"Robert R News" wrote in message
news:gemini.hw8b9v00nwuwv01po.spambin@beardsdomain.co.uk...
> mark@bustingmychops.com (Mark Morton) wrote:
>
> > Stevie D wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > Mark Morton wrote:
> > >
> > > > Are there are restrictions on Savers between Holyhead/London? If
not,
> > > > then a Saver is only ??61.60.
> > >
> > > AFAICR, there are no restrictions on Saver tickets to London from any
> > > stations between Shotton and Holyhead.
> > >
> > > This leads to the bizarre point that it is cheaper to buy a ticket
from
> > > Shotton to London than from Chester, for the same train, despite it
> > > being further.
> >
> > What are the rules about joining a service after the station you have a
> > ticket from? Is this a "break of journey" and therefore not allowed on
> > the outward portion of a Saver?
> >
> It's not allowed.
> I rememebr some years ago (soon after privatisation) some London commuters
> discovered it was hundreds of pounds cheaper to buy a season ticket from
the
> next station out of London on their line. The TOC got wind of it and
busted
> them all - fined for not having valid tickets for the journey they were
> making.
I don't see how they could do that as season tickets are valid at any
intermediate stations as well as the origin and destination.
Peter Smyth
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