wrote:
Dave Arquati wrote:
This is a link to the full NCoC, which doesn't have any TOC branding and
so avoids the ticket inspector claiming that the rule only applies to
Southern (or some such nonsense):
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/system...misc/NRCOC.pdf

You'll find the relevant passage on page 7 of the PDF, section 17. I
would highlight "one of the following applies" and part (a).

Thanks a lot for that Dave, and thanks to all others for your answers.
I was pretty sure I was right, but it's good to have it backed up in
black & white. I rang South Eastern this morning and they seemed
stunned that it had happened

Rightly so. This is really really basic stuff about travelcard zones,
and for an inspector at _Waterloo East_ to not get it... well, there's
a small amount of mind boggling going on. I mean, maybe if you had
something slightly interesting, such as a Woking to Z2 monthly season
and a Z1 weekly season, and were on a SWT train from Woking to London
that wasn't going to stop at Clapham Junction, and you had an SWT
inspector who was better at the country end of things than the town end
of things... MAYBE then you could excuse some confusion. But an (I
presume) SE inspector, at Waterloo East?

Also it'll be interesting to see if I get the same hassle tomorrow if
it's the same staff.

Get his name if you haven't already!

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Larry Lard
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