Re: My Lockerbie ticket saga ... Virgin replies!

Ian Johnston wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:25:59 UTC, Roland Perry <roland@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> : In message <cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-9vsdRzi5d62i@localhost>, at 16:20:19 on
> : Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Ian Johnston <ian.groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> remarked:
> : >PS I wonder if it could be useful to have the letter I now have which
> : >says your journey starts when you first use a train, not when you get
> : >on the one you need a ticket for. That has interesting implications
> : >for journeys when one starts at an unstaffed station and changes
> : >trains...
> :
> : Exactly! See my earlier response. Do they *really* want to have the
> : concept of "journey" defined that way? (ie it completely trashes the
> : concept of buying a ticket "at the first opportunity" when changing
> : trains en-route.)
>
> I think I might ask them to confirm that in my next letter. Could be
> amusing...

This whole thing really comes dow to the question of whether or not
stepping off a train onto the platform, and immediately realighting
affects your status in some way.

So, for the sake of argument - would you accept that if you stepped off
a train (perhaps to allow someone to alight from a full-and-standing
train) you should be deemed to have broken your journey, and, that,
should the ticket that you hold not permit break of journey, you would
be in breach of the regulations?

.

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