"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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Jo Lonergan wrote:

Was I breaking the terms of the ticket by leaving the train before it
had reached a London Terminal? And if so, would the staff have been
entitled physically to prevent me from leaving the station until I'd
paid a fine?

On a Cheap Day Return, no, as break of journey and ending short are
permitted on both portions of the ticket. However, that probably
isn't the question you wanted answered, which is presumably what would
have happened if this was done on a ticket where it was explicitly
*not* permitted to do this, such as Advance or Megatrain.

Is it a new condition of advance tickets that stopping short is not
permitted? I've been advised to do exactly that, and 'joining late' by
railway telesales staff int he past to save them work (I assumed).