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Colin Rosenstiel · September 18th 08, 11:35 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Paul Scott) wrote:

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
l.co.uk...
Does anyone here understand the logic by which TOCs decide the addon
cost of Day Travelcards over Day Returns to London Terminals?

Looking at a random selection of towns and cities around London most
seem to be in the range £2.50-£4.50 (before railcard discounts). All
except FCC, that is. The Huntingdon addon is £5 while Cambridge seems

to have to highest of all at £6.

Above £4.50 and the point of Travelcards is destroyed for most users
who only make 2 tube journeys and have railcards and Oyster.

I normally use a Travelcard addon for day trips, effectively at
£4.50, because my Network Railcard reduces that to £3.00.

Lucky you!

I use
Oyster PAYG if I'm already in the London area, but the Network Card
discount isn't available on Oyster yet. Maybe it will be introduced
by ATOC/NR for Sat and Sun only once all TOCs are accepting PAYG...

Maybe. Colour me sceptical.

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Colin Rosenstiel