On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:32:41 +0000, Richard Adamfi
wrote:

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 18:41:46 +0000, Paul Corfield
wrote:
but I'm not referring to season tickets. I'm talking about single and
return fares and unless I've missed something recently TOC fares have
always been higher than the equivalent LUL fare.

Off peak return fares on National Rail are usually cheaper than tube
fares because tube returns are still twice the single, whereas TOC off
peak day returns are usually almost not much more than a peak single.

Factor in new Oyster Pre-Pay fares and things get vey odd for
(e.g.) Walthamstow Central to London Terminals:

NR weekdays & W/O a Rail Card:
2.40 Standard Day Single
3.00 Cheap Day Return
3.80 Standard Day Return

Tube Zone 3 to Zone 1:
2.50 Single
5.00 Return
(4.70 Off Peak Day Travelcard)

Oyster Pre-Pay Weekend fares:
1.80 Single
3.60 Return

WAGN weekends with Rail Card:
1.60 Standard Day Single
2.00 Cheap Day Return
2.50 Standard Day Return

From non-season ticket holders, makes life very confusing!


Cheers,

Jason.