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Old 18th July 2008, 03:02 AM   #38 (permalink)
Roland Perry
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Default Travelling short: Would this be wrong, and would I get caught?

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23:51:08 on Thu, 17 Jul 2008, jdfi@m remarked:
>> >By buying the discounted ticket you have accepted the conditions under
>> >which it is issued. Deliberate misuse of the ticket is fraudulent.

>>
>> I was talking to someone earlier who recounted how they got off the
>> train at Birmingham International by mistake, when they had a ticket to
>> Birmingham New Street. Was that fraudulent?

>
>Roland - that is a very good point. Presumably the ticket is issued
>to "Birmingham stns" - or does the group just consist of New St, Moor
>St and Snow Hill?


It was an AP ticket, hence the possibility of being invalid by "stopping
short". I don't think Birmingham International is in the Birmingham
Group with those other stations you mention, especially for fares
purposes.
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