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When to renew season ticket before price hike?
Hi Can anyone tell me when is the last possible date I can renew my season ticket for the new year 2020, from where I live into London, before the price goes up. My current card key smart card is active up until 31st December 2019. Consecca
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Tesco Clubcard Railcards
Has anyone successfully used their Clubcard vouchers to purchase or renew a Railcard lately? I'm trying to use my vouchers to renew my daughters 16-25 card but it says they're experiencing technical difficulties. I'm sure it was working last week when i looked.
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Bus passengers across England to get better info on routes, timetables and fares - MSE News
All bus passengers in England should soon be able to get accurate information about prices, routes and timetables, after the Government announced plans for a new project to make bus firms share data...Read the full story: 'Bus passengers across England to get better info on routes, timetables and fares' Click reply below…
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Senior Raicard
Hello Is anyone having any success in renewing their card, early renewal does not work Finally got a Tesco Code that was excepted but now the box “is the railcard for you” does not highlight Can’t get through to them on phone and they don’t respond to Tweets ( loads of complaints on there )
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26 - 30 Railcard Renewal
Happy Christmas all! My 26 - 30 railcard is due to expire in the coming months and to maximise the time I can have the card I planned to renew the day before my 31st birthday. However this is not until later in the year which would mean I go 6 months+ without the railcard if I wait. is anybody aware of a way round this?…
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Door did not open
I was on a Class 156 train the other day, and the door refused to fully open when another passenger pressed the button. Instead it only part opened, so he forced it open. I subsquently headed to the back of the train to alert the conductor, who said "thank you" and then just dispatched the train anyway. What should I have…
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Would National Express leave me stranded?
I'm taking a coach trip with National Express to get home from Cardiff on Boxing Day. I'll be changing in Birmingham for the last coach of the day back to Northampton. What would happen if the Cardiff > Birmingham coach gets delayed and I miss my connection? There are no later coaches they would be able to put me on and…
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London - Tube
Hi, Just wondering if someone can help me, we are going to London tomorrow and I know my youngest child (8) travels free but what about my eldest (12)- I've found conflicting info ... Thanks
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Delay repay on Southeastern
Hi I use southeastern trains from bromley into london and pay by my journeys using contactless bank card. Does anyone know how it works when claiming for delays as their website asks you to upload evidence of journey but i dont have any tickets or anything to upload as use my bank card? Thanks
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Norwich to Dartford - Refund dispute
I recently travelled Norwich to Dartford via Cambridge using split tickets at Cambridge. Basically what happened was that I didn't mean to split at Cambridge, I ended up being forced to by the ticket office who insisted on it, but missold me a standard class ticket when I basically asked for a first class one. So I got to…
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London passengers overpay £184m for pricey travelcards – MSE News
Over 37 million peak daily London travelcards were bought over the last five years, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal – even though they're ALWAYS more expensive than paying by Oyster card or contactless. Passengers have paid a whopping £184 million extra unnecessarily as a result – here's how to save on your London…
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Refund for Network Railcard
Hello I bought a Network Railcard to save me on my occasional trips to London for work. I was worried it would not work for peak times, so spent some time looking at their, rather confusing, pages on the types of tickets it works with. As it said that I could use it for Anytime tickets, I assumed it was fine for the…
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Private land riding and parking
Some area in England, in city center have private land is open to public. As a courier rider we get told to get off our bike. Normal commuter cyclist do use the same way as us. It’s a big road walking wastes a lot of our time. And it’s empty mostly during off peak. These SIA badge holders come and they talk to us…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should we claim £300 for a train delay when we still enjoyed the journey?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... My partner and I took a sleeper train to Scotland recently, a 12-hour journey which was delayed by 90 minutes. Under Delay Repay rules that entitles us to full compensation for a single fare - £300 for two people. Yet for an overnight journey the delay wasn't massive, plus we…
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Private land riding and parking
Some area in England, in city center have private land is open to public. As a courier rider we get told to get off our bike. Normal commuter cyclist do use the same way as us. It’s a big road walking wastes a lot of our time. And it’s empty mostly during off peak. These SIA badge holders come and they talk to us…
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South Western Failway
First two trains Reading to Waterloo cancelled this morning.
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Can fare dodgers benefit from Delay Repay and other compo schemes?
According to the ECJ, maybe they can.... http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=220356&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=1626475
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Unpaid Fare Penalty
Apologies if this has been asked before. I travel by train a couple of times a month, always buy my ticket before I board, fine upstanding member of the community etc etc. And always, on every train I've been on, a conductor has come round both checking tickets and selling tickets to people without them. Until the other…
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TFL Tube Inspection Failed
i was asked by a plain clothes tube inspector to tap my contactler wireless thingy card on the reader. she said the card was showing as never existed on tfl before. it was new plastic thing that i start using today but tapped in and working all green light. she take my home and me info and said i will get a letter. this…
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Quick question about delay repay compensation scheme
One thing I simply don't understand about the whole scheme is this... I either buy a weekly ticket or a return ticket. Both of these are valid all day, and have no times on them. So say my train is delayed, how does the train company know I'm telling the truth? Say I get the 7am train, but the train at 7:30am is delayed by…
