train ticket question

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hello

I have a prepaid return ticket from stevenage to kings cross

however I now need to travel a shorter distance from welwyn garden city instead which is about three stops down from stevenage (same date of travel)

Can I still use my stevenage to KC ticket ? ( I assume once on the train any inspector is not going to know where I got on the train )

if the barriers are closed at welwyn garden city then will they accept the stevenage to KC ticket & let me onto the platform ?

the barriers will be open when I return to WGC as it will be late at night on a sunday so I know that is not an issue

regards

Best answers:

• Provided your ticket allows break of journey it should be fine.
  As a general rule, the only tickets which don't allow break of journey are Advances i.e. the cheap one-way tickets.
  Whether the barriers at Welwyn Garden City will accept it you'll only know when you try - if they don't simply show your ticket to the gateline attendant who should let you through.
  Don't think that because a barrier rejects your ticket it's necessarily invalid, it's down to how the barriers are programmed. It's probably impossible to program in every valid ticket, and some barriers are programmed more generously than others.
• thanks for the replies & confirming that Im not breaking any rules
  interesting that you say you can also finish short
  I always thought that was a complete no no for all tickets ?
• yes sorry thats right - but I know it wont be an issue whateverthe rules are as the barriers are always open late on sunday night
  But can you travel short on some tickets & not break the rules as one poster suggests ?
• I think quite a few people don't know about break of journey and starting / finishing short.
  I belong to a few walking groups where the walk starts in one place and finishes at another. You can, for example, save a fair bit of money by getting a return ticket which is a valid route for both legs of the trip, starting / finishing short as necessary. Much cheaper than two singles.
  You can also start / finish short on season tickets which allow unlimited journeys between the two points stated and at intermediate stations.
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