Hi all, just looking for an opinion on this...
I have an AP ticket "booked train only" on 1630 XC Birmingham - Cardiff with split at Lydney. For some reason this service has been pulled from the timetable all next week, although this and the return working appears to be the only ones, so still other direct XCs in the other hours via Lydney. I have received an email from the ticket vendor advising of this and recommending to use the next available service using same operator and route.
To me it doesn't seem unreasonable to use the service an hour earlier (rather than the one an hour later). This means I can still make onward connections, avoid a delay claim and hopefully miss the worst of any overcrowding later on due to the cancelled service.
While it seems a reasonable course of action to me, are rail staff likely to permit this without fuss?
I have an AP ticket "booked train only" on 1630 XC Birmingham - Cardiff with split at Lydney. For some reason this service has been pulled from the timetable all next week, although this and the return working appears to be the only ones, so still other direct XCs in the other hours via Lydney. I have received an email from the ticket vendor advising of this and recommending to use the next available service using same operator and route.
To me it doesn't seem unreasonable to use the service an hour earlier (rather than the one an hour later). This means I can still make onward connections, avoid a delay claim and hopefully miss the worst of any overcrowding later on due to the cancelled service.
While it seems a reasonable course of action to me, are rail staff likely to permit this without fuss?