Peter Masson wrote:

"Andrew Wilson" wrote in message
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Many thanks for this.
I do recall buying a ODTC some years ago with a Disabled Railcard and
finding that the discount was only 50p - obviously this has changed since
then. I also remember trying to get the discount at an LU ticket office
and
was told that the discount didn't exist. I also wondered why the
discounted
ODTC wasn't mentioned in the Disabled Railcard booklet only *Peak* Day
Travelcards which you mention. Does Ken not want us to know that a
discount
exists for railcard holders?

More likely TfL can't get their heads around the travel needs of people who
don't live in Greater London - London residents who qualify for a Disabled
Railcard are likely to have a Freedom Pass, so don't need to purchase ODTCs,
or any other tickets within Greater London (except on National Rail before
0930 Mondays to Fridays).
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tick...m/index.shtml#


Whilst you may have a point about TfL's approach to those who live
outside Greater London, when looking at railcard-discounted ODTCs we're
not just looking at those who hold a Disabled Persons Railcard, or
indeed a Senior Citizens Railcard, who - if they were London residents
- would be eligable for Freedom Passes.

YP Railcards, Family Railcards and Network Railcards also all allow the
purchase of discounted ODTCs. The Railcard websites [1] and leaflets
all state that "you cannot use your [...] railcard to obtain a discount
when purchasing tickets from a London Underground booking office" (see
[2]) - i.e. the only place you can buy a railcard-discounted ODTC is
from a National Rail station.

But this goes against the experience of many people - see in particular
this June 2005 thread on uk.transport.london [3] where many
contributors said they'd had no problem buying discounted tickets from
LU stations. I've heard that others have had problems, so I wonder is
it just a sub-set of LU stations where this is possible, or is it
(perhaps more likely) a sub-set of LU booking office staff who are
aware they can issue railcard discounted ODTCs?


[1] http://www.railcard.co.uk/

[2] http://www.youngpersons-railcard.co.uk/faq.htm#15
(An identical FAQ answer is on each of the different Railcard websites)

[3]
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk....c2cc172dc479cc
or
http://tinyurl.com/oposx