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Old April 23rd 09, 06:50 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default East London Line Ex Ph 2 funding deal / loss of Vic - Bellinghamservice


On Apr 23, 6:46*pm, Arthur Figgis wrote:

David A Stocks wrote:
current annual season ticket prices are roughly:


Hove to London Terminals £3,500 (current ticket)
Hove to Zones 1-6 * * * *£4,000
Hove to Zones 2-6 * * * *£3,000 (using Overground from CLJ to SPB)


FWIW,

apples-vs-oranges
Mobility BahnCard 100 costs EUR 3,500 for 2nd class or EUR 5,900 for 1st
...
Apart from a few exceptions (e.g. DB AutoZug), it allows you to make any
number of journeys on any DB train, on selected buses and rail lines run
by many other transport companies. A supplement is payable for ICE
Sprinter and CityNightLine trains.
...
BahnCard holders are also entitled to a 25 per cent discount on the
normal fare for the foreign section of the journey in 29 European countries.
http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/bah...bahn__card.htm
/apples-vs-oranges


Instructive indeed. I hadn't realised a BahnCard 100 was so cheap...
or indeed that we were... [fx: voice trails off into silence]

How does it make economic sense for DB? Or does it not?