Barry Salter wrote:
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:12:55 +0100, Clive Page
wrote:


I thought that *all* rail season tickets were automatically valid for
all combinations of stations on a valid route between the end points.
Can you explain what is special about your ticket that makes this not
true?


For a Thameslink journey to, or through, Farringdon, Barbican and
Moorgate your ticket MUST have Underground Zone 1 validity. A ticket to
London Terminals isn't valid beyond City Thameslink from the South and
St Pancras/Kings Cross Thameslink from the North.

What about the "London Thameslink" destination?

Googling that brings up the following:
http://www.travelbuddy.info/main.php...id=6&page_id=9

"Thameslink customers travelling to or from stations between Bedford and
West Hampstead Thameslink are issued with tickets marked "London
Thameslink" for the following London stations: Farringdon, Barbican,
Moorgate, City Thameslink, Blackfriars and London Bridge.

These "London Thameslink" tickets allow passengers travelling from the
north to join the London Underground system at King's Cross St Pancras
Underground station and to leave it at one of the London Thameslink
destinations stated in the previous paragraph. These tickets work the
ticket gates at these Underground stations. Alternatively, passengers
will be able to take bus 63/N63 or bus 45/N45 from outside St Pancras
station to get to their Thameslink destination.

Passengers who travel from central London Thameslink stations to
stations in the north are able to use the Tube or bus 45/N45 or 63/N63
to King's Cross St Pancras to connect with Thameslink at St Pancras.

If you do not wish to travel south beyond St Pancras you will be issued
with a ticket to "London Terminals"."

And:

"Customers travelling to London from the south, including the Brighton
line and the Wimbledon – Sutton – Carshalton line, will continue to be
issued with tickets with the destination “London Terminals” if
travelling to London Bridge, Blackfriars or City Thameslink. Customers
travelling to Farringdon or King's Cross Thameslink from the south will
continue to receive tickets naming these specific stations."

You don't need Underground Zone 1 validity to travel to Farringdon etc.,
but you do need an appropriate Thameslink ticket, e.g. Luton to London
Thameslink will get you to Farringdon (or anywhere as far as London Bridge).

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London