Breaking train journey

agrinnall

EC trains are definitely excluded when looking online at the trains that the tickets are available for, but like Ainsley I haven't ever noticed anything specific printed on the ticket, and I haven't bought one for the current offer yet so I don't have one to hand to check.

Siam17, I'm slightly surprised there were no barrier checks at Waverley, what platform did you arrive at and depart from? The train from Carlisle might have come in at one of the open platforms but in my experience it would be very unusual for a Scotrail train to Inverness not to leave from one of the platforms behind the barriers.

yorkie2

The NRCoC makes it clear, as you quote, that "Any such restriction or prohibition will be shown on the ticket".

Such a prohibition would appear under 'Route'.

If there is no such prohibition printed on the ticket, and instead they are written on a website, then in my opinion, they do not apply.

Flugelhorn

I have broken a journey at Edinburgh - some of the exits didn';t have barriers just ticket inspectors who waved us through

Siam17

@Yorkie 2
My ticket was retained at the newly installed barriers at Inverness. As far as I can remember my ticket merely said Carlisle to Inverness with return at the top. Am pretty sure there was no reference to Scotrail or Club 55 on it. It was the same going down
in reverse.
My original plan south was to change at Perth, Haymarket and Preston en route to Manchester, but when I was checking times on the Traveline phone app I realised that if I went via Glasgow I only had to change once from Glasgow Queen St to Central Station. I checked with the guard on the train and as it only said Inverness - Carlisle on my first ticket he said it was fine to go via Glasgow although I'd selected the Edinburgh option when booking online.

@Agrinnall
Sorry I can't remember which platform the train left from from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness but I went through twice with no barrier /check- for the East Coast train (which I had to get off) and an hour later went through for the Scotrail train. My son was with me when I went on the first train and both of us were just able to walk onto the platform. It was the same for the Scotrail train. I was speaking to a fellow passenger who was cursing the new barrier system at Inverness as the train was approaching the platform and I mentioned how surprised I was I'd had no ticket check or barrier at Waverley and another passenger said it depends which platform you leave from whether you go through a barrier or not so don't know how accurate that information is. Given all the alterations that have taken place at Waverley I was really surprised at lack of barrier/ticket checks.

Siam17

@ Agrinnall
My son thinks it was platform 11 for the Edinburgh -Inverness train.

agrinnall

Siam17 wrote: »

@ Agrinnall
My son thinks it was platform 11 for the Edinburgh -Inverness train.

That makes sense, 11 is a through platform, it's the terminating platforms that are behind the barriers (no idea why, had you used Haymarket you'd definitely have had to go through barriers as they are at the entrance to the station, as they are at Inverness). That's certainly one of the platforms that could be used by the East Coast train, but I'm surprised the Scotrail train used it as I would have expected it to be starting from Waverley and under normal circumstances that would be from one of the terminating platforms. But the important thing is that you got home OK, and hopefully had a nice tea in Edinburgh .

Siam17

@Agrinnall
Sorry I should have been more clear. It was only the East Coast train that left from platform 11 as my son said it's too long a train to use the same platform as the Scotrail train but I can't remember which platform the Scotrail one left from for the 17.41 train.