Late-night Virgin train passengers 'can't get off' at Nuneaton

[WestCoast]

An enquiry not specifically about this particular service, but...
If a train is 'set-down only' for station X and station Y, and I want to travel between X and Y, is there actually anything that can prevent me making that journey? Can a penalty fare be issued, in the unlikely event of an RPI being on board said service ?

VT don't issue penalty fares, but you would be liable to pay for a single from the last pick-up station before you boarded.

 

[DaveNewcastle]

If a train is 'set-down only' for station X and station Y, and I want to travel between X and Y, is there actually anything that can prevent me making that journey? Can a penalty fare be issued, . . . . .

A Penalty Fare can be issued if a number of conditions are satisfied - one of the necessary conditions is that the passenger does not hold a valid ticket for the journey taken. Consequently, a passenger holding a valid ticket from X to Y at that time cannot be issued with a Penalty Fare.
Please be specific with X and Y and explain how they relate to Nuneaton if it is not a qustion about tickets to Nuneaton.

 

[transmanche]

An enquiry not specifically about this particular service, but...
If a train is 'set-down only' for station X and station Y, and I want to travel between X and Y, is there actually anything that can prevent me making that journey? Can a penalty fare be issued, in the unlikely event of an RPI being on board said service ?

The 22:00 King's Cross to Newcastle is set-down only at Northallerton, Darlington and Durham - but you often see people boarding at Durham. The train is advertised as a departure to Newcastle on the platform CIS - and as everyone knows that the reason for it being set-down only is is merely to allow to the train to run ahead of schedule,[*] it never seems to be an issue.

I can't imagine even the most jobsworthy RPI would ever consider trying to charge for a single from York...

[*]And it means that EC don't need to provide alternative transport from those stations if there's engineering work, etc.

 

[CockneySparrow]

If London Midland did not know of this and say they weren't consulted then how is it they published this service in their Crewe to Euston timetables?

Probably the timetables is raw data that is exported from NR

 

[island]

Highly unlikely to be the same guard or driver every night.

Probably this.

Plus there are probably some safety rules about leaving the train whilst it is in service.

Probably not this, as the guard has to leave the train to dispatch it.

 

[bnm]

I was responding in particular to the suggestion that the driver held a key for Nuneaton station and could go and unlock the exit. As for the guard leaving the train, I meant the platform as well. Probably not prudent.