>> I used to buy tickets from Kings Cross to Edinburgh and get off at York
>> all the time. No one ever said anything. I assumed they were cheaper because of
>> Scottish subsidies.
I'm not sure whether there was a Scottish subsidy or just market pricing to compete with the airlines.
A lot of those sort of tickets had conditions that prohibited leaving the train short of the ticketed destination or boarding after ticketed origin. I suspect, as Zero says, whether that was enforced depended on how (a) sharp eyed and (b) motivated barrier staff were.
I seem to remember somebody with a ticket to/from somewhere further north being prosecuted for attempting to either board or leave a train at Morpeth.
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