John55
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Finsbury Park - Cambridge no longer being valid via Kings Cross is a big one, which lots of people use (including a few I know personally) due to the "Cambridge Cruiser" non-stop service being so much quicker - and unless it's advertised clearly at all affected stations, it's going to cause a LOT of problems..
This is something which puzzles me. Why was a ticket from Cambridge to Finsbury Park ever valid via Kings Cross?
Was it because at one time no Cambridge trains stopped south of say Hitchin and there were no other services which allowed a connection onto the locals south of Welwyn GC? Or is there some other reason I have missed?
There are now 2 trains per hour (off peak) which provide a direct service from Cambridge to Finsbury Park so it seems logical to me that passengers should use those. While one is semi-fast and the other slow using the semi-fast is quicker than using the non-stop trains for much of the hour.
I can understand why people paying for a Cambridge to Zone 2-6 season ticket don't want to pay for a Cambridge to Zone 1-6 season which seems to be tha major effect of this change but that seems to be an odd anomaly anyway.
Are there any other places where this kind of doubling back is allowed (I understand if the specific routes are not spelled out)?