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Old July 17th 06, 05:23 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Peter Masson wrote:

The TfL Fares and Tickets leaflet
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tick...006.pdf#page=1
states (at p33 - p17 of the pdf file) 'Reduced price Off-Peak Day
Travelcards are also available from Tube station ticket offices.' However
the leaflet appears to imply that these are only available with Gold Cards
(i.e. for Annual Season Ticket Holders). Careful reading suggests that any
Network Card will do, but the leaflet is silent about other railcards.


There's quite a lot of reading between the lines needed, thats for
sure!

As you imply, the section from which that is taken concerns Gold Cards
(annual Travelcards), so it doesn't directly address the railcard
holder who's after information on whether LU will sell them a reduced
price ODTC.

The section avoids any mention of non-Travelcard Gold Cards - i.e.
point-to-point National Rail annual season tickets, which are also
eligable for reduced price ODTCs.

The worst thing about that section is it doesn't clearly state that
tickets bought for several people with a Gold Card means that all of
those people should travel together at all times. In practice on LU and
London Buses I suspect this isn't really enforced very well, but it
would be on NR.