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- Mar 3, 2008
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Can only happen here !
Couple fined for getting off train too early - Telegraph
Couple fined for getting off train too early - Telegraph
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Railway silly season
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Tricky Dicky
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Why am I not surprised.
Talk about railway silly season, I've just spent £3,688 for my next years rail travel !!!!
Come on, whatever way you look at this it is bloody stupid.
Hatterlovesbrighton
something clever
It will probably be a condition on lots of tickets, but most ticket collectors won't be as jobsworth as this guy obviously was.
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
The whole cheap ticket scheme must have been thought up by a complete idiot.
Plenty of times I/my family have considered buying cheap tickets when going to events but as I couldnt guarantee catching the correct train home again it wasnt worth the risk having to fork out for a single ticket which would have resulted in a higher cost in total than the full price ticket.
I can only assume they whole idea is to entice people to purchase cheap tickets knowing that many will default on part or all of the journey hence the rail companies can make good money in fines.
Plenty of times I/my family have considered buying cheap tickets when going to events but as I couldnt guarantee catching the correct train home again it wasnt worth the risk having to fork out for a single ticket which would have resulted in a higher cost in total than the full price ticket.
I can only assume they whole idea is to entice people to purchase cheap tickets knowing that many will default on part or all of the journey hence the rail companies can make good money in fines.
Sounds to me that the people who devised this are a long way from being idiots.
Rowdey
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What would make you 'suddenly' deceide to get off at Eastleigh, when you originally planned (and requested online) for a ticket to get off at Southampton central anyway..
A nice little (7 mile) walk into town perhaps..
The right answer is of course nothing, unless you planned to get off at Eastleigh, and therefore knowing you were breaking the set restrictions..
That said, yes it is ridiculous.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
If you buy a ticket online you tick a box to accept the terms and conditions so ignorance is not an excuse.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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they got caught trying to play the system. though the system is stupid and these cheap tickets deals need to be completely overhauled.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
It's a same as when you buy a cheap airline ticket, you are restricted to that one flight and that one flight only and if you miss it then tough and you buy another ticket.
If you want to be flexible with your flights you pay the full walk on rate and this is exactly what the train companies are doing.
If you want a cheap fare and £2 single to London from the coast is giving it away then you adhere to the restrictions and if you want to be flexible then you buy the normal ticket.
Can't see a problem with that myself.
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
Hardly the same, flights between airports do not run many times a day. If you fly somewhere you know the flight back will be at a cetain time and if you have to allow a minimum of two hours (for internal flights) to get through security etc. Therefore if you attand an event which will finish at say 8pm and the flight is at 9pm you would make different arrangements, ie book a hotel and fly the next day.
In the context of this case, it's this sort of thinking which makes for ridiculous rules. You're part of problem.
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Hatterlovesbrighton
something clever
Or be organised enough to leave plenty of time to get to the station in time to get your specific train. I suppose that means you might have to wait around for an extra 30-45 mins but is that really a problem?
I'm more curious to find where the hell they managed to find 6 quid singles. SWT are robbing bastards who don't offer any kind of cheap tickets unless you travel from west of the New Forest.
I'm even more confused as to how they got caught as there are no barriers at Eastleigh.
I'm even more confused as to how they got caught as there are no barriers at Eastleigh.
Hatterlovesbrighton
something clever
There's no difference at all really. Just swap the "security time" for the time it takes to get from event to the station and you have the same situation.
Anyone remember the good old days when you bought a ticket from a to b, and some times back again.....and that was that?
skipper734
Registered ruffian
What would make you 'suddenly' deceide to get off at Eastleigh, when you originally planned (and requested online) for a ticket to get off at Southampton central anyway..
A nice little (7 mile) walk into town perhaps..
The right answer is of course nothing, unless you planned to get off at Eastleigh, and therefore knowing you were breaking the set restrictions..
That said, yes it is ridiculous.
Says she lives at Bishopstoke so Eastleigh is the nearest station to her home. Simples.
The level of "fine" is out of all proportion to the "crime" though.
My main concern is that you just know that there will be a number of sweaty railway types like Ernest wanking over the fact another passenger got caught 'dodging' a fare.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Precisely