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Original poster

To wonder why this man on the train lied to the ticket collector

54 replies

StealthPolarBear · 19/02/2018 15:54

He got on the train at the last station. When the collector came up he asked the man something I didnt hear to which the man replied "no, I've been on for ages". He had very ticket Confused
I realose this is none of my business and I will not be calling 101 to log it :o

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StealthPolarBear · 19/02/2018 15:55

He had a ticket. Not very ticket

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AnotherPlaceAnotherTime · 19/02/2018 15:56

Hmm, I love threads like these. Do you think perhaps the man panicked and said the first thing that came into his head?

Or perhaps he is a spy!

ScreamingValenta · 19/02/2018 15:56

Is it possible that rather than getting on at the last station, he actually changed carriages but got out to do this rather than walking through the train?

Morphene · 19/02/2018 15:57

How sure are you that he got on at the last station? He may have moved seat after the last station and in fact have been on the train for some time as he claimed.

Crispbutty · 19/02/2018 15:58

I would say he decided to move to a different carriage.

BigFatFanny · 19/02/2018 15:58

Fair splitting. For sure.

For example, on my commute there's a station 4 stops before mine that is £120 a month cheaper for a season ticket, so you're on the train longer but pay a lot less. A few people at my station buy their season tickets at the other station but day to day get on at mine. Apparently, it's called fair splitting and if caught your ticket can become invalid Shock

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StealthPolarBear · 19/02/2018 15:58

Hmm maybe. Train is mostly empty. If he was going to lie it should be the other way round surely and only if he didn't have a ticket!

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StealthPolarBear · 19/02/2018 15:59

Rally BFF. That's madness!

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CherieBabySpliffUp · 19/02/2018 16:00

Are you on a long distance train?
Sometimes tickets from stop A to C are cheaper than stop B to C even though it is closer. He probably wanted to save some money so bought the ticket for the longer journey but got in at the stop he wanted.

MrsJoshDun · 19/02/2018 16:00

Sometimes a longer journey is cheaper than a shorter journey.

Not sure if it still is but it used to be cheaper for me to buy a ticket from my home town to Barnsley than from my home town to Sheffield even though Sheffield is like 2 stops nearer. So I’d buy the cheaper ticket and jump off before my ticket stop. But I did hear that someone got stopped and done for that at Sheffield train station once.

Sonders · 19/02/2018 16:00

Maybe he got off part way through his journey to visit another city and then got back on to go home? I've done this and didn't know if it was allowed so would have lied too!

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StealthPolarBear · 19/02/2018 16:00

Madness!!

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AAAndy · 19/02/2018 16:01

He could be building an alibi for the murder he'd just committed?

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StealthPolarBear · 19/02/2018 16:01

Ooh cunning Andy. Should I call 101 to log it?

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Bluedoglead · 19/02/2018 16:02

Yeah you aren’t allowed to get off and on again - so you have to do the whole journey in one go Dd gotinto botherfor getting off and on again on a journey to visit her grandparents.

Bluedoglead · 19/02/2018 16:03

This is the split ticketing site: www.splitticketing.com/

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 19/02/2018 16:04

I sometimes have to go to Sheffield for work and it is cheaper to get separate tickets for Birmingham to Derby then Derby to Sheffield, than Birmingham to Sheffield, even on the same train. The only problem is the seat reservations are often for different carriages for each "leg" of the journey, so I may need to sit in coach A until Derby then move to coach D to Sheffield. Perfectly acceptable to buy tickets to do this but often saves a lot of money- can cut the fare in half sometimes.

RandomMess · 19/02/2018 16:05

Lancaster to London is a non-commuter route, Preston to London is despite being only 20 minutes closer to London. Difference in price is huge!!!

ItsAllABitStrangeReally · 19/02/2018 16:06

It's because it's often cheaper to get a ticket from further away. If you're doing it tho you face a big fine.

Scootingthebreeze · 19/02/2018 16:11

I think he was a fellow railway worker. The conductor asked something about whether he was just starting his shift...?

SchadenfreudePersonified · 19/02/2018 16:14

I realose this is none of my business and I will not be calling 101 to log it

Oh come on! Where is your MN spirit? I hope you've least cancelled the cheque.

GrannyGrissle · 19/02/2018 16:16

Nothing so fun as earwigging on other people weirdos in public.

LuxuryMilk · 19/02/2018 16:24

It’s a secret code to go to the dolphin party. The last stop isn’t really the last stop, there is a secret stop after but you can only go if you say the secret phrase.

LuxuryMilk · 19/02/2018 16:25

Did the conductor give a knowing wink and tap his foot 5 times by any chance?

didofido · 19/02/2018 16:25

I live in the Midlands. A ticket to London is much cheaper than one to Oxford - even tho' Oxford, obviously, is a shorter journey on the same train. However, you can't craftily book a London ticket and get off in Oxford because the ticket barriers won't let you out! Madness!