THERE’’S an advert doing the rounds at the moment for ScotRail which claims that your ticket goes much further than you think.

How much further it doesn’t specify but I’m tempted to put it to the test by buying a single to Stirling and going all the way to Inverness and see what happens.

I’m not sure the barrier staff in the Highland capital would accept my excuse or tell me how much further my ticket will actually go if it’s not here.

Of course the whole point of a ticket is that it allows you to travel from station A to station B and any confusion on the passenger’s side can be easily allayed by simply looking at the ticket.

If it says Edinburgh, then that’s how far you’re allowed to go so your ticket doesn’t actually go any further than you think at all as it’s set out clearly in black and white.

Sadly at this time, a rail ticket is fast becoming a lottery ticket due to severe disruption caused........

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