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    Advance tickets on other TOCs following cancellations

    If a train is cancelled by operator A, and the next available train is operated by operator B, are the passengers holding an advance purchase or TOC specific ticket entitled to travel on the next available train (even if operator B) or must they wait for the next train by operator A? This...
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    Oyster season in conjunction with boundary ticket

    Is it possible to use a Zone 1-4 weekly Oyster season ticket in conjunction with a boundary zone 4 to Reading SVR and travel on a non-stop GWR service?
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    Non-dating of rover tickets

    As someone who regularly checks tickets, sometimes people 'forget' to write the dates in their rover tickets. What's the correct procedure for dealing with this? Write the date in? Void a day? What do other guards/TEs/RPIs do?
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    Observations as a conductor doing tickets..

    A question... why do people begrudge showing their ticket? I can walk through the train politely asking for all tickets to be ready for inspection.. half the time you're plainly ignored until you ask again or you get the biggest death look ever and have it snatched back after you've stamped it...
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    Class 150/1 units... gangway doors?

    On some 150/1 units that I work, I notice some of the secondman sides have room built in on the corners of the desk in the cab where gangway doors are secured like on 150/2 units. They're either patched over with a strip of metal/plastic or on some units you can see the mold just like the 150/2...
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    Timetables commencing Dec' 2014

    I know the timetables change in December. I assume this year it would be week commencing Sunday 7th December 2014?
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    FIP ticket Zurich Airport to Frankfurt Airport

    I'm potentially making this journey early next month. I've had a look at the DB website and it says the fare is €79 or €99 for an apex style ticket or €110 for the standard fare. Assuming I go with the journey with one change, it'd be a Swiss train to Basel and then the DB ICE to Frankfurt...
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    FIP Pass: Oslo Airport to Downtown

    I'm going to be in Oslo for a few hours next month (to fly the 787 Dreamliner to Gatwick, for those that are interested!) and will have a few hours to kill. Having checked the ATOC RSTL website, FIP cannot be used on the "airport express" service but can be used to buy tickets on...
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    Internal Interview... Uniform or formal civvies?

    In a few weeks I have an interview for an internal vacancy. I currently work in a front line 'uniformed' role on the railways (suit, waistcoat and shirt etc) but this one is office based, so If I was successful I would be working in civvies. I will be starting my regular shift an hour or...
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    Excessing one way advance tickets

    I'm not at work at the moment, so cannot check the manual myself.. And I've never come across this question before. Can an advance (one way ticket) be excessed into a return, an SSR/SVR etc?

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