Wolverhampton to Euston via Stafford?

chuckley

Right, i was @ Wolves not long ago enquiring about a train time that i thought had changed and when the woman looked it up she said 'oh the quarter past one is via Stafford, but ur not allowed to do that journey on a WVH-EUS ticket.

i said i had an 'open/any route' ticket, but she said it still wasnt allowed.

Has this changed? i used to do this journey all the time on sundays when the WVH one took the long 3-4hr route.

KeithP

Via Stafford is not a Permitted Route.
Whether is has changed recently or not, I don't know.

p00hsticks

Is it possible that it's changed as a result of Virgin losing the Cross Country franchise ?

chuckley

so wot part is the 'any route' for?!

dzug1

chuckley wrote: »

Has this changed? i used to do this journey all the time on sundays when the WVH one took the long 3-4hr route.

When there is engineering work it is often the case that routing restrictions are eased.

KeithP

chuckley wrote: »

so wot part is the 'any route' for?!

Any Permitted Route.

Did you not ask the lady that?

chuckley

KeithP wrote: »

Any Permitted Route.

Did you not ask the lady that?

good point...

Nah never asked, will next time, but quite frankly there's no real other route... bar the stafford one. thats why i was baffed when she told me u couldnt do it.

chuckley

dzug1 wrote: »

When there is engineering work it is often the case that routing restrictions are eased.

nah it wasnt that. sundays just used to be the long service.

it was one of the station people that told me of the stafford route and said they should shut off the WVH one as stafford is quicker and skips b'ham. but obviously they cant do that due to the uni traffic.

never had problems ticket wise on both trains, the inspectors knew what i was doin.

shefstudentboi

Maybe 'any permitted' is via Birmingham? Most guards would expect stafford to be a permitted route though so probably wouldn't be bothered. I guess you could do WVH - BHM - TAM - EUS ?

dzug1

'Any permitted' will include going to Marylebone via Banbury, travelling round the Northampton loop, and probably lots of other minor variations. At one time Paddington via Oxford or even Waterloo or Victoria via Oxford/Reading/Ascot was permitted - not sure if this is still the case.

chuckley

goin into MYB tho is iffy ticket wise. some of them qtn tickets if it doesnt have MYB on it, or an obvious A-B. Leaving and on the train is very lax, but entering is a whole different kettle of fish.

so mainly any 'long' route is fine but not quickies?? good to know. thanks guys.