I tried to search for this answer but could not find it anywhere, so here goes.
My brother in law who is disabled wants to go on an explore of the railways and various cities/towns. I have been ‘volunteered’ to accompany him on this expedition, as I have some 'spare' annual leave owing to me. We are wanting to purchase two one week 1st class All Line Rovers, however when we start the first leg of this odyssey (0529hrs from Northallerton to Peterborough) the ticket office at Northallerton won’t be open.
As I am away until the night before the trip I won’t be able to buy the tickets in advance, so would we be allowed to purchase the two all line rovers (with disabled railcard deduction) on the 0529hrs VTEC train? Or would we have to buy ‘normal’ tickets from the machine at Northallerton to, for example, York or Peterborough and buy the rover tickets from the staffed booking office there?
I did have a look at the ticket machine at Northallerton when I passed through there last week but it didn’t seem to sell Rover tickets (unless I was doing something wrong?). I know that if the departure station has a ticket machine one needs to purchase tickets before boarding the train, but what if, as in this case, the machine doesn’t sell the actual tickets required?
Thanks
Alan
My brother in law who is disabled wants to go on an explore of the railways and various cities/towns. I have been ‘volunteered’ to accompany him on this expedition, as I have some 'spare' annual leave owing to me. We are wanting to purchase two one week 1st class All Line Rovers, however when we start the first leg of this odyssey (0529hrs from Northallerton to Peterborough) the ticket office at Northallerton won’t be open.
As I am away until the night before the trip I won’t be able to buy the tickets in advance, so would we be allowed to purchase the two all line rovers (with disabled railcard deduction) on the 0529hrs VTEC train? Or would we have to buy ‘normal’ tickets from the machine at Northallerton to, for example, York or Peterborough and buy the rover tickets from the staffed booking office there?
I did have a look at the ticket machine at Northallerton when I passed through there last week but it didn’t seem to sell Rover tickets (unless I was doing something wrong?). I know that if the departure station has a ticket machine one needs to purchase tickets before boarding the train, but what if, as in this case, the machine doesn’t sell the actual tickets required?
Thanks
Alan