Yeah train left at 615 and I bought it at 6.23. Marleybone has no reception for a few mins due to the tunnels
Was this 615 in the morning or 1815 in the evening?
Asking because you may be able to find a point of defence if
both the ticket office was shut (it doesn’t officially open until 0630
www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/london-marylebone/[/URL])
and the ticket machines were not working or accepting your payment.
In this instance, the OP would not have been obliged to buy an e ticket
However only the OP will know if this applies to them.
I am
not saying that this occurrence happened to the OP. I’m
not saying it’s a valid defence in the OPs particular case. It may be, it may not be.
I’m saying it is a possibility when travelling out of London Marylebone in the early morning for ticket purchasing / collection to be unreliable.
I say this as pre Covid I regularly caught the 0605 from Marylebone and sometimes the ticket machines were not available to collect my ToD. (Displayed out of service on the screen).