Combination Tickets to beat SWT 'before 1100' fare increase ?
Paul Scott wrote
By the way, its interesting that you refer to the 'before 1100'
increase. At
my local station, Fareham, the 1020 via Basingstoke is the first
train that
I can get with a normal CDR - it is only 15 mins later than 1005, the
first
train on which I could previously use my Network Card due to the
after 1000
rule. As an occasional traveller to London a Network card is de
rigeur -
therefore its not a huge change...
Also - the NR OJP Fare Checker cannot deal with the super off peak
fares
yet. I've reported it to NR, and they have replied implying its all
too
complicated, as it requires different rules for every SWT station...
Good points. The new SWT leaflet says "on trains leaving after 11am or
in the case of stations further away from London, on trains arriving in
London after 12 noon"
This is exactly the same as the CDR wording except that that uses
"9:30" and "10:00 or after" so there should be no difficulty in doing
the one if they can do the other and ignoring the 'further away'
qualification.
The Fare checker just needs to know if a particular ticket is valid on
a particular train AFAICT. I looked for anomolies with trains pausing
or on circuitous routes "to London" but all seemed to be either wholly
within the zones and so irrelevant or as trivial as the 1058 Guildford
via Epsom arr 1211, 1102 direct arr 1140.
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Mike D
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