On Apr 23, 7:29*pm, Martin Deutsch wrote:

On Apr 23, 5:39*pm, Mizter T wrote:

On Apr 23, 1:38*pm, Martin Deutsch wrote:

On Apr 23, 12:57*am, Mizter T wrote:

TTBOMK the price of a Railcard-discounted Off-peak Day Travelcard has
only ever gone up in January - i.e. at the same time as the annual
price rise of Day Travelcards - though bizarrely it seems to follow
its own course somewhat, as it stayed £4.80 for at least a couple of
years, though it's now £5.00.

I bought one today from a tube station, and it was £4.90 for z1-6.
Are the ones from NR stations slightly more expensive to cover z1-9?

How very bizarre - those bought from NR stations only ever cover zones
1-6. It used to be the case that Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards
bought from LU stations had zones A-D (on the Met line) thrown in 'for
free' - these days if you want it with zones 7-9 from an LU ticket
office then it costs more (though is still Railcard discounted). I'm
not sure when this changed - perhaps in Nov '07 when London Overground
took over and zones 7-9 were introduced, perhaps it was in the fares
revision of January '08, I'm not sure.

But I am surprised by what you say. I can only think that it's a
mistake - what Railcard did you use? Not that I think it makes a
difference whatsoever - LU tickets merely have "Railcard discounted"
wording or similar printed on them as opposed to the specific type of
Railcard used.

Ah, you're right about them formerly including A-D, while the NR ones
didn't - I think I had it the other way around in my head.

I'm pretty certain the Travelcard is no mistake though! It's not the
first one I've got for that price recently either, and this one is
from an entirely different tube ticket office. I used a 16-25
railcard.
The wording on the ticket is 'Reduced trvlcd std', with a big R.

I shall have to try buying one for myself from an LU station then.
Unless I've gone mad the price of the Railcard-discounted Day
Travelcards I've bought from NR stations lately has been £5.00. I
can't think why LU would charge a different price! (Unless LU round
things down, and NR rounds them up - but that doesn't make any sense
as two-thirds of £7.50 - the full price of a z1-6 Day Travelcard - is
bang on £5.00.) The strange mysteries of ticketing...


Incidentally, the discounted z1-6 PAYG cap is £4.60, but that's not a
lot of use when you need to go on trains in south London...

True. PAYG is coming to NR though! (...eventually...)