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On Merseyrail all the Wirral line trains run as circular services in the WTT.
If I purchased an Overpool to Ellesmere Port ticket, presumably I can travel via Liverpool because:
1) It is a direct train
2) There is no negative easement
3) The restriction code allows Break of Journey
-Does the "double back" prohibited rule apply if the train is a direct one?
The ticket in question is a SDS £1.50 Overpool to Ellesmere Port route Any Permitted using a typical Merseyrail ELP circular service.
The fare to Liverpool SDS £4.00.
I assume that in this instance the ticket route would have to be NOT LIVERPOOL to prevent travelling the long way round... (which can't be changed as the SDS is a protected fare in this case). The only other thing possible is to introduce a negative easement or change the services to start/terminate somewhere which wouldn't be practical seeing as all info systems are set up for that.
If I purchased an Overpool to Ellesmere Port ticket, presumably I can travel via Liverpool because:
1) It is a direct train
2) There is no negative easement
3) The restriction code allows Break of Journey
Most customers wish to make journeys by through trains or by the
shortest route. In both cases they will be travelling on a permitted route
-Does the "double back" prohibited rule apply if the train is a direct one?
The ticket in question is a SDS £1.50 Overpool to Ellesmere Port route Any Permitted using a typical Merseyrail ELP circular service.
The fare to Liverpool SDS £4.00.
Ellesmere Port [ELP]
Overpool [OVE] - GET ON HERE
Little Sutton [LTT]
Hooton [HOO]
Eastham Rake [ERA]
Bromborough [BOM]
Bromborough Rake [BMR]
Spital [SPI]
Port Sunlight [PSL]
Bebington [BEB]
Rock Ferry [RFY]
Green Lane [GNL]
Birkenhead Central [BKC]
Hamilton Square [BKQ]
James Street [LVJ]
Moorfields [MRF]
Liverpool Lime Street [LIV]
Liverpool Central [LVC] - BREAK JOURNEY HERE
James Street [LVJ]
Hamilton Square [BKQ]
Birkenhead Central [BKC]
Green Lane [GNL]
Rock Ferry [RFY]
Bebington [BEB]
Port Sunlight [PSL]
Spital [SPI]
Bromborough Rake [BMR]
Bromborough [BOM]
Eastham Rake [ERA]
Hooton [HOO]
Little Sutton [LTT]
Overpool [OVE]
Ellesmere Port [ELP] - BUY TICKET OVERPOOL TO HERE
I assume that in this instance the ticket route would have to be NOT LIVERPOOL to prevent travelling the long way round... (which can't be changed as the SDS is a protected fare in this case). The only other thing possible is to introduce a negative easement or change the services to start/terminate somewhere which wouldn't be practical seeing as all info systems are set up for that.
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