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[email protected] · August 12th 10, 02:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message , at
16:16:04 on Wed, 11 Aug 2010, remarked:
5J - 9.30 except Bdeford and Peterborough when it's 9.15

Perhaps this is a case of a missing/obsolete "Cambridge 9.15"?

Except that according to the FCC web site the restriction is the
long-standing "no arrival in London before 10:00". So the 08:54 is
OK too.

That's not what Avantix says 5J means (for the SVR/Offpeak return)

The rule you quote is the J8, for the CDR/*day* return.

And that appears to be what their web site think applies in the
mornings to Off Peak Returns. Sensible really, given that there are
fewer restrictions in the evenings.

I'm having difficulty parsing that. Are you saying the FCC website
thinks rule J8 applies to SVRs (as well as to CDRs)?

That's the only way to make sense of what it does say, yes.

Another reason why they ought to print the [alleged] fare code on
the ticket - to debug situations like this.

In this case I'm trying to keep them to what they say, not to the book
which differs.

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Colin Rosenstiel