Ticket Validity Query - incorrect ‘advice’ from guard?

[Iskra]

I recently boarded a Meadowhall-Sheffield service.

I hold a Sheffield-Leeds season ticket. I offered my ticket to scan to the guard, and he scanned it and told me it wasn’t valid from Meadowhall and that a ticket inspector may have an issue with it resulting in a PF.

Can someone clarify this? Surely, I can start short with such a ticket. Also, this ticket is supposed to have unlimited weekend travel included, does a Bank Holiday Monday count as a weekend day?

Can anyone explain what their issue is considering I’ve paid for Sheffield-Leeds and return and I’m just doing Meadowhall-Sheffield and return?

The only restriction on the ticket is ‘not via Doncaster.’

I’m a bit perplexed by this one. I did present a counter argument and they did say they were going to allow it on this occasion, which does strike me as being what someone who knew they were wrong would say…

 

[Watershed]

The guard was wrong. Season tickets allow unlimited travel within their period of validity (on all days - not just weekends) and allow you to break your journey at any intermediate station (which includes starting "late" or finishing "short").

There would be absolutely no grounds for a Penalty Fare to be issued, or any additional fare to be charged, since Meadowhall is obviously on a permitted route from Sheffield to Leeds.

You could submit a complaint to Northern if you're thus inclined, though I doubt it will result in the guard being retrained/rebriefed.

 

[Iskra]

The guard was wrong. Season tickets allow unlimited travel within their period of validity (on all days - not just weekends) and allow you to break your journey at any intermediate station (which includes starting "late" or finishing "short").

There would be absolutely no grounds for a Penalty Fare to be issued, or any additional fare to be charged, since Meadowhall is obviously on a permitted route from Sheffield to Leeds.

This is what I thought. Thank for the clarification