Lost ticket

[Yew]

A few weeks/months ago, I was travelling to Mansfield from lincoln (via worksop) and unfortuantely I left my ticket on the pacer from lincoln. However I Realised this when the train had just pulled out the station. so when the guard came around I told him of my situation and he let me off buying a new ticket.

What do other guards think, and what is the official line on stuff like this?

 

[LexyBoy]

I think you must have an honest face!

Lost, stolen or mislaid tickets
A ticket is your evidence of your right to make a rail journey and it is your responsibility to keep it safe. If you lose or mislay a ticket or a Smartcard or it is stolen, it will not be replaced nor will any of the cost be refunded. However, Train Companies will replace certain Season Tickets in the circumstances set out in Condition 34.

 

[lyesbkz]

I was travelling between Newcastle and MetroCentre not long ago, on the Return portion of my ticket, and I was stupidly fiddling with the ticket and dropped it down the side of my seat into the heater before the guard came by. I realised this was bad news, so I went to find the guard. He said unfortunately I'd have to buy a new ticket when he came past and did the ticket check, so I said ok, fair enough and went and sat down again.

When he did come past to sell me the ticket, I didn't have change so he said he'd have to take my details. I offered to pay by card and he said he'd just let me off that time (but I had shown him the Out portion and receipt, as well as my railcard).

Incidentally that ticket will most likely still be there to this day in the heater of some random Pacer (although it may not be readable any more..)

 

[causton]

Indeed, if the heater was on, surely you'd get it out and it would be pure black? Which wouldn't be any better

 

[Yew]

If it was a pacer, why didnt it just bounce out?

 

[jon0844]

That ticket might well be holding that Pacer together for another few years.

 

[HST Power]

That ticket might well be holding that Pacer together for another few years.

Another pacer bashing thread.......why not?

 

[2Dogbox]

The official line is you should by a new ticket, but as guards we are given the power of discretion. The guard probably summed up for the way you spoke to him and behaved etc that you were genuine and honest.

We do have to weigh up some awkward situations sometimes but after several years of doing the job it's usually easy to distinguish someone who is genuine from the passenger who is trying to pull a fast one.

All that said though, there will always be the "jobsworth" guards who will not give an inch and will have someone with the slightest discrepancy arrested by the BT police!

 

[northwichcat]

Is it possible that the guard got in contact with someone to find out if a full ticket inspection was carried out on the Pacer service?

 

[Ticket Man]

Another pacer bashing thread.......why not?

awww come on its fun to bash pacers, so what if that fallen ticket could have punched a hole right through the floor

 

[HST Power]

awww come on its fun to bash pacers, so what if that fallen ticket could have punched a hole right through the floor

I've noticed quite a few defending the pacers lately! Nonetheless, let's get them!

 

[Flamingo]

Had one last night had "left his ticket in the waiting room". As he couldn't tell me how much it had cost him, or where he had bought it from, I charged him.

Depends on where, when and who, but I'm inclined not to believe the lost ticket, I've had too many who were obviously bull*****ing.

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Over the years, I've managed to loose keys, spectacles, money, and even my wallet once (though some kind person handed it in to a bank), though usually its keys -I don't know why, but I loose them with predictable regularity.
But I've never ever lost a train ticket.
Yet.

When that unfortunate day comes, I'm sure I'll simply go to buy a replacement ticket. In fact, I can't think of any other sensible response.
But what IS going to irritate me (as most of my journeys are long-distance), is that I'm going to have to pay £120 or so to get home, replacing the lost ticket which would probably have been an advance at a fraction of that cost.


(This isn't a question, just an expression of a worry that arises from rail travel in general. Just as using a motor car raises the possibility of a breakdown and all that that entails.)

 

[Yew]

Over the years, I've managed to loose keys, spectacles, money, and even my wallet once (though some kind person handed it in to a bank), though usually its keys -I don't know why, but I loose them with predictable regularity.
But I've never ever lost a train ticket.
Yet.

When that unfortunate day comes, I'm sure I'll simply go to buy a replacement ticket. In fact, I can't think of any other sensible response.
But what IS going to irritate me (as most of my journeys are long-distance), is that I'm going to have to pay £120 or so to get home, replacing the lost ticket which would probably have been an advance at a fraction of that cost.


(This isn't a question, just an expression of a worry that arises from rail travel in general. Just as using a motor car raises the possibility of a breakdown and all that that entails.)

If you dont have anywhere to be, it could be cheaper going a bed and breakfast for the night, and hoping you cna order an advance ticket for the next day

 

[185]

If I'd have known it was Yew, I would have got my UPFN book and chainsaw ready

 

[Yew]

Yew

Haha, a You/Yew joke

 

[HST Power]

Haha, a You/Yew joke

Yew what?