Clive Page wrote:
On the other hand if you got a train which actually stopped at Elstree,
alighted for a moment, and then boarded the same train again, could you
claim to be making two separate journeys, each one not subject to the
evening peak restriction? I suspect that the train companies would
claim that this was just one journey not two

They probably will, but you can do what you like with a Zone 1-6
Travelcard, which is the part you would be using up to Elstree &
Borehamwood or Hadley Wood (GN) and whatever the boundary is on the
Hertford Loop.

If you step off and back on, you're now using the standard ticket and
are perfectly entitled to. It's silly having to do it, but First CANNOT
do a thing. They know it, but figure most people (i.e. Joe Public)
won't. For example, even if I told my parents such a trick, I know for
a fact they wouldn't do it because they'd feel guilty for being seen to
'beat the system'. It might also be rather inconvenient to do, yet if
you didn't, then they COULD excess you - assuming they were there to
see that you didn't get off and back on!

I doubt they can tighten up the rules either, unless they can suddenly
stop accepting travelcards.

Users with ordinary CDRs cannot use this 'trick' as I'm not sure you
can do a BOJ, but if you avoid the barriers (e.g. Finsbury Park and
nearly all the GN line) then I'd certainly not pay the extra unless
caught. There's no penalty, so why pay the extra if you don't have to?

I'm a commuter, paying £2500 a year, and I travel on either the 1753
or 1823 services from KGX and they're never so packed that FCC need to
implement such a silly policy for others. By rights I should support
it, but it seems many commuters think it's crazy too! If you have no
ticket at all, however, then I hope you get prosecuted!!

First.. they're certainly "transforming travel" alright!

Jonathan