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  1. CaptainHaddock

    Why don't East Midlands Trains stop at St Albans?

    I had a lovely day out in St Albans yesterday - it’s a great place if you like walking, history and real ale! Yet to get there from Sheffield you have to change at Leicester, Kettering and Luton, even though it’s on the same line. I was wondering therefore why EMR don’t stop at St Albans even...
  2. CaptainHaddock

    "Service reported as being busy"

    As per the attached photo, for some time now the screens at Sheffield station have featured the text "service reported as being busy" below certain services, predominantly EMR trains to and from Liverpool. My question is, what is the intending traveller supposed to do with this information? Do...
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    Can you claim compensation if your train is cancelled and you catch an earlier one?

    On a recent day out with Northern to Nottingham my partner and I found the train we had planned to get home had been cancelled so we got the one an hour earlier rather than wait an hour after for the later one. Can we claim any compensation off Northern for this? Of course technically we can't...
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    Goole swing bridge engineering - why no Selby diversion?

    Whilst in Sheffield last night I noticed a poster advising that, due to work on Goole Swing bridge, there will be no through trains between Sheffield and Hull from 3 June to 2 July. Even though it's only a couple of weeks away, there's nothing I can find on Northern's disruptions page and, as...
  5. CaptainHaddock

    Tapping in & out on London buses

    I'm in London this weekend and intend to catch a bus, but I haven't been on a London bus since the days you could pay in cash so I wonder how it works now. My bank card is set up for contactless payment and I've used it previously on the Underground but what's baffling me is that according to...
  6. CaptainHaddock

    What does a guard’s e-ticket reader actually check?

    It’s a common sight these days that, when the guard comes round to inspect tickets, many young people just hold out their phones, the guard points his reader at their screen and a beep is enough to satisfy him that they hold a valid ticket. What I’m puzzled about is what does the e-reader...
  7. CaptainHaddock

    Rail replacement bus running, but so is the train it's supposed to be replacing!

    Strange business at Sheffield today. If you want to go to Nottingham East Midlands Trains are running a rail replacement bus service yet they're also running an hourly train service that leaves two minutes before the bus and gets to Nottingham in less than half the time the bus takes! Can anyone...
  8. CaptainHaddock

    Why have train companies stopped doing special offers?

    We are constantly being told by the media that passenger numbers and fare revenue is still substantially down on pre-pandemic levels so why does it seem like train operating companies are making so little effort to attract leisure travellers back with special deals? As an example of what I...
  9. CaptainHaddock

    Season ticket plus rover valid before 0845?

    Here’s a bit of a conundrum…. Next week I’m hoping to use a Coasts & Peaks Rover to travel from Sheffield to the Merseyside area; on weekdays the rover is only valid after 0845 and, annoyingly, there is a train that leaves Sheffield at exactly 0845 to Liverpool so if the restriction is applied...
  10. CaptainHaddock

    Drinking alcohol on a station platform - is it permitted?

    I was recently changing trains at a small staffed Northern station and, with 20 minutes to kill, decided to open one of the cans of craft ale I'd bought from Lidl. As I happily supped away on the open platform I was approached by a large man in a fluorescent jacket and asked if I was drinking...
  11. CaptainHaddock

    Can I change the destination on a Northern complimentary travel pass?

    I've got one of these and I'm planning a trip from Sheffield to Windermere for a day's walking at some point in the future. The problem is that my chosen journey leaving Sheffield at 0710 only gives me a 14 minute connection at Manchester Piccadilly which, given the Hope Valley stopper is...
  12. CaptainHaddock

    Where can I find stats on how many people are dying OF Covid, not WITH it?

    I know this is an issue that has provoked much discussion over the course of the pandemic but I can't find a thread that address the issue specifically. As we know, the government's daily death toll is based on the number of people who've died who tested positive for Covid-19 within 28 days...
  13. CaptainHaddock

    Berney Arms - rail replacement boat?

    I'm in East Anglia right now and had planned to take a ride out from Norwich to Berney Arms but the line's shut due to track relaying and, whilst there's a bus between Norwich and Lowestoft, there's nothing running between Reedham and Great Yarmouth. I know it would be a daft thing to do but...
  14. CaptainHaddock

    Is reporting the non wearing of face coverings on trains the correct use of the BTP texting service?

    Moderator note posts #1-#15 originally in this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/what-are-your-observations-of-face-coverings-wearing-on-public-transport.205556/ Twice in a week now I have been disturbed to hear Cross Country Train Managers announce "if you see anyone on the train...
  15. CaptainHaddock

    How to get people back on trains post COVID-19?

    Apologies if this has already been discussed but I wondered what people thought would be the best way for TOCs to persuade both leisure travellers and commuters to start using the train again as the lockdown nears its end? In Belgium the government has decided to offer all its residents 10...
  16. CaptainHaddock

    Delayed on a Northern £10 Day Ranger

    Don't know if this has come up before but the 1006 Sheffield Nottingham train today was cancelled so I've been delayed by an hour and am now on the slightly delayed 1106. Normally a delay of over 60 minutes would entitle me to compensation but obviously a rover ticket doesn't say where you're...
  17. CaptainHaddock

    Do TOCs sell really cheap "last minute" Advance Purchase tickets?

    A few weeks ago I was looking to book a day out this Friday travelling with LNER, but when I found the cheapest advances were £20.80 each way I decided it was a bit too pricey for me. Two days ago, out of curiosity, I checked again what the fares were and was pleasantly surprised to find the...
  18. CaptainHaddock

    Why doesn't Northern's Windermere service stop at Lancaster?

    Sorry if the question's been asked before but a search yielded no results. I had a trip up to Windermere last week on a Northern Only comp ticket and was surprised and disappointed that on both legs the train didn't call at Lancaster. Obviously Lancaster is a major city on the route and a...
  19. CaptainHaddock

    Quiet zones on stations?

    Last night I found myself trying to have a phone conversation on Leeds station * and, no matter how far I edged down the platform, I couldn't get far enough away from a speaker to actually hold the conversation without being interrupted by the plethora of non-stop pointless and irrelevant...
  20. CaptainHaddock

    Kings Lynn (coach) fares gone but Wisbech still there???

    I'm trying to book a trip to King's Lynn from Doncaster on August 10; in previous years I've booked to destination Kings Lynn Coach (3 letter code KLB) but even though fares are still listed on brfares, the LNER booking site no longer recognises it as a valid destination. (For those unaware...

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