Re: [NSW] CityRail ticketing query.

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@eisa.net.au> wrote in message
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> Yes, that is the other point I forgot about. The Cheltenham to City weekly
> doesn't mention via whatever route so my view is why can't you use it to
go
> via Hornsby and the Shore to the City as well as via Strathfield.
However,
> I once wanted to use it to go to Nth Sydney but on enquiring at Wynyard I
> was told it was via Strathfield only.  They fed it through a scanner and
it
> came up on a computer screen. I am still of the view that City rail is on
> shaky legal ground here as the ticket should be very clear on travel
> options. How hard would it be to print via Strathfield only and clear up
any
> doubt. Maybe the true position is that you can legally use the shore
option
> but City Rail doesn't want to admit it.  Almost worth the $50 fine to
> challenge them on it.  Anybody got any ideas about the true position.

Using this reasoning, I could purchase a ticket from Harris Park to
Granville, and as long as I leave Harris Park on a Cumberland Line train, I
could go via Glenfield and the City. (Extreme example, I know, but same
reasoning).

Dave