Break of Journey

[kel-green]

Hi

I was looking at a ticket with restriction code SK as shown http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/SK

It says that break of journey is not allowed for outward travel, but above it, it says applicable days are Monday-Friday.

My question is therefore, can you break your journey on the outward portion on a Saturday?

Many Thanks
Kel

 

[Paul Kelly]

Congratulations on a very original question! I've never seen it asked here before. I think there is definitely a case for your proposed interpretation, but I'm not sure what the consensus on here will be...

 

[Bletchleyite]

Generally a BoJ restriction applies at all times. However the wording of the NRCoT requires you to be notified of such a restriction for it to apply, and as you've only been notified of it Mon-Fri...

My personal experience is that if the BoJ is same-day and there's not a case of avoiding a lower fare by starting short (e.g. the Lancaster case), it is totally unenforced anyway.

 

[Merseysider]

Good question! Due to the way it's worded I'd argue it applies M-F only, and there's also the possibility it was intended to be that way, in order that LM can protect their LIV-BHM revenue (and everywhere inbetween) in the peaks whilst allowing longer journeys to (eg) London to depart slightly earlier, and vice versa.

 

[najaB]

Good question! Due to the way it's worded I'd argue it applies M-F only...

Agreed. It would be hard to construct a cogent argument otherwise.

 

[Bletchleyite]

This is such a ticket on BRfares:

http://www.brfares.com/#faredetail?orig=EUS&dest=BHM&grpd=0418&rte=42&tkt=FSK

It certainly reads that way, though I'm certain it isn't the intention, just how the restrictions are written. Nonetheless as they are written that way, that does mean a Court could hardly find that they had a different meaning than that which was written.

And as I said unless you're doing it to evade a fare, same day BoJ restrictions are totally unenforced anyway. They effectively exist so the railway reserves the right to enforce them if they are used to evade a fare, e.g. at Lancaster.