Items in uk.railway

Subject:Re: Cheap tickets to Swansea/Liverpool? (Was Re: Train-ferry-train fares between Edinburgh & Dublin?)
Date:Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:54:37 +0100
From:Richard Adamfi <richard.adamfi@ukonline.co.uk>
Newsgroups:uk.railway,scot.general,ie.general,misc.transport.rail.europe
On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:29:44 +0100, Robert R News
<spambin@beardsdomain.co.uk> wrote:

>> 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.
>
>I dunno. That's the story as I remember it anyway. Perhaps someone else can
>remember more details?

Maybe you are thinking of the High Brooms anomaly?

Schoolchildren travelling from Sevenoaks to Tonbridge bought a CDR
from Sevenoaks to High Brooms as it was cheaper.  A ticket inspector
famously tried to put a stop to it.