Hi all
I'm travelling from Mossley Hill to Chesterfield at the moment. I'm on a TransPennine Express Manchester to Sheffield service with a ticket as far as Chinley.
okay, depending on your exact circumstances, my recommendation is that you ensure you request a ticket from the guard from Chinley before the train calls at Chinley.
My connection in Sheffield is 13 minutes and I'm sceptical as to whether I'll get chance to buy a Chinley to Chesterfield return on here.
You should buy the ticket(s) you need at the first opportunity. As I have no information about what opportunities you have or had not had so far, it is difficult to comment. However, if you have not yet had an opportunity then you do not need to delay yourself by missing a connection in order to create one.
Because my train is an EMT (1828 I think) I'm worried about the possibility of a penalty fare if I don't get chance to purchase a ticket via the conductor or in Sheffield - I.e. If the train is late.
I wouldn't have thought you could be issued a Penalty Fare if you start your journey at a non-Penalty Fare station, unless you pass through a compulsory ticket area (CTA), there is no CTA at Sheffield. So I don't think you can be issued a PF.
Can anyone advise whether I could get PFed if I don't get a ticket?
They may try but I do not think it would be legitimate. Why are you not able to get the Chinley-Chesterfield ticket on the train to Sheffield? If the guard's machine is broken that's not your fault and you can buy on the next train.
I've no intention of dodging any fare.
I doubt anyone would accuse you of that (a Penalty Fare is nothing to do with fare dodging by the way), but the guard may wonder why the Manchester-Sheffield guard didn't sell you a ticket.
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I've got a ticket that covers me from there.
But that does mean you have turned down one opportunity, if you take the whole journey as one. Now, that isn't a problem providing you ensure you purchase a ticket
before you reach Chinley. If you do not, you would need to alight at Chinley, and start a new journey in my view...
... however, if the guard's ticket machine is not working on the Manchester-Chinley-Sheffield train*, then on this occasion, given that Chinley station is unstaffed, you can legitimately buy a Chinley-Chesterfield (or Alfreton) ticket on the train from Sheffield.
(* I assume this is why you have been unable to buy a ticket between Manchester and Chinley/Sheffield?)
I think I'll be ok getting my chinley to chesterfield return on the EMT. Is it cheaper to alfreton? Anyone know?
Chinley - Chesterfield
SDR £13.70
Chinley - Alfreton
CDR £11.00
SDR £12.00
SVR £15.30