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Title: Rail Warrants Post by: grahame on August 03, 2021, 14:34:20 In looking though ticketing options, I was reminded of Rail Warrants ... https://www.atocrailwarrants.org/the-rail-warrant-account. ... I can recall being issued with one in the past (by a TOC?) and what a 'fun' thing it was to exchange. Are they still used for forces travel?
Quote Rail Warrant Accounts The Rail Warrant Account provides a service for a limited number of organisations allowing access to rail travel across the National Rail network. Account holders receive an account invoice showing tickets issued along with confirmation of journey details, and payment for tickets is made by direct debit from the account holder’s bank account. Rail warrants cannot be exchanged at London Underground ticket offices and cannot be used in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland. Eligibility Rail warrant usage is now restricted to a limited number of organisations. New account applications are considered only for organisations that have a specific requirement to issue rail warrants, such as purchasing rail travel for vulnerable people etc, where the usual account options would not be suitable. Title: Re: Rail Warrants Post by: JayMac on August 03, 2021, 18:48:12 I believe the Armed Forces still issue them.
My one and only use of one was when I was 16 - to attend Royal Navy recruitment interview, medical and aptitude test. Title: Re: Rail Warrants Post by: Ralph Ayres on August 04, 2021, 16:59:17 They're increasingly difficult to use with many ticket offices being closed. They really need to come up with a replacement system involving perhaps an account and collection from a ticket machine or loading on a smart card.
Title: Re: Rail Warrants Post by: ellendune on August 04, 2021, 18:54:06 They're increasingly difficult to use with many ticket offices being closed. They really need to come up with a replacement system involving perhaps an account and collection from a ticket machine or loading on a smart card. They have! GWR have business accounts. Our admin team at work order the ticket charged to the company account and I collect it from the machine. Simple! Title: Re: Rail Warrants Post by: grahame on August 04, 2021, 21:31:55 They're increasingly difficult to use with many ticket offices being closed. They really need to come up with a replacement system involving perhaps an account and collection from a ticket machine or loading on a smart card. They have! GWR have business accounts. Our admin team at work order the ticket charged to the company account and I collect it from the machine. Simple! Indeed - as long ago as when we did "Four in a Bed" tickets were booked for us to collect from a TVM on our way out to our first mystery destination, and then onwards to the second one and home. Any credit card and the 8 character code was enough to get the machine to spew out the tickets (and I think that was the point at which we learned our destination station!) Title: Re: Rail Warrants Post by: Alan Pettitt on August 05, 2021, 10:46:34 A few years ago, I witnessed a guard on a Weymouth train sort out a released prisoner's warrant on the train and got the passenger to Bristol apparently without too much trouble.
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