On 16 May, 13:23, Ross  wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 04:02:19 -0700 (PDT), John B wrote in
> ,
> seen in uk.railway:
>
> [...]
>
> > Given that all long-distance TOCs check tickets several
> > times during the journey,
>
> They do?
>
> The regular journeys I made on GNER without ever having my ticket
> checked must have been a figment of my imagination, then.

I'm surprised: I'm struggling to think of a time I've been on a GNER/
NXEC, Virgin or MML train for a journey longer than 45 minutes and not
had a ticket check onboard.

[OK, Grantham to Newark or Doncaster to Wakefield can often be a
different story, but charging the undiscounted fare for those journeys
isn't quite the same thing as sticking someone for GBP200 at a time
when Savers are valid...]

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John Band
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