‘Any Permitted Route’

[bobber]

Hi everyone,

im wondering if anyone can advise me regarding ‘Any Permitted Route‘ tickets?

without going into the nuances of my situation, I normally get a train from my local staton Creswell (Derbyshire) to Nottingham each week. I’m wondering if i purchsed this ticket - would it be possible for me to say take a route that actually saw me get a train from Chesterfield to Derby/Nottingham?

hope that makes sense. Any help appreciated.

 

[jfollows]

CWD?

 

[bobber]

Creswell (Derbyshire)

 

[hexagon789]

CWD?

Presumably Creswell, which has a CRS code of 'CWD'.

 

[jfollows]

No, the only valid route is the direct one to Nottingham.

 

[bobber]

No, the only valid route is the direct one to Nottingham.

Interesting, thank you for the reply. Out of curiosity… If I purchased a ticket, Creswell to Sheffield, could I go via Nottingham?

 

[jfollows]

No, that’s not allowed either.

 

[bobber]

No, that’s not allowed either.

Curious. I once purchased a ticket for Creswell to Sheffield by accident when I actually wanted Creswell to Nottingham. I explained what I’d done to the lady checking tickets and the gist of what she said was: ‘Oh it’s fine, you’ve got away with it because of this bit *pointing to ANY ROUTE*, you can take any permitted route’ ‍♂️

Where are you getting your information @jfollows ?

 

[jfollows]

Routeing Guide Public Portal

rgpp.iblocks.co.uk

But if you can get a journey planner to generate a route, that’s also valid.

Creswell to Sheffield is not valid via Nottingham because this fails the fare check rule. Essentially Nottingham to Sheffield is more expensive than Creswell to Sheffield, so can’t be valid with the cheaper ticket.

As you probably know, “any permitted” means “any route permitted by the routeing guide” rather than “any route you feel like using”.

 

[jfollows]

And Sheffield to Nottingham is only valid via Chesterfield, unless the route via Creswell is the shortest route or not more than 3 miles longer than the shortest route, which I don’t think it is.