"Mizter T" wrote in message
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"Graham Harrison" wrote:

How do you work out what the supplement is to travel on HS1? I will
have a Maidenhead to all zones Travelcard with a senior discount and I
though I might use HS1 from St P to Stratford International (then the bus
out) just for the fun of it and only one way.

I don't think that either an inboundary Travelcard, or an outboundary
Travelcard that's from a station for which HS1 would not be a valid route
into London, has any validity on the Southeastern Highspeed services
whatsoever (and there isn't a supplement which confers magic powers on it
to make it valid).

So basically you'd need to buy a ticket (£5 single, £3.30 single
w/Railcard discount).

One can take a peek at Stratford International and partake in the unusual
shuttle bus ride through the building site that links it to Stratford
(Regional) station without riding on the Highspeed trains - just head to
Stratford Regional and then find the shuttle bus from there to Int'l
(departs from the end of platform 11 or whatever it is), look around the
concourse/foyer and visit the flashy loos though note that there are
ticket gates which'll prevent you from getting down to the platforms,
before getting the shuttle bus back to Stratford Regional. (There's some
notional restriction on access to the Int'l station being limited to SE
Highspeed ticket holders, but given that there's ticket machines and I
think a ticket office available at the Int'l station, I don't think this
means much, and no-one checks for a ticket getting on the shuttle bus
either.)

Well....

This page

http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk...speed-tickets/

says

If you have a ticket to London Terminals, an outboundary** Travelcard ticket
or you hold a Season ticket, you can upgrade to high speed services by
paying a supplement in addition to your current ticket.

But I can't see where it says what the supplement will be (although given
the fares you menation it's not going to be a fortune!). Mind you, here's
a thought, I'll bet the reference to outboundary Travelcards refers to
inbound journeys from "SET land" not people like me coming from somewhere
else outside London and wanting just to ride to Stratford. I think I feel
an e-mail to SET coming on!