Does the name printed on a train ticket have to be your own name ?

yorkie2

Pound wrote: »

If I'm allowed to buy a ticket for someone else am I allowed to buy a ticket for myself and then later decide to give the ticket to a different person?

Technically no, but providing it's a wholly unused ticket, then in practice, people can give a ticket to a friend or family member without incident.

Pound wrote: »

...Seems like Virgin and other operators have contradictory information about transferring a ticket.

In most cases, a ticket can be bought by anyone for anyone, but may not be transferred.

In practice, as stated above, transferring a wholly unused ticket, to a friend or family member, is going to be okay, even if technically it's not permitted.