"Clive Page" wrote in message
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In article , Barry Salter
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Just to confuse the issue further: one can buy tickets from stations in
Thameslink North (e.g. Luton) to those in Thameslink South (e.g. Gatwick)
which are routed "Thameslink only" i.e. they are not valid for
cross-london travel via underground, nor at any U1 station, but only via

I think that in general the "Thameslink only" wording is used badly, i.e.
it's overly simplified.

I've been sold Thameslink tickets from Brighton to London (sometimes they
have been cheaper than Southern ones) which include a zone 1-6 travelcard,
yet still say "Thameslink only" which I've always presumed applies just to
the journey between the outside of zone 6 and Brighton. But to a tourist or
pedant (!) that detail could be a cause of worry.

Recently though I was travelling to London Bridge on a day when Thameslinks
weren't stopping there (going straight to Blackfriars) and was told by the
ticket office to get on a Southern service instead. Fortunately didn't meet
anybody on the train who might have argued!

K