London train question

pvr

pvr

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 Ruler of the South East UK
I have bought a return ticket for tomorrow to the furthest station on the main line I need to be. However, on the way back I would like to do one part of the return journey, get out of the station and get back on the same station later on.

Can you do that on a return ticket? If I normally take an end to end ticket, the machine swallows it when I get to the destination so will it swallow it if I get out of the first stop on the way back? Or do I need to show it to a person to be able to get out?
 
Think you'll find in their "terms and conditions" that you cannot break the journey - at least that's what I was informed a few years back.
 
pvr said:
I have bought a return ticket for tomorrow to the furthest station on the main line I need to be. However, on the way back I would like to do one part of the return journey, get out of the station and get back on the same station later on.

Can you do that on a return ticket? If I normally take an end to end ticket, the machine swallows it when I get to the destination so will it swallow it if I get out of the first stop on the way back? Or do I need to show it to a person to be able to get out?
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I used to do stuff like this. The machine will only swallow it at the destination station. Not sure about the rules but I always got away with it.
 
It depends on the type of ticket. Is it for a particular time? If it is then its only valid on the train leaving at that time and you would not be allowed to get a later train to finish your journey.
I was made to get off the train by an inspector from london to Coventry (maybe cant remember where I was going) because I had got a train 30 mins too early and had to wait at the station for the correct train to arrive and finish the journey on that.
Both trains were almost empty, seemed crazy but they wouldnt let me stay on.
 
It is an open return (no restrictions as such and not tied to a time).
 
I'm fairly certain you're not meant to, but you could always try the whole "I'm metting a friend outside the station and want to help her with her bags" type excuse, showing your ticket is valid for onward travel, and then when you come back say something like you were helping your friend with their bags who got off at this station, just make sure it's not the same gate guard!
 
Rob s said:
It depends on the type of ticket. Is it for a particular time? If it is then its only valid on the train leaving at that time and you would not be allowed to get a later train to finish your journey.
I was made to get off the train by an inspector from london to Coventry (maybe cant remember where I was going) because I had got a train 30 mins too early and had to wait at the station for the correct train to arrive and finish the journey on that.
Both trains were almost empty, seemed crazy but they wouldnt let me stay on.
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i recall someone saying many moons ago to me that if you go to the ticket office they can issue you wil some sort of ticket that will allow you to break the journey but it may have changed.

i do remember getting told off for getting off the train at Runcorn not Liverpool once. I had gone from work in liverpool to a meeting in london but i lived in runcorn so bought a return ticket but got off 1 stop early.... i should have bought 2 singles apparently
 
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