No men with clipboards but there were two of the train crew doing a full ticket inspection on this mornings train. The full ticket inspection itself is not that common but for two of them to do it was a bit odd. I didn’t really think about it until I read of your experience. They also had a really good look at my (advance purchase) ticket, much more intent than the glance that it gets.

There were a couple of brief blizzards in Northumberland this morning but they only served to increase the drama of the coastal cliffs between Berwick and Dunbar. Having said that I agree, and not only has the bad weather thankfully failed to materialise, we’ve got an unprecedented second day of glorious sunshine in Glasgow. Coupled with the increasing daylight I’ve actually enjoyed the journey the past couple of mornings.

The guard on the 06.15 also had some strange looking person following behind with a clip board, I thought he looked like some sad train spotter who had won a competition to "be a guard for a day"

We travelled KX to Stamford on Saturday - they were there on both trips, there and back. They were only interested if you were travelling to/from Pbro - They're doing a survey of tickets between there and KX - they just noted that we had cheap day returns and that was it. Our guard told us about it through the PA. It's a survey by both GNER and FCC

The doddery old guys were there again with their clipboards on the way home. Took my number they did. Do you think the GNER Gestapo have sussed my identity?

Have to admit, 2 old blokes in civies (who it has to be said look like a days hard labor would be enough to finish em off), following train crew like a trainee taking notes does look quite funny.

It's also quite reminicent of a POW war film where the Tommies have broken out of clink and are on the train trying to make it to Spain or Switzerland or somewhere and the Gestapo are following the guard, checking identity papers as he checks the tickets. Give the old guys a platform mac a piece, get your peaked caps on boys and complete the picture. Go on. I dare you.

Fear not! FCC are doing a survey to work out how many passengers travel on FCC v GNER. This is to work out how much revenue each operator earns from tickets which are valid on both companies.

Yeah weve been told to do a ticket survey this week and count all the PBO-KGX Any Permitted and FCC ONLY/DIRECT tickets. Only KGX-PBO/PBO-KGX get counted, the others we dont count just check as normal.

It seems GNER are moaning that they arnt getting their fair share of the Any Permitted's, or at least thats the explaination on our noticeboard.

Think they are telling you porkies Ticket- It is FCC moaning, in fact it is FCC paying for the survey!

Indeed FCC and GNER are doing a survey to monitor usage of tickets for travel from/to London and Stevenage and Peterborough. The idea is I understand to guage if both companies are getting a fair share of the ticket revenue. However I am also lead to believe that it is FCC complaining about GNER getting too much.

What a shame the tickets are never checked between Kings cross and Stevenage. I imagine the amount of Stevenage passengers on the 18.30 every night would make interesting reading for their survey, but I guess that will never happen.Kind of defeats the object!!!

I was given an envelope containing a survey this morning on all aspects of the service. Theres even a prize draw as an incentive to fill it in. Oooo. Did I say all aspects? Sorry there was one exception - THE PRICE OF EVERYTING. Tickets and on board catering being the worst examples of rip off GNER.

Personally I'm chuffed to bits that they're only interested in how us passengers feel and what we think about everything but the the thing we care about most. Shows willing don't it? Saves all the hassell of trawling through all the insults and defaced questionaires to boot.

yes the old guys are doing a ticket check of all tickets that terminate in Peterborough FCC are whinging that they not getting enough money, so staff are having to walk down the train with random shouts of

"SEASON TICKET"
"STANDARD OPEN RETURN"
"SAVER NOT VALID"

Dont half get some funny looks off passengers

Oh dear, Mr Tarquin seems to have some issues? I guess one of us told him his Saver ticket wasn't valid, and that he'd have to upgrade?

Diesel Power rules when the wires come down [Visitor]

2007-03-23 @ 00:16

Oh dear, Mr Tarquin seems to have some issues? I guess one of us told him his Saver ticket wasn't valid, and that he'd have to upgrade?

The only thing funny about you mate is your face. Stop trying to do humour and stick to squeezing your oversized arse into the train every day Blobby.

Fentyke, are you a paedophile or just a sad cumstain on society?

You should be shot.

The moral of the story is trains are for the underclasses. Avoid them at all costs!

Toodle pip!

Errrr, you what?
Your name seems right. Just incase you hadn't realised this is a blog about rail travel, haven't seen anything on here regarding children, you fool.
If you don't agree with something Fentyke has written then by all means argue against it, but insults are just pathetic. At least explain your comment.

And MOH, trains are for the underclesses are they. Are they really. MMM... interesting how on many celebs and MP's use our trains, not to mention have you seen the price of tickets lately, I know for a fact I couldn't afford to spend as much as what some people spend, how can they be the underclass. Come on people please think before you post because you only make yourself look stupid.

Oh we do have the dregs of society on the internet today don't we. Task task, Razor Ronie have you seen the BMW's, Jags, Merc's, and New 56 plate cars in the car parks recently, can't afford a decent motor? Ha. Get a life mate.
Visit somewhere else if your not interested in what happens on the trains.

Anyone willing to be herded around like cattle deserve all they get. As for celebs using trains, FFS What does it take to be a celeb these days?

I agree, what does it take to be a celeb these days, appear on a Big Brother type show, appear on a crappy evening soap show, or kick a bit of pigs bladder around a field getting paid a silly amount of money for not doing a great deal of anything except being obnoxious and so far up their own back side. And as for MP's well don't get me started there. LoL

Razor Ronnie is a fat cross dressing poof who hangs out at the two chairman pub in london. Also pretends to be a member of the SBS (dsylexic version of the SAS). More likely to piss his pants than attack a ticket collector.

What the fuck is going on?
I was thinking that perhaps I was being a bit harsh in my comments last night. If I had known that I was replying to a child with no life I would have ignored it like a grown up.

As for winning £3millions worth of property, what? I havn't heard anything so pathetic since the last excuse I heard from a fare dodger.

I will of course heed advice and be careful while walking to my car so as I don't get jumped upon by said 12 year old with a razor!

As any of the staff who post on here will tell you we do get a lot of very well known people who are very wealthy, I won't name names, but we carry some world famous names and some very influential people.

I think that it is time for some of our more recent posters to grow up.

Hey Electrics. I don't think we have to worry too much about old Razor Ronnie? A search of London pubs reveals that his local, the Two Chairmans, is located in Dean Street, Soho, just round the corner from Old Compton Street, London's Gay heartland,

I think Ronnie, and his 'close' pal Petrol Head are more likely to be carrying a Ladyshave in their pockets, rather than a razor?