Light blue rail ticket (replacement)

[johntea]

I have just replaced my annual at Leeds as surprise surprise it lasted a whole month before giving up in the barriers

Anyway the replacement is on a ticket with light blue borders rather than orange! Which I have never seen before

Is there any difference or reason behind this? Hopefully the reason may be ‘will work in barriers for the next 11 months with no issue at all’ but sadly I highly doubt that is the reasoning!

 

[yorksrob]

Seat reservations used to be on blue and white stock.

Mind you, this was twenty years ago !

 

[_toommm_]

I have just replaced my annual at Leeds as surprise surprise it lasted a whole month before giving up in the barriers

Anyway the replacement is on a ticket with light blue borders rather than orange! Which I have never seen before

Is there any difference or reason behind this? Hopefully the reason may be ‘will work in barriers for the next 11 months with no issue at all’ but sadly I highly doubt that is the reasoning!

Care to share a photo (obviously blocking out all the important and pertinent to yourself details)?

 

[maniacmartin]

Odd-period seasons are often issued on light blue stock

 

[johntea]

It also feels like there is a very thin ‘laminated’ layer over the ticket, almost like the feel of the new plastic bank notes

 

[Wallsendmag]

Nothing new , thats the usual stock

 

[clagmonster]

Odd-period seasons are often issued on light blue stock
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Two questions about that ticket:
1) How did a season come to be issued with YP Railcard discount?
2) As an annual, should it not be issued on Gold Card stock. Both origin and destination would have been in the NSE and subsequently gold card area.

 

[GW43125]

My student discount season tickets were on light blue stock. I thought they were just for discounted seasons.

 

[Haywain]

Two questions about that ticket:
1) How did a season come to be issued with YP Railcard discount?
2) As an annual, should it not be issued on Gold Card stock. Both origin and destination would have been in the NSE and subsequently gold card area.

1. It didn't, it's a sample image from the RDG "library".
2. Yes, perhaps, but see comment above.

The light blue stock is for seasons issued for periods of longer than one month (in reality, one month and a couple of days), and is supposed to be more resilient than standard orange stock.