"Mizter T" wrote in message
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On Sep 9, 9:24 pm, wrote:

[snip]

The standard FCC ruse at Cambridge for those who want to return
within the
evening peak is the buy an Off-Peak Day Return or Day Travelcard from
Ely
which is cheaper than the anytime version. Cambridge are happy to
sell
tickets from Ely, seeing as it's NXEA and not FCC selling them.

Interesting - thanks for that, that's one to remember. For those not
clued up on these things (and I had to check!), FCC created the
concept of "zones A to E" so as to apply their off-peak evening
restrictions - Ely is in zone E whilst Cambridge is in zone D - and
yes, return journeys to zone E are exempt from the restrictions,
whilst zone D isn't.

FCC's off-peak restrictions and 'zones' are all explained here, along
with a link to a map of the zones:
http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk...iCmsPageId=134

Although the FCC website is clear that the restrictions do not apply to
Ely, the fares data has not been updated correctly. In The Manual the
CDR from Ely - London has the same restriction code as Cambridge -
London. Therefore online booking engines will not show this ticket for
travel during the evening peak.

Peter Smyth