schemes are not just about the citizens of...

Just out of interest, I got there earlier just in case. The bus took exactly 30 minutes, and was timed to go every 5 minutes, so gaining 5 minutes at least on route (the roads were clear today). 5 minutes from getting off the bus to the train was impossible, but the extra 5 minutes would have...

I'm travelling from St Albans to Manchester today, which involves going to Bedford, getting the bus replacement to Milton Keynes, and picking up the Manchester train there. The ticket was bought from this website, but itineraries are the same elsewhere. The train arrives at Bedford at 12:07 The...