Incidentally which ticket did you hold and where were you travelling to and from? Seasons often have more validity than passengers know or gateline attendants care to admit.
Tonbridge -Portsmouth via Edenbridge or Polegate. I started a thread about this a couple of weeks ago:
Good morning. This is my first post, apologies if it's in the wrong place. I have a season ticket from Tonbridge to Portsmouth and Southsea or Harbour via Edenbridge or Polegate. I have been advised by ticket office staff that it is not valid via Guildford (as the season ticket from Guildford...
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The difference is I'm now using a Southern Smart Card, rather than paper ticket. I did not appreciate they issued such tickets which can be used on other operators services, but they do. Already used it via Guildford. GWR ticket inspection -no problem (app on phone). Ticket gates at Guildford, no problem. Data from gates shows up in my history.
And to properly answer your question...
It is a weekly season ticket, Tonbridge - Portsmouth via Edenbridge or Polegate. The station I was trying to break my journey at was Hastings. As I understand it, I can travel to Hastings to change trains but not break my journey, so the barrier was correct (to be fair, I was curious as to what it would do, plus I wanted to go to the local Sainsbury's. My thanks to the barrier staff for letting me do that).
