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National Rail journey planner issues

Posted: June 5th, 2021, 9:53 am
by AleisterCrowley
Mornin all
https://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/ ... owertrains
When using the journey planner on the National Rail site I'm experiencing a few ongoing problems
(1)
The train times come up OK but if I click on 'More details' for a particular journey I get a;
400
Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.

I'm using Chrome
Google Chrome is up to date
Version 91.0.4472.77 (Official Build) (64-bit)


(2)
If I try to use the Pocket Timetables pdf generator at the bottom of the page I get the following;
Sorry, the site can't find any trains meeting your request.
Despite the timetable being displayed above the link!

Anyone else having trouble with it?
I'm going to try IE shortly

[edit; with IE problem (1) disappears, but (2) still exists. So partly a Chrome issue]

Re: National Rail journey planner issues

Posted: June 5th, 2021, 10:35 am
by bluedonkey
Not sure this helps, but worth having a look at https://www.mytrainpal.com/

Re: National Rail journey planner issues

Posted: June 16th, 2021, 4:58 pm
by eisman
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There is a UK registered company, Trip.com International Travel UK Limited, whose sole director is a Chinese resident. The company has yet to file any accounts at Companies House, so it is not yet clear whether profits generated on transactions via the website will be shown in UK company accounts and subject to UK tax, or (as is now commonly the case with foreign owned companies), extracted from the UK using 'transfer pricing adjustments'.

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As regards privacy, the Data Controller is also based in Hong Kong and your data will be transferred out of the EEA. See Privacy Policy:
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Re: National Rail journey planner issues

Posted: June 16th, 2021, 5:18 pm
by Lanark