MarlowDonkey
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I was trying to work out what this story in the Mail was going on about.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5009131/Commuter-faces-court-getting-wrong-train.html
Presumably the issue was that because Maidstone East is the other side of Barming to London, you aren't allowed to double back with a London to Barming ticket. A Maidstone East season would presumably have solved his problem. Whether or not you have to leave the station at Maidstone to change direction is presumably totally irrelevant.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5009131/Commuter-faces-court-getting-wrong-train.html
A commuter is facing being taken to court or coughing up £1,000 after accidentally catching the wrong train, despite paying nearly £4,000-a-year for a season ticket.
David Dixon, 34, was told he would have to buy an extra ticket and pay a fine after he mistakenly took a direct service to his home in Barming, Kent, rather than changing trains.
Mr Dixon pays £3,700 for an annual season ticket but has to make one change because there are no direct trains at the times he travels.
One evening last month he took a later service between Barming, Kent, and Elephant and Castle in south London, and accidentally took a direct route.
David realised as the train pulled away he was on the wrong service and was stopped by a ticket inspector on the train who told him he needed to pay a fine.
He was told that as the layout of Maistone East means passengers have to leave the station to get onto the platform, he was told he would have to pay for an extra single ticket from Maidstone East and Barming.
Presumably the issue was that because Maidstone East is the other side of Barming to London, you aren't allowed to double back with a London to Barming ticket. A Maidstone East season would presumably have solved his problem. Whether or not you have to leave the station at Maidstone to change direction is presumably totally irrelevant.
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