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There is an older thread on this though it's locked. Recently trying to buy tickets from Northern TVMs, I've had my Amex refused* at Northwich and Greenbank on the CLC Line, and accepted at Goostrey on the Crewe-Manchester. Why the discrepancy? Can I get a promise to pay if my card is...

Northern seems happy to sell me a Flexi-season (8 in 28) on a Smartcard from my local station to Manchester, which will work well with a flexible 2 days/week working in Manchester. However - my station does not have a reader/validator. Am I expected to validate in/out at the solo ticket...

Hubei province, where Covid started, has 57m people and cities of 11m They locked down completely, closed airports, roads, schools, business for 16 weeks, then opened up Deaths per million: China: 3.3 UK: 676 and rising Uk economy fell over 20% Hubei is growing at 4%... But as you say, no...

Browsing this sub-forum Sweden has frequently been identified as the path that the UK should have taken to tackle COVID. It's not looking so shiny anymore. I'm wondering if anyone has revised their opinion?

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/boss-of-northern-rail-has-a-theory-about-why-passengers-are-not-prepared-to-travel.206649 The headline Government Guidance at the time and continues to be If you're to comply with this, leaving the house other than for essential...

An interesting, peer-reviewed, paper has just been published (link) which has been discussed in an article on Psypost: The correlation with a low score on Agreeableness is not a surprise. Those who possess this trait are empathetic and are more likely to be altruistic, Low scores in...

Or why did they only get a fine, or a non-custodial sentence? This frequently crops up in Disputes and Prosecutions, also in other forums where crime and punishment are discussed. The answer is almost always in the Sentencing Guidelines. These are published by the Sentencing Council and are...

And no absolute right for people to delete their personal data after the pandemic has passed. We can rest assured that "It is held on PHE’s secure cloud environment, which is kept up-to-date to protect it from viruses and hacking." All in the privacy notice on the NHS/GOV/Contact Tracing...

Northern tweeted today with images of a train wrapped with support message for the NHS. Is this really essential work? Better instead to be staying at home and reducing pressure on the NHS? Donate the money to buy some much needed PPE? I do have enormous respect for those involved at...

The forum default font size appears to have shrunk after the upgrade, I now need to use Chrome to upscale to be able to read it easily. I have no issues with other websites, though I do need reading glasses for VDU work, only around +1.5. I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed and if there...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/northern-10p-tickets.197925/ Indeed, I did have an email conversation with them in 2017 when they withdrew the Advances from Goostrey (and others). This was their reply (my bold): Dear PD, Unfortunately on some lines advance...

Mod note: Split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/keep-getting-letters.196871/ Legally, you're not allowed to open mail arriving at your address for another person. You should simply put it back in the post marked "Not Know at This Address". The Royal Mail will return it to the train...

I notice today that the 0747 Liverpool - Euston is now timed to arrive at 09:59, one minute earlier than previously. The intermediate timing at Crewe is the same at 0823. One minute that makes split tickets with restriction code C4 (arrive London 10:00 or later) no longer valid on the train...

Yet again there's a whole raft of Sunday cancellations in Northernland: Are Northern being penalised in any way by the regulator for these cancellations? What can we do to bring more pressure on them?

As a regular WCML user, I've started to see some trains with improved notifications above the seats (Shows 005 - Available if Unoccupied) They also show "Reserved from STATION NAME" and update about 5 minutes after leaving the station, which is great if you join a train and are looking for...

I'm wondering if there would be a market for a mid-priced 1st class fare on ECML and WCML which gave the seat but none of the other benefits - lounge or food. You could sell the carriage between 1st and Standard as "Standard Plus" or the like.

My local station ticket office staff are very helpful and co-operative in finding and issuing cheaper tickets and splits for my travel. I called in this morning to get a couple of tickets and they were unable to issue a London Travelcard (Adult + Child with F&F) as their old code (0035?) no...

Question - Can I buy my son a railcard discounted ticket if he travels with me on a journey that's already covered for me by a Season Ticket?

Can I buy on board, or do I need to get to a staffed station to buy in advance? I'm assuming that the new NR TVM won't sell me a weekly season ticket.

Some of the comments in this thread about fare rising preventing travel had me thinking. Personally, I've stopped using the train for football games as it wasn't running and then I realised the convenience of the car once I was forced back into it. No 30-minute trudge from the station to the...