Ticket changes as of tomorrow

[francisoldfield]

Had a quick search and didn't see anything... (mod delete this please if it's been done!)

I read today at work that two changes are happening to tickets 05/10/2011

Firstly, to bring tickets in line with London travelcards, tickets are now valid until 0429 the following day instead of end of service as it is now.

Secondly, routes are being made more easy to understand. For example a ticket that currently says route NOT LONDON will now say NOT VIA LONDON.

A ticket that says route BARNHAM will now say VIA BARNHAM.

I think this is a good thing? What do we think?

 

[Intermodal]

Yes - this is part of the update to the National Rail Conditions of Carriage, although I had not heard about the routeing on tickets changes.

There is a thread about the NRCoC changes located here.

 

[sonic2009]

I agree with the 0429 rule as it allows people to buy off peak day returns to go out for a night out, and not have to buy a new ticket to travel back as per the old rules.

and putting not via London instead of not London I think is a good move, but their is still a lot of confusing tickets in the UK ticket market..

 

[Solent&Wessex]

Can I just re-iterate, as I did in the other thread, that I wouldn't expect many staff to know about this.

At the TOC I work for we have not had any briefing or information about these changes at all.

 

[Mojo]

There is already a thread on this, linked to by AndrewNTH. Please continue discussions there.