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London Crossrail to Reading
On 03/04/2014 19:31, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 17:01:09 on Thu, 3 Apr 2014, Mizter T remarked: I'm used to comparison with journeys to East Putney/Putney. The via SWT fares are higher. I expect that is not so in the case of Wimbledon. It is the case. Are we assuming everyone wants the cheapest journey, irrespective of how long it takes, or the facilities[tm] available on the trains? I wasn't assuming anything along those lines, merely addressing Colin's question (or rather erroneous expectation) with regards to the fares. For such a journey the fares will undoubtedly be a consideration for some though, especially given the fact there's not a huge time saving in going via Waterloo/SWT. It's not quite the same as some of the cheaper route options which avoid zone 1 (which exist on London Overground), where the extra journey time can be rather more than 10 minutes. Re the facilities issue - there are no loos on the class 455 trains which provide the bulk of the Waterloo to Wimbledon service. Such facilities exist at the aptly named Waterloo, of course. |
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London Crossrail to Reading
On Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:29:57 +0100, Mizter T
wrote: On 03/04/2014 19:31, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 17:01:09 on Thu, 3 Apr 2014, Mizter T remarked: I'm used to comparison with journeys to East Putney/Putney. The via SWT fares are higher. I expect that is not so in the case of Wimbledon. It is the case. Are we assuming everyone wants the cheapest journey, irrespective of how long it takes, or the facilities[tm] available on the trains? I wasn't assuming anything along those lines, merely addressing Colin's question (or rather erroneous expectation) with regards to the fares. For such a journey the fares will undoubtedly be a consideration for some though, especially given the fact there's not a huge time saving in going via Waterloo/SWT. It's not quite the same as some of the cheaper route options which avoid zone 1 (which exist on London Overground), where the extra journey time can be rather more than 10 minutes. Re the facilities issue - there are no loos on the class 455 trains which provide the bulk of the Waterloo to Wimbledon service. Such facilities exist at the aptly named Waterloo, of course. Elegant phrasing indeed. -- http://www.991fmtalk.com/ The DMZ in Reno |
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