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Beware - read the conditions, just in case...United57 said:Stafford to Perry Barr is cheaper than Stafford to Birmingham.
You have to go through Birmingham to get to Perry Barr.
Most days I go out of New Street Station into the Pallasades or the Bull Ring, and I never get stopped when my ticket says Perry Barr on it.Gramaisc said:Beware - read the conditions, just in case...United57 said:Stafford to Perry Barr is cheaper than Stafford to Birmingham.
You have to go through Birmingham to get to Perry Barr.
The professor purchased a specific saver ticket, all you are doing is purchasing a standard ticket which is cheaper. Oddly there are lots of theses anomolies. I think there is a station in north Manchester where its cheaper. Again you have to go through Manchester.tekkers said:Most days I go out of New Street Station into the Pallasades or the Bull Ring, and I never get stopped when my ticket says Perry Barr on it.Gramaisc said:Beware - read the conditions, just in case...United57 said:Stafford to Perry Barr is cheaper than Stafford to Birmingham.
You have to go through Birmingham to get to Perry Barr.
I am ultimately going to Perry Barr but it says on the ticket it says, "Route: Any Permitted," therefore surely you are allowed to do it, and walk out at New Street Station and back in, because the trains aren't direct to Perry Barr, you have to catch the train to Walsall from New Street.
I thought that too.tekkers said:I thought driving past the green metal mesh for weeks was netting,
I lived in Hamstead first year of uni and used to get the train home from Perry Barr most weekends. I was told that you had to go via Walsall to get the cheap Perry Barr-Stafford ticket but the ticket people at Perry Barr didn't care and often told me to get the new street train then change at new street. When I tried to get a ticket back to Perry Barr from Stafford the ticket lady tried to charge me over twice the price because she said I was going to go back via Birmingham rather than take the Walsall train and that's lot more expensive. she actually wouldn't let me get the Walsall ticket and at the time I wasn't the type of person to argue. But like you say it does say any route on the tickets and I never got stopped by anyone on the trains. It makes no sense to me!tekkers said:Most days I go out of New Street Station into the Pallasades or the Bull Ring, and I never get stopped when my ticket says Perry Barr on it.Gramaisc said:Beware - read the conditions, just in case...United57 said:Stafford to Perry Barr is cheaper than Stafford to Birmingham.
You have to go through Birmingham to get to Perry Barr.
I am ultimately going to Perry Barr but it says on the ticket it says, "Route: Any Permitted," therefore surely you are allowed to do it, and walk out at New Street Station and back in, because the trains aren't direct to Perry Barr, you have to catch the train to Walsall from New Street.
'Dr B Ching' looks at these anomalies in current Eye. Worth a read - extract;United57 said:Beware - read the conditions, just in case...
The professor purchased a specific saver ticket, all you are doing is purchasing a standard ticket which is cheaper. Oddly there are lots of theses anomolies. I think there is a station in north Manchester where its cheaper. Again you have to go through Manchester.
google split your ticket
Correct.henryscat said:"Any permitted" route does not equate to "any" route...
Yes, all the quoted fares are for day returns.basil said:are these return fares?........
Don't forget evryone it is only £2 all to park at the station on a Saturday which I agree would appeal to anyone visisting StaffordThehooperman said:Who is going to park at the station to go shopping? Are we really that short of parking spaces near the shops that people will pay a fortune for the privilage of carting their shopping miles back to their cars assuming they can find the camouflaged monstrosity through the treesacpoynton said:And from Network Rail
.....The special off-peak rates should also appeal to shoppers and weekend travellers.”
It's ironic that this new car park is on the site that was once the bus terminus. So much for integrated transport and encouraging people to use public transport, eh?