best bet would be to get yourself killed (pod-killed) or self destruct, or soemthing, then you'll re-appear back at the start station.
harsh though.
Oh, hang on....
are you miles away "distabce wise". The default map settings are to "avoid stations where a podkill has occured". These are not always in low / dangerous space (in the case of war targets.)
Turn that off in Map properties (F10 -> Autopilot settings) , and examine your route.