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twalker · January 20th 04, 03:43 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
says...
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!) :-)

This is quite baffling. There is no district line at KxStP, and if
you've already got to KxStP via the Victoria line, why not stay on it
to Victoria (where there are Dictrict line trains (and circles)
to South Ken.

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...