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« on: November 03, 2009, 19:23:56 » |
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Travelled from Weymouth to Bristol today on the 0850 departure, and was just wondering the validity of off-peak tickets on this line. I was charged ^15.65 (with a young person's railcard), for an 'Anytime Day Return'. I've always throught that the Off-Peak equiviliant (^9.60) was valid from 0659 on this particular route.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Luke
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devon_metro
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2009, 19:30:28 » |
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Trains after 0700 are valid for Off Peak fares.
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jester
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2009, 20:06:09 » |
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Travelling before 10am there is a minimum fare with Young persons card, (^12.00), as I constantly keep reminding people at the moment.....
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2009, 20:12:07 » |
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Thanks, jester: I was trying to puzzle that one out ...   |
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Kingfisherdart
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2009, 20:51:20 » |
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With the minimum fare taken into account, would the fare not be ^12?
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jester
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« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2009, 20:54:24 » |
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Should have been...
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Kingfisherdart
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« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2009, 20:55:14 » |
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Hmm - interesting. I didn't mind paying the extra, still good value IMO▸ . There just seem to be quite a few different prices for the same train.
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« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2009, 21:14:28 » |
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You could always try claiming back the extra from whichever company's ticket office it was sold you the ticket - it'll be printed with the date and time of issue so you shouldn't have many difficulties making your case and getting them to agree.
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paul7575
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« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2009, 11:57:54 » |
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Did you buy from the ticket office or a TVM▸ at Weymouth? If the latter, they may have set the offpeak start time wrongly in the TVM, and the ticket office ought to sort you out AND get the TVM problem fixed.
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Kingfisherdart
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« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2009, 23:04:50 » |
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I purchased my ticket from the conductor on board the train.
I am pretty certain that the TVM▸ offers the correct fare - but as I had two minutes before the train left, and knowing that I could buy my ticket on board, I couldn't check this.
Luke
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« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2009, 13:59:24 » |
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Explains why, at stations with a ticket office or TVM▸ then the conductor is meant to sell you the Anytime fare to encourage you to buy at the station and therefore not evade paying a fair.
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inspector_blakey
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« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2009, 15:06:01 » |
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...although in that situation you wouldn't normally be given the benefit of a railcard discount.
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JayMac
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« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2009, 16:43:42 » |
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You appear to have been lucky. The conductor could've charged you the full undiscounted Anytime Day Return Fare ^23.70. When ticket purchasing facilities are available it is the passengers responsibility to ensure they have sufficient time to purchase their ticket before boarding a train. If you'd been travelling with SWT▸ from Weymouth you could have been Penalty Fare'd as well.
Having said all that, it's nice to see a bit of discretion on the part of the conductor, for someone who was running late.
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Kingfisherdart
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« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2009, 17:30:49 » |
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Ah fair enough - I knew about the penalty fare scheme, but was unaware of the the requirement to purchase the ticket at the station, to include railcard discount.
As you say, it was nice of the conductor to exercise his discretion on this one.
Many thanks for all the replies,
Luke
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« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2009, 18:07:14 » |
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Travelling before 10am there is a minimum fare with Young persons card, (^12.00), as I constantly keep reminding people at the moment.....
does this also include the devon day ranger which is available from 9am during the week as i have purchased one from a manned ticket office between 9 and 10 which with a ypr comes to 6.60 |
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