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AleisterCrowley
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National Rail journey planner issues

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Postby AleisterCrowley » June 5th, 2021, 9:53 am

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;
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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]

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Re: National Rail journey planner issues

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Postby bluedonkey » June 5th, 2021, 10:35 am

Not sure this helps, but worth having a look at https://www.mytrainpal.com/

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Re: National Rail journey planner issues

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Postby eisman » June 16th, 2021, 4:58 pm

You may wish to be aware that Mytrainpal.com is ultimately owned by a company based in Hong Kong (i.e. China), now known as Trip.com Group Limited.

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'.

According to the website Terms and Conditions, your contract is subject to Hong Kong, not UK, law. Not what I would expect for a UK company trading in the UK. See:
https://www.mytrainpal.com/web-pages/bo ... tions.html

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:
https://www.mytrainpal.com/web-pages/po ... olicy.html

(FYI I have no connection with any competitor of the company - I'm just paranoid)

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Re: National Rail journey planner issues

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Postby Lanark » June 16th, 2021, 5:18 pm



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