| Subject: | Re: Cheap tickets to Swansea/Liverpool? (Was Re: Train-ferry-train fares between Edinburgh & Dublin?)
| | Date: | Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:24:52 +0100
| | From: | Stevie D <stevie@sjd117.freeserve.co.uk>
| | Newsgroups: | uk.railway,scot.general,ie.general,misc.transport.rail.europe
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[follow-up set to uk.railway]
Mark Morton wrote:
> Stevie D wrote:
>
>> 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?
I believe that Saver tickets are not valid on the 1001 arrival into
Euston, which leaves Chester at 0723. This train does not call at
Shotton - passengers traveling from Shotton to London would have to
catch the 0702 Cardiff train as far as Chester and change there. That
is perfectly permissible on a Saver ticket.
The conductor on the Virgin train has no way of knowing whether you
did travel from Shotton or not.
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Stevie D
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