An interesting one this morning at Paddington. A passenger a couple of rows in front of me in a queue for the manual ticket check was disallowed entry to the platforms due to his Travelcard being on pink London Underground ticket stock. The member of staff said that that was the wrong ticket and he needed to go to the ticket office to have it changed. He was travelling to Ealing Broadway, no doubt on TfL rail that could be accessed from that barrier. Unfortunately I was rushing to catch a train myself so couldn’t really assist (not that it is my job to).
I was rather confused. Im not sure if the member of staff was suggesting that the ticket was invalid (which is incorrect) or whether the ticket stock used was unacceptable to use on the train he wanted to catch (which is incorrect).
Has anyone else been told that pink London Underground ticket stock travelcards are not valid on NR within the area that a travelcard is valid?
Is there any reason why anyone would ever think this?
I was rather confused. Im not sure if the member of staff was suggesting that the ticket was invalid (which is incorrect) or whether the ticket stock used was unacceptable to use on the train he wanted to catch (which is incorrect).
Has anyone else been told that pink London Underground ticket stock travelcards are not valid on NR within the area that a travelcard is valid?
Is there any reason why anyone would ever think this?