"Peter Campbell Smith" wrote in message
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Can anyone help me understand this (from http://www.senior-
railcard.co.uk/)?

* All Senior Railcard holders will get 1/3 off Anytime Day Travelcards
(Zones 1 - 6) for journeys starting outside the London Travelcard zones.
* Existing Railcard conditions apply and discounts will be subject to
any time restrictions that apply to the Railcard, for instance
restrictions
on travel on week day mornings in the London & South East area.

An Anytime Day Travelcard is one valid at peak (and off-peak) times,
unlike
the cheaper Off-Peak one. So if I want to travel at peak time, say
starting at 8am, the first bullet point seems to suggest I get a discount.

But the second one says that the discount is subject to the usual time
restrictions, which a "However, you won't be able to enjoy a Railcard
discount when travelling peak time Monday to Friday within London and the
South East, including all South West Trains services to and from London
Waterloo."

So that seems to say that I can buy a discounted Anytime Day Travelcard,
but I can only use it off-peak. Why would I want to do that? Is there
some part of the day that is off-peak for the London and South East
restriction, but still peak from a Travelcard point of view?

You don't get a discount on Anytime tickets in London and the South East
during the morning peak. However, some TOCs (FCC, NXEA) have introduced
evening peak restrictions on Off-peak tickets. So if you want an
out-boundary Day Travelcard on these TOCs, travelling up Off-peak but
returning in the evening peak, you need an Anytime Day Travelcard - but, as
long as your up journey is on a train on which an Off-peak ticket is valid,
you can use a Senior Railcard (or after 10 am SX, a Network Card) to get a
discounted Anytime Day Travelcard.

Isn't rail ticketing complicated?

Peter