Hi,
Here's an interesting one (hopefully not covered already!) With the new Airdrie Bathgate line you can travel to Shotts now via Glasgow and Edinburgh. The ticket says "Any permitted route" and if you look on Scotrail's own web site and "thetrainline.com" both show this route as "permitted route". The problem? in a nutshell - PRICE! Tickets from drumgelloch to Edinburgh are £15.40, however go to Shotts (via haymarket) and the price FALLS to £8. So you can buy a cheaper ticket from drumgelloch to shotts cheaper than one to edinburgh even though you go through same station.
Now i was told about this by a ticket examiner after i was talking about the inflated prices on the Edinburgh lines. Now a different ticket examiner Who was being a bit of an idiot (to put it politely) is now saying this is not a valid route.... how can this be when ticket says any permitted route and scotrail's own website is saying it is? Why would you want to go through glasgow anyway when you have to get from queen st station to central station and vice versa when you can go the other way and change at haymarket?
if the ticket said "via Glasgow" then fair enough.... but it doesn't!
Here's an interesting one (hopefully not covered already!) With the new Airdrie Bathgate line you can travel to Shotts now via Glasgow and Edinburgh. The ticket says "Any permitted route" and if you look on Scotrail's own web site and "thetrainline.com" both show this route as "permitted route". The problem? in a nutshell - PRICE! Tickets from drumgelloch to Edinburgh are £15.40, however go to Shotts (via haymarket) and the price FALLS to £8. So you can buy a cheaper ticket from drumgelloch to shotts cheaper than one to edinburgh even though you go through same station.
Now i was told about this by a ticket examiner after i was talking about the inflated prices on the Edinburgh lines. Now a different ticket examiner Who was being a bit of an idiot (to put it politely) is now saying this is not a valid route.... how can this be when ticket says any permitted route and scotrail's own website is saying it is? Why would you want to go through glasgow anyway when you have to get from queen st station to central station and vice versa when you can go the other way and change at haymarket?
if the ticket said "via Glasgow" then fair enough.... but it doesn't!