RE: that other thread about Carlisle to London singles.

Mention was made of Virgin’s print your own ticket offers.

For an uninitiated, could someone please explain how this works?

I’m presuming it’s an Internet thing with online payment then somehow
(email perhaps) they send you a ticket you just print out.

If so, how does the train manger know what you present is a valid
ticket and how do Virgin prevent these tickets being copied and
altered in some way for fraudulent purposes?

The only thing I can think of is that being advanced purchase Virgin
probably tie you down to a particular service which allows the train
mangers to be provided with a list of passengers in advance that or a
secret code on the ticket.

Hi there,
I was just looking on the Trainline website for a return ticket dep.
BNS from 1300 on Monday, not sure about the return date/time. I was
given the option of a Saver Return for £59.60 or a Standard Open
Return for £96.00. Apart from allowing me a Break of Journey on the
way to Ulverston what benefits would the SOR allow ? Do these benefits
justify the £36.40 difference in price between the two tickets ?
Would I be restricted, wrt times of travel if returning from
Ulverston on the Saver Return ticket ? I do not believe that there are
restrictions on what time I can travel from ULV to BNS or is the
Saver return portion not valid before a certain time of the morning ?

Thanks !

UC

I'm just back from a trip to Germany, where, for once, everything
transport-wise was a mess compared to London. The Tube got me to
Heathrow T5 smoothly and dead on time on Tuesday, T5 itself was smooth
and efficient, and BA were excellent. In contrast, Frankfurt T2 is a
building site, getting to the railways stations requires either a trip
on an infrequent and crowded bendy-bus, or a complicated, long Sky Train
trip. But this is all as usual.

What was different this time was the collapse in the ICE 3 service. My
train was shown as being 45 mins late, then 60 mins late, and finally
showed up at 70 mins late. It got to me destination 75 mins late. I
heard it was because of a derailment at Cologne, but had no further
information. Lots of other trains from the Rhineland were also
much-delayed or cancelled.

A selection of black and white photos of Newcastle upon Tyne from the
mid to late 1960s. A couple might even get Capt Deltic slightly
agitated.

http://www.tynetransport.fotopic.net/c1531001.html

Nothing to do with me - I just saw the selection while checking
something else on the main site.

I'm planning to walk the 90 mile length of Hadrians Wall in September.
Starting in London I want to get to Newcastle and back from Carlisle.
I'm faced with two linked problems. Main issue is not knowing exactly how
long the walk will take me, be it 5 days or 9. I also want to keep my costs
low which kind of rules out Open Returns at

The Queen and her party were kept waiting on the platform at Hornbeam Park
station yesterday when the Royal Train was ten minutes late.

It is thought to be the first time this has happened according to the
papers.

MB