York - Leeds via Selby?

[yorkie]

i'm with a york - leeds season ticket holder who'd like to know if it's valid via selby?

can someone look up the routeing guide please? thanks

 

[tony_mac]

Leeds - Wakefield - Doncaster - Selby - York is a mapped route (map DO).

That seems to be the only one via Selby.

 

[Max]

Leeds - Wakefield - Doncaster - Selby - York is a mapped route (map DO).

That seems to be the only one via Selby.

If that is valid but not the more direct route that's ludicrous! But frankly I am not surprised.

 

[Dewedin]

Surely the more direct route would be permitted under the '3 miles or less longer than a mapped route' rule?

Edit: I don't think so actually:

Journeys on direct trains or taking the route of shortest distance or a distance longer
by no more than 3 miles are always following a permitted route. Journeys following a
route given by the Routeing Guide are following a permitted route.

A journey not obeying these rules is not taking a permitted route unless an
easement allows it.

So the rule is actually 3 miles or less further than the shortest route.

 

[yorkie]

Thanks for the quick replies, I told him someone would probably come up with the answer within just a few minutes

(I wonder if guards can get a quicker reply here than via their own Control helpline at times? )