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Old February 9th 12, 02:25 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Neil Williams writes:

On Feb 7, 4:56*pm, amogles wrote:

In a German style Tarifverbund, doubling back is normally allowed, as
the validity of the ticket is zone and time dependent but route
independent.


Indeed. Essentially a "single ticket" in many such cases (not
Hamburg, interestingly, where it is genuinely a single ticket in the
manner of a zonal single Tube ticket) is the same as a day ticket, but
validity is limited to an hour or two.


i don't know if i understand 'doubling back' correctly, but if it is
similar to what i would call a 'return', it is not allowed with a single
ticket in VRR (Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr), VRS (Verkehrsverbund Rhein
Sieg) or even Berlin or Munich.

i even think the general policy in a german Verkehrsverbund is 'no round
trips or returns with a single ticket', but i didn't check all of them.

VRR (Ruhrgebiet):
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| beliebiges Umsteigen zwischen allen VRR-Nahverkehrsmitteln inklusive
| (nicht für Rund- und Rückfahrten)
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BVG (Berlin):
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| Einzelfahrscheine berechtigen zu einer Fahrt mit beliebig häufigem
| Umsteigen in Richtung auf das Fahrtziel auf dem reiseüblichen oder durch
| die Fahrplanlage bedingten Weg.
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MVV (Munich):
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| Die Einzelfahrkarte gilt für eine einfache Fahrt in Richtung auf das
| Fahrziel. Umsteigen und Fahrtunterbrechungen sind erlaubt, Rück- und
| Rundfahrten nicht.
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