bb21
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Got to agree with bb21, it'll have been that ticket. You got off quite lightly to be fair. He just issued you an extension on the travelcard.
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If you request a ticket from St Albans to Zones 1-6 via Watford Jn on the LM site they will happily sell you one with the itinerary including a walk to/from St Albans Abbey. It then seems a bit rich to be told your ticket is not valid on the very trains they have advised you to travel on when they sold it.
Trouble is, no one actually knows what happened to the OP and what the RPI did, not even the OP himself.
I'm not quite sure what you mean. He went from SAC and came back via WFJ and SAA. WFJ is outside of Zone 6, and SAA is outside the zones entirely. I understood it as the RPI sold him an extension on his ticket rather than fining him.
I'm not quite sure what you mean. He went from SAC and came back via WFJ and SAA. WFJ is outside of Zone 6, and SAA is outside the zones entirely. I understood it as the RPI sold him an extension on his ticket rather than fining him.
Well, he just simply marked down my name, date of birth, address and ID and said they would post me the fine bill. But he didn't give any receipt or notice on the train.
I'm not quite sure what you mean. He went from SAC and came back via WFJ and SAA. WFJ is outside of Zone 6, and SAA is outside the zones entirely. I understood it as the RPI sold him an extension on his ticket rather than fining him.
Yes, I know what he did. The point I am making is that LM will sell you exactly this ticket if you want to travel back to St Albans via Watford, St Albans Abbey and then walk. So their booking site considers the route to be valid.
I do not see the relevance of WFJ being outside of Zone 6. Are you suggesting that because it is outside Zone 6 you can't come back that way ? On that basis anyone buying a Hemel Hempstead to Zones 1-6 ticket couldn't travel back via WFJ either.
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If you request a ticket from St Albans to Zones 1-6 via Watford Jn on the LM site they will happily sell you one with the itinerary including a walk to/from St Albans Abbey. It then seems a bit rich to be told your ticket is not valid on the very trains they have advised you to travel on when they sold it.
What are you on about?
He had a ticket from SAC to Z1-6. It's not valid outside of Zone 6 apart from between Elstree and St Albans City. That's why I'm saying if he got a BZ6 to SAA ticket he was lucky.
What are you on about?
He had a ticket from SAC to Z1-6. It's not valid outside of Zone 6 apart from between Elstree and St Albans City. That's why I'm saying if he got a BZ6 to SAA ticket he was lucky.
That is not my belief, based on the info provided on the LM site.
East Coast will sell the ticket for £15 via Watford Jn.
Can you explain what is NRE and UPFN? What doesn't it stand now? Thank you.
Can you explain what is NRE and UPFN? What doesn't it stand now? Thank you.
Good spot. So will Southeastern. I don't think this charge is valid at all. Here is a screen capture showing details of a return journey for the £15.00 ticket from St Albans to London zones 1-6. It clearly describes trains from Euston to Watford Junction, then to St Albans Abbey, then walk to St Albans.
NRE is National Rail Enquiries. Their website is supposed to be the definitive source for rail travel in the UK. If that shows your ticket is valid for the journey you made you should not be charged again. This can only be strengthened by the fact that the LM site also says your ticket is valid on their train from Watford Jn to St Albans Abbey.
Unfortunately a number of people (both ticket checkers on trains or at stations and people on this forum) seem to ignore the definitive sources and make up their own rules.
That's great, thank you. I think the argueing point is whether I had changed a train from Watford Junction which is outside of Zone 6 then my ticket wasn't valid thereafter.
I got your point, great! Thank you so much, I hope they don't change their website tonight after seeing this post lol!
I got your point, great! Thank you so much, I hope they don't change their website tonight after seeing this post lol!
But my outbound trip is done by FCC, it's another problem.