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    Pick-up only destination - what grounds to prevent me using

    I think we've established that once on the train there would be no legal grounds to either: Prevent me leaving the train, nor Charging me an onward journey
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    Pick-up only destination - what grounds to prevent me using

    Yes, totally. Yet flouting the rules is frowned upon, cos those the rules. It's a pick-up only station, and the rule is you can't get off! Although there is no legal backing for that rule. The argument then falls back to, 'if everybody did, then where would we be?'
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    Pick-up only destination - what grounds to prevent me using

    Umm I didn't board the train without a valid ticket and have a valid ticket the journey I intend to make, how can the ticket not be valid for the train? It's a season ticket. Doing something against a set of rules might not bother me much, if it could be shown to be illegal then I would have a...
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    Pick-up only destination - what grounds to prevent me using

    Definitely I would question a train manager would have that power, I would say that would be false imprisonment, the train has stopped and the doors have opened, and I have a valid ticket for my route.
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    Pick-up only destination - what grounds to prevent me using

    Train is the 1710. There is 1713, but I don't tend to use it as v busy and not easy to work on. My alternative is the 1716 to avoid standing.
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    Pick-up only destination - what grounds to prevent me using

    Nah, I mean at this time as the alternatives are West Midlands and they have other stops unless wait for 1746, and they are still not quite so quick between Euston and MKC as the Virgin trains. So if i'm arriving Euston around 5pm on a weekday I can gain 20 minutes by boarding the supposed...
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    Pick-up only destination - what grounds to prevent me using

    I have been caught. But inspector just says, you shouldn't get off at MKC, and could in theory charge me to next stop, Nuneaton. But I would refuse to make this payment and that is the question, am i a law-abiding person by refusing to make that payment? I still think I'm on fairly safe grounds...
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    Pick-up only destination - what grounds to prevent me using

    Agree that when on train I still don't see myself that I can be charged an additional fare for getting off at MKC. When I have taken this journey then I haven't seen anyone else getting off at MKC, so hardly seems to be hordes of people crowding out the train. Very unlikely to miss MKC as is...
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    Pick-up only destination - what grounds to prevent me using

    Why isn't my ticket valid? How can you argue that? And if I'm on the train on what basis could you say I have to pay more? I'm looking more for the terms and conditions that specifically address this.
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    Pick-up only destination - what grounds to prevent me using

    I know that a certain train leaves London Euston and stops at Milton Keynes during peak-time, but that the stop is an un-announced pick-up only. Presumably there is some contract in place that Virgin do not provide a peak-time service for this route. The virgin staff go to great lengths to try...

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