So is it possible to buy a rail ticket from Kings X to Galashiels bus station intended for use on the bus connection?
If the train were late into Berwick and missed the last bus, would taxis be provided like they would if the last train was missed and would XC authorise the taxis?
Contrary to my earlier email that link is one which does show up on National Rail Enquiries - various daytime journeys Kings X to Galashiels Bus Station on a random weekday next week showing advances at £61.40 and £73.90, one change at Berwick and a total journey of 5h40 or 5h58.
As to the liability in the event of delay, such through tickets to third-party bus services are sold by train operators only as agents of the bus company and outwith the National Rail network passengers are conveyed subject to the rules of that operator (National Rail Conditions of Travel 4.4) which in the case of every bus company I know of exclude any liability for delay.
However NRCoT 28.2 makes no mention of missing bus connections when it states that any TOC in a position to help will try to do so, only to completing the journey on the ticket - so that suggests you might be in luck.
But then NRCoT 35.2.3 accepts no liability for another party not providing goods or services - suggesting that if it was the bus delivering you too late for the train rather than the other way round, you might not be in luck.
Has anyone ever had occasion to put either scenario to the test? Is it one where you might have to hope for goodwill reimbursement rather than clearly-defined compensation?
