On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:51:01 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:

I'll leave it to someone else to try doing a break of journey in
Reading with that ticket!

Sounds like a challenge. Any Barriers at Reading?

Yes. Thousands of 'em.

CORE [1] also thinks this (Paddington to Reading via Slough, Reading to
Clapham Junction via Staines) is the shortest route, and puts it at 75:27
miles.

Presumably only if you tell it not to count walks or cross-London
transfers as part of the shortest route.

Besides, even then, it's not the shortest route from London Terminals
to Clapham Junction (which is what's actually printed on the ticket).