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BusAndTrainUser
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BusAndTrainUser is a personal blog at busandtrainuser.com. Since 2020, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on the UK's rail ticketing system and fare rules. One comment links a 2022 post on the subject, which says a price shown in one context can't be assumed to apply elsewhere.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Journeys around Britain by bus and train
What Hacker News says?
You've just scratched the surface of the UK's insane ticketing systems. More detail here: https://busandtrainuser.com/2022/02/13/the-crazy-world-of-ra... You can't make any assumption or inference about anything based on the price presented to you in a given context. This is likely going to be an issue in this year's UK election. The only people who are happy about this is train operators who profit from customers g…
Comment linking /2022/02/13/the-crazy-world-of-rail-ticketing/
on “TfL's simple pop-up message led to a significant drop in paper ticket sales”Submitted BusAndTrainUser Verify as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted L Is for Lynx as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unprecedented – BusAndTrainUser – journeys around Britain by bus and train as a story · 1 points
HN discussion