Re: international tickets

On 02 Apr 2006 08:47:57 GMT, Rian van der Borgt wrote in
<slrne2v3su.5u1.rvdborgt+@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, seen in uk.railway:
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:11:17 +0100, Ross wrote:
[...]
I had a coupon, but AFAIAC a coupon only covers to the last station
inside a country (or on a network) unless combined with another
coupon.

I might be (probably am, in fact) wrong, but it means I can be sure
that I'm "legal". :-)

You are wrong. Coupons are always valid to the border. You can buy a
ticket from the border if you want to cross the border.

Unless I had that in writing from the UIC or similar, I'd prefer not
to take the risk.

It's permitted unless stated otherwise. Coupons are valid on the entire
network. The network continues until the border tariff points.

That's an interpretation, certainly.

I'd personally say that a coupon is a domestic ticket and therefore
valid only to the last station before the frontier with an exception -
whether official or not - for through international journeys where
coupons for adjoining networks are used.


Anyway, all people using coupons I know do this and never had any
problems.

Meaningless, though; reading uk.r you'll be aware that lots of people
use tickets in the UK without problems on routes that aren't
Permitted. The fact that they do so doesn't make those routes
Permitted, merely accepted.


Further, any terms & conditions that haven't been published
are void.

That's also an interpretation, but not one I'd like to argue without a
battery of very highly-paid lawyers standing alongside me.

You're suggesting that the terms and conditions of the Rail Staff
Travel agreements don't apply to me because I'm not allowed to see
them, but unless they're patently unreasonable I doubt the courts
would agree.
--
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