On Aug 22, 7:21*pm, MIG wrote:
On 22 Aug, 15:01, Andy wrote:





On Aug 22, 2:07*pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

"Andy" wrote in message

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On Aug 22, 1:30 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message

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The National Rail website clearly states that the tickets can only be
used at the stations in the list he

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_...crossing_londo...

So technically a through National Rail ticket isn't valid at Russell
Square. Whether you get let through the barriers, other than at these
'cross-London' stations, is more a matter of luck than right.

Presumably you didn't read the whole section that you linked to then...

I took a short cut, rather than checking the Conditions of Carriage..
There is no mention of this entitlement anywhere except the part of
the National Rail website I linked to. It never used to be the case
that such tickets were valid at intermediate stations (which is why
they don't open the gates).

This limitation of the gates had already been discussed in earlier parts of
the thread [that unfortunately only appeared in uk.transport.london]

I'm surprised that TfL accepted such a change, as they get limited
revenue from the cross-London tickets, compared to the two full fare
singles which used to be needed.

Indeed it used to be free. *I've mentioned before how many years ago
you could travel from, say, Kings Cross to somewhere in South London
for the same price as from Cannon Street etc as long as you got the
ticket from the NR ticket office at Kings Cross. *Worked all the
barriers and everything, but LU was free.

Well, LU wouldn't have been free, more than LU would have got a share
of the fare from King's Cross but maybe not from Cannon Street. Of
course, the passenger wouldn't have noticed the difference.