London Banter - View Single Post - Probably stupid routing question

Colin Rosenstiel · October 13th 06, 12:50 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article .com,
(Yorkie) wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:
I want to cycle from London to Cambridge on saturday morning,
take the train to Norwich in the evening, take it back to Cambridge
on sunday morning, then come back to London on sunday evening. I'm
thinking a single big London - Norwich return is likely to be
cheaper than a Cambridge - Norwich return and a Cambridge - London
single.

As you will discover, it is often not the case that one big ticket
is cheaper than a combination of tickets. In fact it's often cheaper to
'split' tickets in this way, especially if undertaking a day return
over a journey where day returns are not available (although I
realise that's not the case here).

A London-Norwich SOR is 66GBP.

London-Cambridge SOR is 35.80GBP
Cambridge-Norwich SOR is 20.90GBP

But you don't need a return from London-cambridge if you are cycling
one way, and there is no need for a SOR for Cambridge-Norwich; a
Saver will do fine.

An Anglia Day Ranger would be cheaper at a tenner each way.

A Cambridge-London SDS is 17.90GBP (CDS 17.50GBP), and a
Cambridge-Norwich SVR is only 16.70

So you only need to spend 17.50 + 16.70 = 34.20GBP (A saving of
31.80 off the London-Norwich SOR!)

Or less.

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Colin Rosenstiel