Pre paid rail tickets-Question.

A question about : Pre paid rail tickets-Question.

Hi Could someone answer this please. I'm going to Ludlow in a couple of weeks and its 2 trains there and back. I intend to buy the prepaid tickets as its cheaper but obviously you have to go on the set time trains.
If the first train was running late or if it broke down etc which meant you had to catch a later train, would you have to pay for the new ticket?. It would be train companies fault not mine but I just wondered what would happen. Especially with the current bad weather.

Best answers:

• If there's a delay on the first train then when you get to the next station search out a member of staff before you board to get confirmation you can travel - I usually ask them to initial the seat ticket with 'ok for hh:mm'.
  I either take a photo of the info screen showing the delay, or show them the train info from realtimetrains.co.uk