What is the purpose of this easement?

[ABB125]

I'm curious about the following easement. Why does it exist?

Customers travelling from Pershore, Evesham and Honeybourne to Ramsgate, Sandwich, Deal, Walmer and Martin Mill may travel on tickets priced (00000) ANY PERMITTED via Oxford. This routeing point easement applies in both directions

For reference, this is easement 700857.

Travelling from Evesham/Pershore/Honeybourne to London thence Kent via Oxford is the most logical route, and is a permitted route on (as far as I'm aware) all tickets for such journeys. So why is this easement needed for this particular flow? Interestingly, it doesn't apply Dumpton Park, Minster and Broadstairs, which share the same fare. https://www.brfares.com/!expert?orig=EVE&dest=DEA

 

[Watershed]

I'm curious about the following easement. Why does it exist?

For reference, this is easement 700857.

Travelling from Evesham/Pershore/Honeybourne to London thence Kent via Oxford is the most logical route, and is a permitted route on (as far as I'm aware) all tickets for such journeys. So why is this easement needed for this particular flow? Interestingly, it doesn't apply Dumpton Park, Minster and Broadstairs, which share the same fare. https://www.brfares.com/!expert?orig=EVE&dest=DEA

I think it's because, in NFM64, the Oxford-Deal SDS was 10p cheaper than that from Pershore etc. - £34.50 vs £34.60. Therefore Oxford would otherwise fail the fares check.

 

[ABB125]

I think it's because, in NFM64, the Oxford-Deal SDS was 10p cheaper than that from Pershore etc. - £34.50 vs £34.60. Therefore Oxford would otherwise fail the fares check.

Ah ok. Seems a bit odd for that to be the case!

 

[kieron]

This is a "routeing point" easement, so what it means is that for, say, an Evesham-Ramsgate ticket, Oxford is a valid routeing point for Evesham regardless of NFM64 fares.

This easement is the reason why nre.co.uk considers Honeybourne-Ramsgate* to be valid via Bicester and HS1, but not Kingham-Ramsgate*. (I've added "avoid Dover" to each because London-Ramsgate isn't valid via Dover, although this is often the fastest route.)

Some routes are still shown as being valid regardless, often because of the web site's interpretation of the shortest route rule.

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[ABB125]

This is a "routeing point" easement, so what it means is that for, say, an Evesham-Ramsgate ticket, Oxford is a valid routeing point for Evesham regardless of NFM64 fares.

This easement is the reason why nre.co.uk considers Honeybourne-Ramsgate* to be valid via Bicester and HS1, but not Kingham-Ramsgate*. (I've added "avoid Dover" to each because London-Ramsgate isn't valid via Dover, although this is often the fastest route.)

Some routes are still shown as being valid regardless, often because of the web site's interpretation of the shortest route rule.

You may need to delete any nationalrail.co.uk cookies you have for these links to open correctly.

Thanks