Tim Rogers

<j.p.harris@talk21.com> wrote in message
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> On 10 May, 17:54, "Tim Rogers" <nos...@sapm.net> wrote:
>> "Tim Rogers" <nos...@sapm.net> wrote in message
>>
>> Also interestingly I was told a little while ago by a member of staff who
>> works in the ticket office at Chester that staff had been instructed not
>> to
>> issue Shotton to London tickets in the morning (surely this is not
>> allowed)
>>
>> They were also told not to sell car parking tickets to those that had
>> bought
>> Shotton to London tickets in advance either!!! (also a wrong I would have
>> thought)
>>
>> I thought that ticket offices had to issue any ticket the customer asked
>> for
>> and not make judgements on the validity of such tickets?
>>
>> Tim
>
> First Great Western at Reading refuse (are under instruction not) to
> issue tickets for travel solely within Greater London - e.g. single/
> return tickets as well as in-boundary travelcards - even on production
> of a valid ticket for travel into London.
>
> I assume this is due to some revenue risk issue and the inability of
> their staff to carry out full and thorough ticket checks between
> Reading and Paddington (both gated).
>

Hmm! Aren't booking offices supposed to offer impartial retailing?

Tim
>
> Jonathan