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[email protected] · December 19th 08, 11:06 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Peter Masson) wrote:

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The things where a travelcard is bundled into a day return (which
Chiltern have done for a while, but Virgin now seem to do as well) are
marginal: they're six zone, which is good if you're going to use it
but less good value if you aren't. And I'm never entirely sure
(perhaps someone could comment) on if they include buses.

If your National Rail journey is via a central London terminus the
off-peak ODTC costs about the same as a CDR plus two Zone 1 tube
journeys on Oyster. So if your travel in London is more than this,
and especiall;y if it includes any other National Rail journeys, for
which Oyster P&G is not valid, then the ODTC is better value.
However, if you change from National Rail to TfL at a suburban
station (Upminster, Barking, Ealing Broadway, etc) and then only use
Oyster on TfL within London, then a CDR plus Oyster is the answer.

If only the CDR to ODTC addon was standardised across TOCs! Its well above
that from Cambridge (set by FCC) and lower on others.

Cambridge-KGX CDR ODTC Addon
Plain £18 £24 £6
W/Railcard £11.90 £15.85 £3.95

From 2 January (when a Zone 1 Oyster single goes up to £1.60) it gets
worse:

CDR ODTC Addon
Plain £20 £26.50 £6.50
W/Railcard £13.20 £17.50 £4.30

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Colin Rosenstiel