times not on certain train tickets

Carlakoala

A glitch in the system seems to be that if you book a train journey and the first part of the journey does not necessitate you having a reseved seat, they don't print the time of that train.
Very strange why not as it leads to total confusion when you look at your ticket and suddenly you havnt a clue what time it leaves. Just the second ticket with the reserved seats has the time of the connecting train. Not at all helpful so keep a copy of the booking form with you.

pinkteapot

But the whole point is that if you buy a train ticket that does not require you to have a reservation, you don't HAVE to travel at the exact time you said. You may still have some restrictions - it might be an off-peak ticket and therefore you can't travel on peak services - but as long as you abide by those you can travel on any train you want.

If you book such a ticket you just need to note the time of the train you want to catch. It's not a glitch.

geordieracer

Indeed pinkteapot. As long as you stick to the restrictions and make sure you get the train for your reservations(unless the reservations were complimentary and not form part of the restriction) then you can get any train for the first part - or indeed the second part if the reservations were for the first leg.

Livingthedream

If your tickets are Advance tickets then you must travel on booked trains, the trains dictated on your reservation ticket. If you have connections and these ain't dictated on your reservation ticket then you can catch any reasonable service to make your reserved train(s) or final destination.

When I travel from Scotland to N.Wales or Lancashire on advance tickets the East Coast Website thinks I'm an Olympic athlete and sometimes gives me 5 mins to make my connection at Haymarket, to make it less stressful I catch an earlier connection into Haymarket to meet my booked train.

agrinnall

Livingthedream wrote: »

If your tickets are Advance tickets then you must travel on booked trains, the trains dictated on your reservation ticket. If you have connections and these ain't dictated on your reservation ticket then you can catch any reasonable service to make your reserved train(s) or final destination.

When I travel from Scotland to N.Wales or Lancashire on advance tickets the East Coast Website thinks I'm an Olympic athlete and sometimes gives me 5 mins to make my connection at Haymarket, to make it less stressful I catch an earlier connection into Haymarket to meet my booked train.

I think most people could get from one part of Haymarket to any other in 5 minutes. Although if your train is 6 minutes late getting in then you might be in trouble, so your earlier connection is probably a good plan .

Livingthedream

agrinnall wrote: »

I think most people could get from one part of Haymarket to any other in 5 minutes. Although if your train is 6 minutes late getting in then you might be in trouble, so your earlier connection is probably a good plan .

Most of the time your right, however, like you said, when your trains late into Haymarket or if your train arrives during rush hour it's not fun trying to get up the stairs on platform 1 carrying bags and with kids in tow.;)

geordieracer

agrinnall wrote: »

I think most people could get from one part of Haymarket to any other in 5 minutes. Although if your train is 6 minutes late getting in then you might be in trouble, so your earlier connection is probably a good plan .

Most people who use the station frequently. Dont ever forget that the amount of people who havent been to Edinburgh who live in this country is probably massive not to add the amount of tourist who visit it every day from London. These people will have no idea how to get round haymarket and as such would not have a bloody clue and thus miss their transfer.

Never every think that 'Most people' could do anything. Only regular users would know.