Getting off a train before the 'real' destination.

Murphy_The_Cat

I've already booked my tickets and I'm not going to do this, but its a hypothetical question thats piqued my interest.

In Autumn, I'm travelling from the Lake District to Cardiff and the
train fare is a very reasonable £42.00. However, if I book the ticket from The Lake District to Carmarthen (the same train, just several stops and nearly 2 hours down the line), the fare drops to £26.00.

So, my hypothetical questioon is, if you booked the cheaper fare and got off before your destination, would you be doing a big no-no and leaving yourself wide open to a financial slap on the wrist, and if it was a financial slap on the wrist, how would it be calculated ?

p.s. apologies if the question has been asked before

Hintza

Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »

I've already booked my tickets and I'm not going to do this, but its a hypothetical question thats piqued my interest.

In Autumn, I'm travelling from the Lake District to Cardiff and the
train fare is a very reasonable £42.00. However, if I book the ticket from The Lake District to Carmarthen (the same train, just several stops and nearly 2 hours down the line), the fare drops to £26.00.

So, my hypothetical questioon is, if you booked the cheaper fare and got off before your destination, would you be doing a big no-no and leaving yourself wide open to a financial slap on the wrist, and if it was a financial slap on the wrist, how would it be calculated ?

p.s. apologies if the question has been asked before

Do you not mean getting off 2 stops after your booked destination?

Edit:- I have just realised my Welsh geography might not be up to scratch.....:o

Murphy_The_Cat

Hintza wrote: »

Do you not mean getting off 2 stops after your booked destination?

From looking at the Route/itinerary, its another 6 stops and 1 hour and 50 minutes of extra journey, for £16.00 less.

Hintza

I would probably do it.

Murphy_The_Cat

Hintza wrote: »

I would probably do it.

My ticket is already booked so its just a hypotheical question, it just seems a peculier way of doing things :beer:

vikingaero

Hintza wrote: »

I would probably do it.

Especially as you weren't feeling well Murphy... and you needed to get off the train at Cardiff for some fresh air... and then the train left without you.:D

Murphy_The_Cat

vikingaero wrote: »

Especially as you weren't feeling well Murphy... and you needed to get off the train at Cardiff for some fresh air... and then the train left without you.:D

Wellllllll, theres getting off the train and then theres [STRIKE]doiing a runner[/STRIKE] leaving the station

I'm not a puiblic transport buff, & I'm fairly sure that someone who knows train ticket T&Cs inside and out will probably know the answer, but surely you can't get into bother for travelling LESS than you've paid for, or can you ?

dzug1

If there is no ticket check at Cardiff then there won't be any problem. Last time I was there there were no barriers.

If there is a ticket check you will be asked - well may be asked, depends how kind the checker is feeling - to pay the full walk on fare for the journey you have just made. Over £100.

Murphy_The_Cat

dzug1 wrote: »

If there is no ticket check at Cardiff then there won't be any problem. Last time I was there there were no barriers.

If there is a ticket check you will be asked - well may be asked, depends how kind the checker is feeling - to pay the full walk on fare for the journey you have just made. Over £100.

Is that equivalent to the 'Open Single/Anytime/Off Peak' etc fare, or a punative amount? either way, Ouch.
It doesn't seem right some how, does it ?

hethmar

Ive done this before but at an unmanned station.

dzug1

Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »

Is that equivalent to the 'Open Single/Anytime/Off Peak' etc fare, or a punative amount? either way, Ouch.
It doesn't seem right some how, does it ?

It's the open single fare - no penalty.

An insurance policy would be to buy (in advance) a single ticket from Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff Central - £1.30 - and hand that in at any ticket check

Or the other way round, and actually use it - Queen Street is handy for the centre anyway