On Mar 9, 1:39*pm, Ganesh Sittampalam
wrote:
If you have a period travelcard, you can do more or less whatever you
like, except for travelling on Virgin.

What rules out combining tickets when travelling on Virgin?

Definitely, the fact that legally speaking, Virgin don't operate
trains between Watford and London, so boarding one that's physically
there would risk getting you charged the full single fare from Preston/
Crewe/Milton Keynes depending on where it came from.

Possibly also the fact that they're an ex-Intercity TOC and therefore
*some* forms of local London/NSE ticket aren't valid. Although on
reflection I'm not sure this includes Day Travelcards and BZ tickets
(does include freedom passes and network cards).

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On 9 Mar, 15:38, wrote:
On Mar 9, 1:39*pm, Ganesh Sittampalam
wrote:

If you have a period travelcard, you can do more or less whatever you
like, except for travelling on Virgin.

What rules out combining tickets when travelling on Virgin?

Definitely, the fact that legally speaking, Virgin don't operate
trains between Watford and London, so boarding one that's physically
there would risk getting you charged the full single fare from Preston/
Crewe/Milton Keynes depending on where it came from.

OK, so Watford is always a pick-up/set-down only stop for Virgin. I
wasn't
aware of that.

Ganesh

On 9 Mar, 15:38, wrote:
On Mar 9, 1:39*pm, Ganesh Sittampalam
wrote:

If you have a period travelcard, you can do more or less whatever you
like, except for travelling on Virgin.

What rules out combining tickets when travelling on Virgin?

Definitely, the fact that legally speaking, Virgin don't operate
trains between Watford and London, so boarding one that's physically
there would risk getting you charged the full single fare from Preston/
Crewe/Milton Keynes depending on where it came from.

Possibly also the fact that they're an ex-Intercity TOC and therefore
*some* forms of local London/NSE ticket aren't valid. Although on
reflection I'm not sure this includes Day Travelcards and BZ tickets
(does include freedom passes and network cards).


Virgin West Coast do accept travelcards (and boundary zone X
extensions) for Milton Keynes and stations north. They don't accept
any ticket which would mean boarding at Watford Junction (heading
south). They also accept Network Railcard / Goldcards for these.
Intercity WC were always a bit more accepting of suburban tickets than
some of the other intercity operators.