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Watford Jnct - Euston on Virgin rather than Silverlink
Hi!
Newbie question, if I buy a season ticket or even a day return from Watford Junction to Euston and a Virgin train comes along can I use that to get to Euston quickly or is that not allowed - do I have to use Silverlink? And even if it's not supposed to happen, do people do it? Thanks, |
Watford Jnct - Euston on Virgin rather than Silverlink
wrote in message oups.com... Hi! Newbie question, if I buy a season ticket or even a day return from Watford Junction to Euston and a Virgin train comes along can I use that to get to Euston quickly or is that not allowed - do I have to use Silverlink? And even if it's not supposed to happen, do people do it? Thanks, The timetables for VWC show that trains are set down only southbound and pick up only northbound at Watford Junction, which confirms your assumption that you are supposed to use Silverlink. Available he http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/travel...s/default.aspx Whether or not this rule is strictly enforced I will leave for others Paul |
Watford Jnct - Euston on Virgin rather than Silverlink
Whether or not this rule is strictly enforced I will leave for others It often is, in which case if you board you will find yourself charged the Open Single fare from the previous advertised calling station (usually Coventry or Birmingham) to Euston. |
Watford Jnct - Euston on Virgin rather than Silverlink
"Keith Raeburn" wrote in message ups.com... Whether or not this rule is strictly enforced I will leave for others It often is, in which case if you board you will find yourself charged the Open Single fare from the previous advertised calling station (usually Coventry or Birmingham) to Euston. There was a thread a while back on uk.r that discussed a FGW service that was non stopped Reading (pick up only) on its way to Exeter without warning; quite a few pax were excessed to Exeter and then had to get back.... Paul |
Watford Jnct - Euston on Virgin rather than Silverlink
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:19:54 +0000 (UTC), "Paul Scott"
wrote: Newbie question, if I buy a season ticket or even a day return from Watford Junction to Euston and a Virgin train comes along can I use that to get to Euston quickly or is that not allowed - do I have to use Silverlink? And even if it's not supposed to happen, do people do it? The timetables for VWC show that trains are set down only southbound and pick up only northbound at Watford Junction, which confirms your assumption that you are supposed to use Silverlink. Indeed. You'll find that southbound trains won't be announced on the departure screens at Watford Junction, while northbound trains at Euston won't be advertised as stopping at Watford Junction. Whether or not this rule is strictly enforced I will leave for others Apparently, if your ticket is checked you may be charged the full Standard Open single fare (in the southbound direction) from the last station where you could have "legally" boarded the train (i.e. the last place the train called to pick up), or (in the northbound direction) to the first stop where the train calls to set down. |
Watford Jnct - Euston on Virgin rather than Silverlink
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Watford Jnct - Euston on Virgin rather than Silverlink
"Endymion Ponsonby-Withermoor III" wrote in message news:1133479170.a6310861c8a2a7c93ce861e1e35e5c01@f e5.teranews.com... All the tickets I get from WJ to Euston are not for a specific railway company. I've been buying non-specific tickets for years and have used Virgin (and their predecessors) and Silverlink (and predecessors) interchangeably, and have had no problems. Richardd [in PE12] The fact that your tickets are not marked for a specific TOC is irrelevant. According to the published timetable, (part of the conditions of carriage), VWC do not provide a service from WJ to Euston, as explained elsewhere. Paul |
Watford Jnct - Euston on Virgin rather than Silverlink
Paul Scott wrote:
The fact that your tickets are not marked for a specific TOC is irrelevant. According to the published timetable, (part of the conditions of carriage), VWC do not provide a service from WJ to Euston, as explained elsewhere. Well, I've got on Virgin Trains from Watford Junction; I do it all the time. I just goto the ticket office, ask for a ticket to London Euston. I never specified which service I wanted to use, just "a train". I then look for a likely looking train, ask the personage if he's going to London Euston. If he says "yes", I get on it. I wasn't aware there was any problem doing this. I don't think I've EVER asked for travel on a specific railway company. Nor was I aware that I had to use "the published timetable". If there are extra conditions in this of which I am not aware, then they should make its use compulsory. I'm not interested in the "timetable" (the times at which trains are supposed to run); I am only interested in the times at which the trains do actually run. Richard [in PE12] |
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