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Hello all,
Today I attempted the journey as I described yesterday in my thread in the 'Fares Advice' forum:
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/london-to-stevenage-query.183373/
As recommended, I attempted to buy a BZ6 to Stevenage return from the ticket office at Kings Cross. I was told that BZ6 tickets are not valid on the "high-speed" LNER services, only GN ones, and that I must buy an LNER only return from Kings Cross to Stevenage if I wanted to use an LNER train, despite possessing a valid Z1-6 travelcard. This seemed strange to me, so I asked for a reason as to why the BZ6 ticket isn't valid, given it's an Any Permitted ticket. To this I was rather rudely and condescendingly told - by two members of staff - that to use a BZ6 ticket the train must stop at the 'boundary station' (in this case Hadley Wood), which the LNER service does not (this is almost certainly false).
In the end I was willing to pay for the LNER only ticket, given it was only a few pounds more. However, could someone please confirm whether what they said about BZ6 tickets is true? If so, they are a lot less useful if one could only use them on stopping trains.
Today I attempted the journey as I described yesterday in my thread in the 'Fares Advice' forum:
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/london-to-stevenage-query.183373/
As recommended, I attempted to buy a BZ6 to Stevenage return from the ticket office at Kings Cross. I was told that BZ6 tickets are not valid on the "high-speed" LNER services, only GN ones, and that I must buy an LNER only return from Kings Cross to Stevenage if I wanted to use an LNER train, despite possessing a valid Z1-6 travelcard. This seemed strange to me, so I asked for a reason as to why the BZ6 ticket isn't valid, given it's an Any Permitted ticket. To this I was rather rudely and condescendingly told - by two members of staff - that to use a BZ6 ticket the train must stop at the 'boundary station' (in this case Hadley Wood), which the LNER service does not (this is almost certainly false).
In the end I was willing to pay for the LNER only ticket, given it was only a few pounds more. However, could someone please confirm whether what they said about BZ6 tickets is true? If so, they are a lot less useful if one could only use them on stopping trains.