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« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2016, 19:55:30 » |
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No complaint from me - the staff at Truro have always sold the ^10 Ride Cornwall on the 0904 and now do so on any off peak service to Plymouth without me having to ask
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8 Billion people on a wet rock - of course we're not happy
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« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2016, 20:15:27 » |
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Simplification could easily result in the removal of these local rovers/ranger tickets of course. Be careful what you wish for.
The Ride Cornwall being a council initiative not a railway one would it make it more difficult or easier to remove? |
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« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2016, 20:18:14 » |
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0904 only^4.20 with an advance single or ^3.20 on the 1015.
I paid ^3 recently on that service 0852 redruth to Plymouth, going to collect a car so driving back. It isn't worth an advance single unless coming back a different day or only going one direction or returning on an equally cheap XC▸ advance |
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« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2016, 20:23:43 » |
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Top marks to Truro ticket office. GWR▸ Twitter say they shouldn't be doing that. GWR Twitter being more and more the company 'computer says no' mouthpiece, with meaningless platitudes. Rather than even doing the very basic bit of customer service by saying the concerns raised will be fed up the food chain.
No replies to later posts on Twitter on this issue. Smacks of, 'ignore and it'll go away'. An attitude that pervades GWR Customer Service from top to bottom.
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #19 on: March 22, 2016, 22:47:49 » |
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As it's being discussed here in the public area of the Coffee Shop forum, may I '"cue Ollie" to respond on this particular issue?  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2016, 23:17:47 » |
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As it's being discussed here in the public area of the Coffee Shop forum, may I '"cue Ollie" to respond on this particular issue? Ollie was one of the responders on Twitter, and he went off rambling about split tickets in his response, yet split tickets has no relevance to the question asked. The question posed went unanswered. Agree it's fair to give him another chance to answer the question posed. |
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« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2016, 23:25:43 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #22 on: March 22, 2016, 23:46:06 » |
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That other person on the twitter thread seemed pretty adamant with his point of view...  |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2016, 08:39:12 » |
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Presumably the off peak day return fare is still useful for railcard discounted travellers and for groupsave?
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« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2016, 08:40:53 » |
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Presumably the off peak day return fare is still useful for railcard discounted travellers and for groupsave?
^6.60 with rail card for an off peak day return Redruth to Plymouth. Ride Cornwall is ^8.30 discounted. |
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« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2016, 08:49:50 » |
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Many staff in Devon and Cornwall have figured out - on their own initiative - that a Devon Day Ranger or Ride Cornwall can be cheaper than (or equivalent to) a CDR▸ , in much the same way the Devon Evening Ranger is usually the cheapest fare after 18.00.
But many D&C residents don't know of their existence, let alone their entitlement to a D&C Railcard; and as usual a TVM▸ cannot sell Ranger and Rover tickets (nor off peak fares after 00.00).
However, this "loophole" is rumoured to be "fixed" by the prices of the Rovers rising come May.
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« Reply #26 on: March 23, 2016, 09:57:53 » |
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As it's being discussed here in the public area of the Coffee Shop forum, may I '"cue Ollie" to respond on this particular issue? Ollie was one of the responders on Twitter, and he went off rambling about split tickets in his response, yet split tickets has no relevance to the question asked. The question posed went unanswered. Agree it's fair to give him another chance to answer the question posed. Yep, I agree in this case my response was wrong about split ticketing, as I wasn't replying to your tweet but one you were mentioned in, so it hadn't shown in the conversation about the Rover, which is why I went on the basis of being a "through journey" and the topic of split ticketing. It's good to see in other posts that offices are indeed selling the cheaper Ride Cornwall ticket where it's appropriate. |
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« Reply #27 on: March 23, 2016, 17:58:22 » |
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Many thanks for your clarification of that point here, Ollie. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #28 on: March 23, 2016, 21:11:47 » |
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Many staff in Devon and Cornwall have figured out - on their own initiative - that a Devon Day Ranger or Ride Cornwall can be cheaper than (or equivalent to) a CDR▸ , in much the same way the Devon Evening Ranger is usually the cheapest fare after 18.00.
But many D&C residents don't know of their existence, let alone their entitlement to a D&C Railcard; and as usual a TVM▸ cannot sell Ranger and Rover tickets (nor off peak fares after 00.00).
However, this "loophole" is rumoured to be "fixed" by the prices of the Rovers rising come May.
Can the railway increase the price of Council set Rover/Rangers? Or is it the councils raising the price. Ride Cornwall is a council ran initiative set by the council, with revenue proportionately split between the participating operators |
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« Reply #29 on: March 23, 2016, 21:16:17 » |
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Possibly the councils trying to mske up for bus service grant cuts?
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