Jason wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:39:36 +0000, Dave Arquati
wrote:


There are Carnet/Oyster validators at end of the long passage from KXSP
tube station to the Thameslink station, enabling pax transferring

It's not that long if you arrive on the Victoria line. :-)

....which is a good reason for me sometimes to catch the District to
Victoria and then go that way instead of getting the Piccadilly straight
there (which feels like an eternity!) :-)

Unfortunately the Oyster validators are constantly marked as "Closed"...
meaning you have to go up to the Pentonville Road TL ticket office to

[snip]

I'm sure you have a good reason for having a Thamelink ticket and an
Oyster Pre-Pay (otherwise you wouldn't have to validate it), but this
begs the obvious question: why (or can't you?) don't you get a through
ticket that covers the entire journey?

The obvious answer: it's cheaper to use prepay for the tube journey
(£1.60 vs £2.00).

Although that's just made me think. Does the railcard discount now apply
to both portions of a combined tube/rail ticket? And in which case would
Z1 - Luton on a railcard therefore be cheaper than prepay + KXTL
Luton? Hmm...


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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7