Using a different ticket to open gates

[XmaX]

I had a bit of a random shower thought the other day. Let's say I have a season ticket between stations A and B, but one day I instead travel from A to C, which is the opposite direction (i.e. it's not covered by my season ticket). I then buy a single/return ticket A-C, but instead of using it to get me past the gates, I use my season ticket (for example, because it's more easily accessible). Is this allowed? Could there be any repercussions if questioned by the gateline staff?

This is purely theoretical, and I have no use or intention to do it - just interested!

 

[SussexSeagull]

I would have thought as you held a valid ticket for the entire journey you would be ok.

 

[Farningham]

I had a bit of a random shower thought the other day. Let's say I have a season ticket between stations A and B, but one day I instead travel from A to C, which is the opposite direction (i.e. it's not covered by my season ticket). I then buy a single/return ticket A-C, but instead of using it to get me past the gates, I use my season ticket (for example, because it's more easily accessible). Is this allowed? Could there be any repercussions if questioned by the gateline staff?

This is purely theoretical, and I have no use or intention to do it - just interested!

I frequently use my Freedom Pass to get through barriers in London when holding an e-ticket to somewhere outside London, due to the failure rate with scans on e-tickets. Neither on-train inspections nor later scans at journey's end have ever thrown up any repercussions.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I had a bit of a random shower thought the other day. Let's say I have a season ticket between stations A and B, but one day I instead travel from A to C, which is the opposite direction (i.e. it's not covered by my season ticket). I then buy a single/return ticket A-C, but instead of using it to get me past the gates, I use my season ticket (for example, because it's more easily accessible). Is this allowed? Could there be any repercussions if questioned by the gateline staff?

This is purely theoretical, and I have no use or intention to do it - just interested!

My parents regularly use their countywide pensioners' bus/rail passes to get through the gates at their local station when travelling further afield, because they once, about 8 years ago - had their card tickets incorrectly retained by the gateline, and ever since have tried to avoid having to put their actual tickets in the gateline. Interestingly, the passes are valid M-F from 09:30 but seem to open the gates at any time

 

[MrJeeves]

Is this allowed?

Yep!

Could there be any repercussions if questioned by the gateline staff?

Only their confusion if they see you leave the C-A service and notice your ticket isn't valid for that journey, at which point you show your C-A ticket and the conversation is over. Chances are they won't notice as the barrier will open fine and they'll think nothing of it.

 

[spag23]

Chances are they won't notice as the barrier will open fine and they'll think nothing of it.

They might query it if the only recent train was from the "wrong" direction. But you'd have the "right" ticket anyway; so - as other have said - you should be OK.

 

[Birkonian]

They might query it if the only recent train was from the "wrong" direction. But you'd have the "right" ticket anyway; so - as other have said - you should be OK.

I do this frequently at Liverpool Lime Street with my Merseyside Concessionary Pass. Its quicker to scan it and it guarantees that my paper ticket won't be swallowed up by the machine if I want to keep it for Delay Repay.