On Nov 28, 12:18*pm, Roland Perry wrote:

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at 03:19:48 on Sun, 28 Nov 2010, Mizter T remarked:

However in this case it's entirely dependent on whether or not the
ticket is for travel from Plumstead, in which case cross-London
transfer would be included, or from Euston, in which case it obviously
wouldn't be.

Is it an "and connections" ticket, or will they be buying a walk-up on
the day? You might expect (would you get) some flexibility on a strike
day.

We don't know - though the way the poster worded it makes me think the
ticket held is for Euston-Liverpool.

(Any 'intercity and connections' ticket for such a journey would
automatically be issued with the '+' cross-London transfer symbol,
even if the cross-London journey was possible via Thameslink.)


Anyway, trying again, using the National Rail planner, and aiming for
SPILL before 9.32, it suggests going via London Bridge and Peckham Rye
(two tickets required - or would a Travelcard cope).

Forcing the journey planner to route via City Thameslink / Farringdon,
right? Anyhow that's really starting to get round the houses! If the
desire was really to travel up on Thameslink, I'd think MIG's
suggestion of heading to Welling or wherever and catching a direct
train to Peckham Rye for a change onto TL would be the way to go.

(Re tickets for the round the houses route - an expensive Anytime aka
peak Travelcard would cope but that'd be unnecessarily excessive -
whilst separate tickets might technically be required, on a strike day
I don't for a moment think there'd be any problem using a Plumstead to
St Pancras ticket like this, likewise with Oyster PAYG - though at 1hr
16min it'd be getting a bit close to the 100 min max journey time for
a journey across 4 zones, but perhaps those time limits might be more
generous on strike days, I dunno.)


Finally, it's only half a mile walk from Cannon St to City Thameslink
station.

It is - though I'd still be a bit wary of relying on Thameslink on a
strike day, esp. during the rush hour, what with commuters rerouteing
- and again it's only a mile and a half from Charing Cross to Euston
(n.b. take a scarf!).