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« Reply #75 on: January 02, 2017, 20:56:53 »
You can make a French fry by telling him his chippie is in line for a Michelin Star

And remember that Irish Mist the boat from Rosslare because they caught the train that didn't connect

But what has this to do with split season tickets?
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« Reply #76 on: January 03, 2017, 16:14:26 »
Quote from: grahame on January 01, 2017, 13:10:17
Quote from: t0m on December 31, 2016, 17:23:19
Thanks everyone. Be interested if you manage to get an answer from GWR▸ (Great Western Railway)!

As the National Rail Conditions of Travel are set as an umbrella over all train operators, I believe that the definitive answer needs to come from a central point rather than from within GWR.  We may find that there are test cases elsewhere in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) which establish the detail one way or another; as GWR account for less than a tenth of the trains operating in the UK, there's at least a 9 out of 10 chance that the answer  will be from somewhere else!

Answer I have received from Passenger Focus:

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Our understanding of the current NRCoT 14.2 is that a combination of season tickets has to be accepted.  Formerly NRCoC▸ (National Rail Conditions of Carriage) 19  stated clearly that a combination involving a season ticket required the other ticket(s) NOT to be a season.

That's the Passenger Focus view ("our") and not the view of just an individual there ("my").  I will follow up in more detail on "frequent posters" ... members posting in this thread who are not yet frequent posters - happy to copy you on my further comments / please just ask.
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« Reply #77 on: January 03, 2017, 16:24:35 »
Pass that to GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) for their comment!
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« Reply #78 on: January 03, 2017, 16:38:31 »
Quote from: ChrisB on January 03, 2017, 16:24:35
Pass that to GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) for their comment!

I'm following up at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=17831 / soliciting further inputs there.
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« Reply #79 on: January 10, 2017, 22:23:20 »
Made my first attempt at doing this today on the 16:45 Paddington to Swansea service today with no stop at Didcot. TM▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context) seemed happy with the ticket although it's hard to know whether he actually looked at it in detail or not. Smiley

I'd be interested in the further thread on this, but can't seem to access it..

The PassengerFocus view is helpful. Would be great to get GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) to confirm their view. Probably requires waiting 2 months for a reply from their customer services team though.. only to find they answered the wrong question!
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« Reply #80 on: January 10, 2017, 22:33:19 »
Quote from: t0m on January 10, 2017, 22:23:20
I'd be interested in the further thread on this, but can't seem to access it..

Sorry about that, t0m - you should be able to do so now.  Wink
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