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« on: February 27, 2019, 18:02:25 »

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/train-firms-face-100m-legal-claim-over-making-passengers-pay-double-a4077796.html

…………are there likely to be twitching sphincters in the GWR (Great Western Railway) Boardroom too I wonder?
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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2019, 18:30:51 »

Another challenge for SWR» (South Western Railway - about) to have to fight off. Just been one issue after another for First/MTR (Mass Transit Railway, based in Hong Kong) to deal with.
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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2019, 12:34:41 »

This will be interesting....personally, I check where the boundary station is every time I want to go out-boundary of my season & just purchase a ticket from that station to my destination. Admittedly, I have problems if there's a valid alternative route back I wish to use, but that's so infrequent that I visit a ticket office to get the boundary ticket.

I certainly don't believe the class claim that very few people do this & simply buy the full ticket when they don't have to. I'd like to see the research (if they've done any)
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