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W14_Fishbourne wrote:
South West Trains (or their predecessors) used to run through trains
from Waterloo to Littlehampton via Eastleigh. On my training course
this was used as an example of a case where the through train rule
applied even though the route was not otherwise valid. The through
route principle was intended to make it nice and easy for customers -
if the train went there the ticket was valid.

I don't think it's just a case of making it easy for passengers. I think
that whoever first wrote the rule was thinking of trying to defend
otherwise:

QC: "Where did the train start?"
Gordon the Gripper: "Waterloo."
QC: "Where did the train go to?"
GG: "Littlehampton."
QC: "Where did my client get on the train?"
GG: "Waterloo."
QC: "Where did my client want to go to?"
GG: "Littlehampton."
QC: "And what was the ticket that my client held?"
GG: "An Open Single from London Terminals to Littlehampton."
QC: "For the correct date?"
GG: "Yes."
QC: "And, I believe, Waterloo is one of the stations that the railways
mean by 'London Terminals'?"
GG: (sweating) "Yes."
QC: "So my client was travelling from London to Littlehampton using a
ticket saying London to Littlehampton on a train from London to
Littlehampton, and you're trying to tell me that this isn't valid?"
GG: "..."

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