PhilD wrote:
On Mar 12, 10:50 am, asdf wrote:
Yes. According to the NR Routeing Guide, a valid route for the ticket
is Brighton - London Bridge (via Forest Hill) - Waterloo East -
Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Streatham Common - Tulse Hill - Herne
Hill - Blackfriars - KXTL (good luck getting that past a ticket
inspector, though!), so you're entitled to use this route and abandon
your journey at Waterloo.


But presumably only if you ignore the "fares" rule.

Since there is no choice of routeing point, the fares rule does not
apply here.

This still seems to be taking the **** though. Since this route takes
you into the London Group, back out, and back in again, someone might
argue that it is doubling back, despite "doubling back" being defined as
only being going through the same *station* twice. I think they would be
wrong, but you might still expect some opposition.

You might ask on uk.railway for another opinion.
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Michael Hoffman