I generally avoid trainline as their terms and conditions on refunds are much worse. Thankfully in Wales since we nationalised most of this nonsense all you have to do for sane pricing (or as sane as it gets in the UK) in South Wales is avoid GWR services.

Quote from: jpendle on December 04, 2025, 06:24:56 PM

Quote from: EtchedPixels on December 04, 2025, 05:38:16 PMMy brother was a godsend watching snooker on the black and white tv.

"For those of you watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green." - Ted Lowe, BBC

John P

I did indeed get to see that moment live on TV

My experiences going from Thanet to Heathrow were that both Trainline and Southeastern wanted me to go via the underground and walk 'miles' between mainline stations and underground platforms. Southeastern did promote Advanced purchase prices and 'no service charge' and offer slower, cheaper routes but they included too many changes for us.
Sorting it myself was the best and proved to be at a reasonable cost too provided I insisted on the intermediate stations - Stratford International and STRATFORD Mainline.
If the current system of ticket selection by algorithms is applied universally then it's likely a simple App search will NOT provide the best value nor accommodate particular needs. Avoiding cramped underground trains it is possible to cross a fair bit of London with the Elizabeth, DLR and Thameslink systems. Also the aboveground services are now more integrated into the TfL pricing than they were so it's worth checking on TfL for the price of a point to point journey and the preferred route!

I did another "Winter" scene using Gemini. This one preserved the original more accurately, but it doesn't look quite as atmospheric.

@LASteve had a great result in reply #9 but it failed me using......



with the instruction to colourise it........

Purely because of the amount of invalid tickets people buy in good faith.
Cheers Colin

Quote from: jpendle on December 04, 2025, 06:24:56 PM"For those of you watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green." - Ted Lowe, BBC

"For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip." — John Motson. I'm pretty sure I was watching MOTD when he came out with that. Spurs were playing Leeds away, so everyone except the 'keepers were wearing all-white on our telly.

Very happy today as I've just heard that my planning application for a small extension to the house (no, not for a train room unfortunately) has been approved by the coumcil 

I'm off to the pub! No surprise there eh? 

Quote from: EtchedPixels on December 04, 2025, 05:38:16 PMMy brother was a godsend watching snooker on the black and white tv.

"For those of you watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green." - Ted Lowe, BBC

John P

Quote from: Shropshire Lad on December 04, 2025, 06:00:55 PMI see hundred of train tickets a day at work and the only App I would actively avoid is The Trainline one!
Cheers Colin

And the reason, Colin??