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Title: "Advanced" tickets Post by: 81F on January 01, 2013, 23:22:01 I have noticed recently that the phrase "advanced tickets" seems to be entering common use, and I really don't understand why. The word "advanced" surely means higher, or better qualified, as in Advanced Level (A-level) examinations, or The Institute of Advanced Motorists.
Are these tickets of a higher quality, are they more experienced? Or is this another instance of the railways mangling the English language -- as in "This train will shortly be arriving into Reading", which always makes me cringe (the sentence construction, not the town [city?] of Reading). Tickets made available for purchase weeks or months before travel are surely simply "Advance Tickets"? Title: Re: "Advanced" tickets Post by: paul7575 on January 02, 2013, 00:34:34 As far as I can see the railway generally refers to the type of fare as 'Advance' in publications. It is the public that uses 'advanced' in error.
Title: Re: "Advanced" tickets Post by: IndustryInsider on January 02, 2013, 09:58:40 "This train will shortly be arriving into Reading", which always makes me cringe (the sentence construction, not the town [city?] of Reading). "The train now arriving on platform number 1" gets my gander up in particular. Not only is it a little silly saying the word 'number', but any train arriving on a platform is not a sight I wish to see! Title: Re: "Advanced" tickets Post by: eightf48544 on January 02, 2013, 10:24:33 "The train now arriving on platform number 1" gets my gander up in particular. Not only is it a little silly saying the word 'number', but any train arriving on a platform is not a sight I wish to see! There is a station in Switzerland where the local narrow gauge tram arrives on the SBB station platform. True cross platform interchange! Title: Re: "Advanced" tickets Post by: Andy W on January 02, 2013, 10:48:05 I've also heard of people 'detraining' - presumably they 'train' when they get onboard. I also hate it when carriages are called cars.
Title: Re: "Advanced" tickets Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 02, 2013, 21:19:13 ... but any train arriving on a platform is not a sight I wish to see! No: Potters Bar. :( This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |