I'm being told that LNER still has peak fares on a strike day. Is this correct ?

[yorksrob]

As it says in the title.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Yes. Strikes don't remove ticket restrictions unless the TOC has explicitly said so.

 

[yorksrob]

What a bunch of thieving con artists they all are.

This railway system is a laughing stock.

 

[Peter0124]

Yeah, a bit cheeky given the (usual) lack of trains on strike days.

 

[yorksrob]

Well, I've found a solution (with the help of some booking office staff).

It's still sharp practice to withdraw the off-peak trains then still expect to charge people to peak fares.

 

[Tazi Hupefi]

Well, I've found a solution (with the help of some booking office staff).

It's still sharp practice to withdraw the off-peak trains then still expect to charge people to peak fares.

Seems sensible to me personally.

LNER clearly do not want passengers to travel on these days, or certainly they would likely want to make it unattractive enough to put off a large number of passengers travelling at potentially quite busy times in the peak.

Pricing people away to reduce demand is an extremely common and long standing practice in certain areas of the rail network where capacity is likely to be problematic. It's not exactly like they're profiteering, given they're likely making a huge (commercial) loss on a strike day anyway.

 

[yorksrob]

Seems sensible to me personally.

LNER clearly do not want passengers to travel on these days, or certainly they would likely want to make it unattractive enough to put off a large number of passengers travelling at potentially quite busy times in the peak.

Pricing people away to reduce demand is an extremely common and long standing practice in certain areas of the rail network where capacity is likely to be problematic. It's not exactly like they're profiteering, given they're likely making a huge (commercial) loss on a strike day anyway.

As per usual, it's the railway operating for its own convenience, no doubt in collusion with the anti-passenger railway.

 

[Kilopylae]

Pricing people away to reduce demand is an extremely common and long standing practice in certain areas of the rail network

This doesn't alarm you at all?

 

[wibble]

This doesn't alarm you at all?

Demand based pricing where a product has finite capacity? I would say that is pretty standard...

 

[yorksrob]

Demand based pricing where a product has finite capacity? I would say that is pretty standard...

Or screwing passengers over when the railway isn't providing the service.

There needs to be a general relaxation of ticket acceptance when services are massively reduced. HS1 was the only service running between Kent and London, yet there wasn't any waiver of the surcharge (not officially anyway).

 

[zwk500]

As per usual, it's the railway operating for its own convenience, no doubt in collusion with the anti-passenger railway.

The railway is in collusion with ... the railway?

 

[yorksrob]

The railway is in collusion with ... the railway?

Meant to say "Government" (distracted trying to get to work this morning).

 

[fandroid]

I travelled on the penultimate train out of Waterloo to Basingstoke yesterday. It was 12 coaches and still packed. I imagine that the last train to Southampton would have been crammed. Operators wouldn't have wanted to encourage sardine conditions by handing out discounts, especially on long distance services.

 

[redreni]

Seems sensible to me personally.

LNER clearly do not want passengers to travel on these days, or certainly they would likely want to make it unattractive enough to put off a large number of passengers travelling at potentially quite busy times in the peak.

Pricing people away to reduce demand is an extremely common and long standing practice in certain areas of the rail network where capacity is likely to be problematic. It's not exactly like they're profiteering, given they're likely making a huge (commercial) loss on a strike day anyway.

You'd think, wouldn't you? But that's not how it works. Hence the non-resolution of the industrial dispute.

 

[westv]

Would the railways stick to peak time restrictions during any other prolonged period of disruption?