Selling Train Tickets no longer needed?

ronaldo1903

Hi
Sorry if posting in the wrong place
Does anyone know if it is possible to and where you can sell train tickets you no longer need?

I made a group booking but 4 people have pulled out so have spare tickets so thought may as well try sell to other people as they are at a cheap fare which are no longer available so will save the buyer money as well.

xxlaurissaxx

Gumtree? I always see loads on there. xx

ticketcollector

Officially you are not allowed to 'sell' on train tickets to anyone else. This is against the bye-laws as tickets are not transferable.

Of course if you sell someone a pen and throw in the tickets for free :-).

eBay will cancel the auction if you try selling them on there.

ronaldo1903

ticketcollector wrote: »

Officially you are not allowed to 'sell' on train tickets to anyone else. This is against the bye-laws as tickets are not transferable.

Of course if you sell someone a pen and throw in the tickets for free :-).

eBay will cancel the auction if you try selling them on there.

Ah right thanks for that, its a group booking so I will be there and will have to hand the ticket to the person at the station so think i'll prob struggle to sell anyway. Was surprised was none on ebay so that'll be the reason. Will post on Gumtree and if no success then never mind

than4

I think you will have to be careful about how you word it on Gumtree.
I tried to advertise on there for a ticket to London that was no longer required and got a message that they couldn't post it because selling on tickets is not allowed.
However, as I said, might depend on how you word it.

FARE-COP

ticketcollector wrote: »

Officially you are not allowed to 'sell' on train tickets to anyone else. This is against the bye-laws as tickets are not transferable.

Of course if you sell someone a pen and throw in the tickets for free :-).

eBay will cancel the auction if you try selling them on there.

ticketcollector,

You're right about Ebay and mainly right about the Railway Byelaws.

I'm not going to defend this one, because I have a personal belief that it is wrong in principle that a wholly unused ticket, which can be proven not to have been used, cannot be refunded in full without any administration 'penalty'. I've always thought that a bit over the top, but the business minded will say there has been a cost incurred in the refunding process that is not the fault of the company.

My main point is that not only is it illegal to sell on a rail ticket, it is a further offence to buy one from an unauthorised source and furthermore, at least technically, it is an offence to give one to someone else. The wording of the specific Byelaw states 'not transferable' as you will see if you check Railway Byelaws (2005) 21.1 to 21.4.

Again, I don't defend this as morally correct, I simply point out the legal position and hope that will help someone to avoid a costly mistake.

There will always be someone out there ready to pick up the unwary.