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Old June 6th 06, 07:48 PM posted to cam.transport,uk.transport.london,uk.railway
Neil Williams Neil Williams is offline
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Default New evening ticket restrictions from King's Cross to Cambridge

Peter Masson wrote:

I can't see how they can make the restrictions stick in the case of trains
which call at stations like Alexandria Palace or Mill Hill Broadway. CDRs
are val;id for break of journey, and ODTCs are valid for multiple journeys.
Journeys from Central London to these stations (or others in Zone C on the
leaflet) are unrestricted in the evening peak, as aqre journeys from Zone C
northwards - all you have to do is to break your journey at a Zone C
station. Does it count as break of journey if you resume your journey on the
same train? Alter4natively you could of course split tickets at a Zone C
station, though your train both ways would have to call at the station where
you split your ticket.


I think the leaflet is badly-worded, and it would in fact be necessary
to split tickets to get around the restriction. While FCC have no
control over what happens within the Travelcard area as such, it is
surprising that the restrictions have not been applied closer in.

Neil