£114 Penalty fare!!

taffy056

robt wrote: »

No, you can not with advance tickets.

They decided to buy cheap tickets, ignored the restrictions and got caught. If they didn't want restrictions then should have bought more expensive FLEXIBLE tickets.

When the restrictions make sense I can see the reason, but you are talking about getting off a train 2 stations before with no loss to the train company involved

robt_2

taffy056 wrote: »

When the restrictions make sense I can see the reason, but you are talking about getting off a train 2 stations before with no loss to the train company involved

It is perfectly possible that the advance tickets to Southampton were subsidised by Southampton itself to get people to travel there from London. Getting off early would give 'Southampton' a loss, therefore the rule has to be enforced by South West Trains as part of the terms of the ticket subsidy.

The tickets were actually bought from Megatrain (who incidentally do not offer cheap tickets to where they got off), who explicitly state that they are only valid at two stations (where you get on and where you get off).

Dr.Rock

robt wrote: »

It is perfectly possible that the advance tickets to Southampton were subsidised by Southampton itself to get people to travel there from London. Getting off early would give 'Southampton' a loss, therefore the rule has to be enforced by South West Trains as part of the terms of the ticket subsidy.

The tickets were actually bought from Megatrain (who incidentally do not offer cheap tickets to where they got off), who explicitly state that they are only valid at two stations (where you get on and where you get off).

I don't know what Megatrain's T&Cs are but from your explanation it sounds like they were caught bang to rights.
ALso they can't have bought advance tickets from London to Southampton because South West Trains do not offer advance tickets for that service.

Rail_Staff

Megatrain tickets are available for sale between Southampton and London Waterloo only and this is purely to provide competition for the low priced 'Greyhound' coach services that operate from Southampton to London. There is no coach coach competition from between Eastleigh and London hence there are no cheap train tickets either. It is very clear in the T+Cs that the tickets are only valid at Waterloo, at Southampton and nowhere else. They took a chance and tried to get away with it but got caught out by an unannounced ticket inspection at Eastleigh.

Why do people think they can can enter into a legal contract, renege on their side of the deal and then go crying to the media when they get caught out?

Furthermore I know for a fact that the media story is not accurate, either the couple are lying or the media is spinning.

geordieracer

taffy056 wrote: »

When the restrictions make sense I can see the reason, but you are talking about getting off a train 2 stations before with no loss to the train company involved

There is a loss to the company involved as they actually missed out on the revenue of a full priced return ticket from Eastleigh to Waterloo which is the return journey they made.

And as you dig deeper into the story it turns out they live a mile away from Eastleigh so they intentionally set out to defraud the company by buying the cheaper ticket from Southampton so deserve everything they get - especially for lying too.

Sir_Roger_deLodger

geordieracer wrote: »

There is a loss to the company involved as they actually missed out on the revenue of a full priced return ticket from Eastleigh to Waterloo which is the return journey they made.

How do you know they would have made the journey at full price? They might have gone by car or bus to save money. Two cheap ticket sales are better than none. The train company has not lost out.
Still who needs common sense when you've got rules, eh?

I agree with Taffy on this, my response would be "Get stuffed, see you in court".

king100

Good to see the "Mr Train Master i do no wrong and know every law concerning railways" geordieracer

How pathetic this?

OMG they got off 2 stops early shoot me. Lost revenue in Southampton what a joke.

Obviously some jobsworth, was it you geordieracer

jamespir

io think im gonna have to hand myself in then cause ive dont this loads of times and never ahd a problem

robt_2

king100 wrote: »

I have travelled on many trains and have bought a ticket to one station and decided whilst on there actually i prefer to go to here instead or my mates have contacted me with change of plans.

With an Megatrain advance purchase ticket with strict conditions attached? This is a Megatrain ticket, not a normal train ticket.

king100

robt wrote: »

With an Megatrain advance purchase ticket with strict conditions attached? This is a Megatrain ticket, not a normal train ticket.

This is more in regards to an earlier arguement we were having on a fine and admin charge. Travelling without a valid ticket.