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Maria · November 6th 09, 08:26 PM posted to uk.transport.london

"Peter Smyth" wrote in message
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"John B" wrote in message
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On Nov 6, 12:31 am, "David A Stocks" wrote:
But the b'stard Southern revenue protection officers wouldn't let me
travel on my FCC only ticket. I had to pay again.

I understand that the dispute about Southern accepting FCC tickets
has been going on for quite a while.

I don't think there's any dispute. Which part of FCC ONLY do you fail to
understand?

Its about time both management teams got together to sort this out
once
and for all.

This will happen some time after Hell Freezes Over, or possibly if the
Southern and Thameslink franchises are ever in the same hands again.

Not true, re the specific problem: a small amount of DfT head-knocking-
together could make franchiseesa bit better at disregarding operator-
specific restrictions in times of severe disruption.

Obviously on the wider not-problem-but-whole-bloody-point of competing
tickets, "hell freezes over" is the right timeframe.

Conditions of Carriage 43 says

43. Help from Train Companies if you are stranded
If disruption caused by circumstances within the control of a Train
Company or
a Rail Service Company leaves you stranded before you have reached your
destination and the Train Company whose trains you are entitled to use is
unable
to get you to that destination by other means, any Train Company which is
in a
position to help will, if it reasonably can, either arrange to get you to
that
destination, or provide overnight accommodation for you.

So in this situation Southern already has a duty to take the passengers
and then sort it out with FCC later.

Peter Smyth
More info on the FCC and tweets http://www.firstcrapitalconnect.co.uk/