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Exactly. The last time I used Eurostar they said to check how early to arrive on your boarding pass, possibly they vary the advise depending on the time of day or how busy a service is? But mine said 60 to 90 minutes before departure but when I arrived, 70 minutes before departure I was told I...

Easy to say with hindsight of course but given the hotel is an integral part of the station and included the ticket office, it seems an odd decision for the rail authorities to not retain ownership of the building. I would have thought owning the building but leasing it to the hotel owners might...

That route has just doubled in frequency to every 30 minutes.

I can remember at Alderney that was the case indeed you could sit outside on a bench in the sun until called for boarding. That was about 10 years ago, not sure if it's still like that but I suspect so.

Have you been on an Islander? Not sure which islands they operate too with Loganair but if you get lucky you will be sitting right behind the pilot or the usually empty first officers seat.

I did once have a card corrupt that wasn't fake just suddenly not able to be read. I ended up sending it to a company in Germany as all the recovery software I tried failed. Obviously I had to pay them for recovery but they were able to get all my photos back. I mention it just in case it's...

It's by no means definitive but I was in the situation of wanting to use a RTV to board a train at an SWR station. The ticket office was supposed to be open but was closed. I did have other ways to pay. I used the help point on the platform and asked if it was ok to board without a ticket and...

I am also traveling less by train and a big part of the reason is the inability to plan. If you book something there is a high risk of strikes ruining your plans. Happened to me twice already this year. Then this ridiculous timetable of the day nonsense meaning the train you planned to catch can...

Really? Is that just for trains on anywhere? Since this stamping started for UK passport holders the vast majority of border staff in differing countries swipe my passport, check the photo then flip through to find an empty spot to put the stamp. A few have glanced at other stamps but never gone...

I haven't bought one for a while because of the number of times in the past I've had bus drivers look at me as if I've just landed from Mars when I tell them the ticket is valid on their bus (and sometimes insist it isn't and make me buy a new ticket). That and the fact they are quite hard to...

I used terminal 5 on a day of the strike previously in May. The advice from BA was not to go through security until 2 hours before the flight and no earlier. It didn't seem to take any longer to get through than usual. Maybe I was lucky, Don know.

It might be controversial to say it but another factor, for me at least, is anti social behaviour. The sort of behaviour that is, unfortunately, common on London to Glasgow train especially on a Friday or Saturday night simply isn't tolerated by airlines. This is why if travelling at those times...

On Saturday I took the train to Wareham and then walked to Swanage. From the station I headed south into the pretty centre of Wareham and onwards to the bridge over the River Frome and crossed the river via the bridge then turned left along the Purbeck Way and Hardy Way alongside the river, with...

I travelled on it on Saturday and got held at the last signal before joining the mainline due to late running SWR services. When the signal went green the driver seemed to be struggling to get into gear and it took several attempts to move off (sometimes rolling back a little at each attempt). I...

There are two ferries from Southampton to Cowes. The catamaran (Red Jet) which goes to West Cowes and takes about 25 minutes and the slower car ferry, which also takes passengers, to East Cowes. Due to the speed of Red Jet you might not see a lot due to spray and there is no outside area...

I bought one about a month ago from the ScotRail website no problems but now I see the same as you. I did read Calmac wanted to wihdrawl all rail tickets which seems bizarre as this service is primarily designed for rail passengers I thought. There is a separate car ferry and Calmac timetable...

Yes all were booked via LNER. The form you point to suggests you can only apply for a fee-free refund if the train is actually cancelled, not because a strike has been scheduled. So I don't want to fill it in and be charged a £10 admin fee (which I assume they would also apply per ticket). LNER...

Thanks I have telephoned but still told I cannot get a refund until the timetable is know, which in past experience is typically only a week before hand. When I pointed out other TOCs like EMR and Avanti are already refunding I was told "We're not EMR, or Avanti, we are LNER and every company...

I have contacted LNER through live chat and they are flat out refusing to refund the tickets until a timetable for the strike dates has been announced and they cannot tell me when that is either. I note that other operators, like Avanti already have a statement on their website that anyone...

In my experience anything to/from the Cambrian Coast line that the timetable shows as running through to any stations east of Shrewsbury. I don't think I have ever done that journey without having to change at Shrewsbury and/or Machynlleth despite what the timetable shows.