On Feb 17, 12:08*pm, Michael wrote:
...which lets me depart from Victoria but allows me to return to Clapham
Junction.

Personally I would have thought that a normal return ticket from
Victoria should be enough as, I thought, breaks of journey are allowed. *
But I tried this before, the Clapham Junction barriers rejected me, and
the person at the gate let me through but told me it was not allowed and
not to do it again.

As I will be doing this journey again shortly, just using a cheap day
return or whatever they are called these days, is there an official or
hassle free way of doing this?

Thanks.

The barriers will reject your ticket, as they aren't clever enough to
know all permitted routes, only the end points on your ticket.

The rules changed recently: I believe break of journey is allowed on
any ticket now (I may be wrong, but I think that is the case), in
which case there is no issue. Alternatively, just ask to pop out to
the shop/cash point/ticket office/whatever, and "forget" to go back...

PhilD

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PhilD wrote:

The rules changed recently: I believe break of journey is allowed on
any ticket now (I may be wrong, but I think that is the case), in
which case there is no issue. Alternatively, just ask to pop out to
the shop/cash point/ticket office/whatever, and "forget" to go back...

I think it might be easier just to feign ignorance than to claim I was
breaking a point-to-point journey like that one. It is a direct route,
and they have better ones at Victoria anyway!

But as it seems I was given bad information and it should be an allowed
break of journey hopefully I will not need to claim anything anyway.
Just need to make sure that it does not come under the "breaks are
allowed except when they are not" rule for off peak tickets that Paul
highlighted.

Thanks.