On 14 Nov, 13:49, "David A Stocks" wrote:
"Mizter T" wrote in message
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On 14 Nov, 12:12, "David A Stocks" wrote:
Coming from the south a London Terminals ticket is in fact valid as
far as City Thameslink.
... but City Thameslink is closed on Sundays.
But of course. I forgot about that.
At Blackfriars, despite it being gated, there should be Oyster readers
somewhere on the platform
I don't think there are - certainly not near enough for you to be able to
re-board the same train (that's what I meant by a *sensible* way to validate
the Oyster card ...). If anyone knows please shout! If only they had
validators on the trains ...
The reason I am farily certain that there must be standalone readers
is that they are always provided at interchange stations where
passengers might be entering or leaving PAYG territory - thus far I
haven't come across anywhere where this isn't the case, though I
haven't nosed around Blackfriars since the ticket gates have been
installed. I imagine that an Oyster reader or two could be hidden down
in the subway.
But I absolutely understand - rushing around jumping on and off trains
is hardly a sensible way to do things! However do see Peter Massons
post - he suggests that you could just wait 5 minutes for the next FCC
Thameslink train up from Sutton (if those trains are running to the
normal timetable, and nothing on the FCC website would seem to suggest
otherwise).
Don't go to Victoria as the Victoria line is closed all day sunday.
Thanks for that!
There is a lot of work happening across the LU network at weekends,
and it's certainly caught me out in the past. So I'll retell the
boring but useful advice that it's a good idea to check ahead of
travelling - the URL below should always take you to up-to-date
information on engineering works and planned closures on the
Underground for the forthcoming weekend:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravel...l-weekend.html
(or this page can be accessed via the TfL homepage - "Live travel
news" then "This weekend").
The number 4 bus goes from outside City Thameslink up to the Angel,
Islington - see this PDF of the Ludgate Circus bus spider map:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaro...blackfriarsand...
That's an option - a short walk from Blackfriars ...
It's not very far at all really.
Otherwise you should be able to buy an extension ticket at Brighton so
you could stay on the Thameslink train and transfer to the Northern
line at KX.
I'll be investigating this further ...
I'd be very interested to know how you get on if you do this. The
first thing is whether they'll manage to sell you this ticket - I can
imagine it might cause a bit of confusion, but then again Brighton is
on the Thameslink route and they should be used to things like this.
If there is trouble the magic words might simply be "zone 1
Underground ticket".
The second thing is how much it costs. I'd imagine it would be £4
single, as that is the price of a printed Underground ticket for
journeys involving zone 1 - however there might be some special
pricing if it's considered an extension to your existing ticket,
though I don't think that would be the case. Perhaps the uk.railway
fares experts can help out here?
Also I've only just really taken on board that your making a return
journey, presumably all on the same day. In that case the £4 single LU
ticket is obviously no good. A return wouldn't be £8 however, but
instead you'd get a zones 1&2 Day Travelcard at a cost of £5.10. Again
the Brighton ticket office should be able to sell you that.