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Old March 3rd 08, 01:25 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Colin Rosenstiel Colin Rosenstiel is offline
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Default Thameslink/FCC ticket validity question again

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(Mr Thant) wrote:

On 3 Mar, 01:03, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
I have to make a visit to FCC's central lost property office some

time
soon. Will my Cambridge-London Terminals cheap day return be valid to
there (City Thameslink) via St Pancras International?


No. See page A4:
http://www.atoc.org/retail/_download...8_Common_A.pdf

"In addition London Terminals fares are NOT valid if travelling beyond
St. Pancras International from the north or beyond City Thameslink
from the south."


Curious. On this occasion I'll just cycle from King's Cross but the
latter point isn't consistent with the tickets I was sold for
Cambridge-London plus London-Brighton and return last year and in 2006.
On both occasions I stayed in London overnight on the outward journey and
returned direct via King's Cross Thameslink.

Alternatively, will it be valid to Farringdon to reduce my cycling
distance if I can't go all the way? I ask that because I am told by a
ticket holder that Cambridge-London Terminals seasons at least are
valid to Moorgate via Farringdon.


Yes they are, but you're not allowed to use Thameslink services, and
you're not allowed out at Farringdon. See page L5:
http://www.atoc.org/retail/_download...8_Common_L.pdf

"between Kings Cross St Pancras Und and Moorgate (via Circle,
Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Northern Lines) but
intermediately at Old Street ONLY"


Ah! That all explains an old thread here much better than happened at the
time. It also suggests that the Moorgate validity is entirely a
substitute for validity via the GNC and definitely not a residue of the
Widened Lines services pre-1975.

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Colin Rosenstiel