On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:41:01 -0800 (PST), Mizter T
wrote:

Perhaps this is to stop people splitting tickets - or rather more
accurately, splitting their journey, i.e. LM from Euston to Milton
Keynes, then change and catch Virgin on from there. Have they done the
same at Watford Junction I wonder?

Watford always did have evening restrictions - it was MK that was the
oddity.

There was at one point a notice at MKC booking office saying that VT
had told them they couldn't sell split tickets of the above nature
(this was when trains did stop at the height of the evening peak, and
it provided quite a saving on the Open Singles). This disappeared
soon afterwards, presumably when someone pointed out that they were
not allowed to refuse that ticket combination if it was specifically
requested.

Actually, as at NFM01, it was about 15 quid cheaper to split at MKC
*even with* peak restrictions[1]. I can't help but wonder if that was
actually a major reason why the stops were withdrawn in the peak, and
not just the risk of overcrowding caused by short-distance commuters.

[1] Because LM have no evening peak restrictions, it's even more
significant than that if you do the EUS-MKC bit on LM. The saving for
doing that (CDR EUS-MKC plus SOS MKC-MAN) is 24 quid!

Neil

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