can you use a train ticket after using it on gates?

Question

i was just wondering in the UK once you purchase a train ticket is it possible to use it again after using it in the machine to open the gates at some stations. I know officially this is the wrong thing to do but does the ticket become 'invalid' only after a ticket officer has punched holes in the ticket. The reason i ask is i see my girlfriend at uni most weekends and i'm currently unemployed so getting the train there and back is becoming a bit of a struggle. I have to change trains and the first half of the trip is almost always free as there are never any ticket officers or 'gates' and i usually have to buy the ticket when i get to the end of my journey to get through to gates.

sorry for the long winded question but it was more complex then i first thought :P basically i'm wondering if the machine you put your ticket through makes it void so you cannot put it through the same machine twice? and has anyone actually tried this?

Answer 1

If you have reached your destination then no the ticket has been used and is therefore invalid. If you are part way through your journey then yes it is still valid to pass through barriers in the following situations :



If you are walking out of the station and are not walking to an interchange station the ticket must allow Break Of Journey. All Anytime tickets and most Off Peak tickets (but not all)allow Break Of Journey. Advance tickets do not allow Break Of Journey.



You are only going to access station facilities if the ticket does not allow break of journey.



The only ticket which you could potentially reuse the outward portion on a different day is an Anytime Return (formerly a Standard Open Return) where the outward portion is valid for 5 days, however I would not recommend doing this as it is fare evasion and if suspected you could end up being taking to court in a private prosecution and the train company would almost certainly win with you having to pay a fine of around £300+costs and a criminal record which would ruin your job prospects, something people don't consider until they lose there job and can't get another one after being taken to court and found guilty.



So you have to ask yourself is it really worth it?

Answer 2

you will possibly be able to desire to study the form of value ticket you have. in case you have a month-to-month shuttle card or value ticket then definite, IF that is merely a single journey yet an open value ticket, then NO you will no longer be able to. you're able to call the practice corporation you purchased it from or walk into the practice station and ask.

Answer 3

The ticket becomes void after you have reached your destination, as soon as you reach it the machine will let you though and it will be void after this point.