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October 8th 06, 07:34 PM
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Paddington Ticket Machines
Mizter T wrote:
Mark B wrote: Mizter T wrote: One thing that's always useful bearing in mind is that Saver Returns cost a pound than Saver Singles (I think this is universal across all TOCs) - I pretty much always buy a return even if I don't need it just in case. As far as I can see a similar rule seems to apply for Cheap Day Returns - i.e. a CDR costs little more (like 10p more) than a standard single (or cheap day single if they're available on that route) - though for shorter journeys the price difference between single and CDR appears to be greater (at least in the south-east). Anyway the point being that if you're buying walk-on tickets it might be worth checking how much more expensive a return is - even if you're only after a single - just in case plans change. Yes but London Underground don't do returns IIRC. Reading the original post I presumed (possibly inaccurately) that "McCall" was asking about the National Rail ticket machines - they asked about "London Paddington", appeared to be comparing the situation they might encouter to the LU machines that they had knowledge of, and the question has been asked in the uk.railway newsgroup as opposed to uk.transport.london. Perhaps when they return here they can clarify their question. By the by LU does do return fares, which are twice the single fare [1] - but in most instances it's cheaper for a passenger to buy a Day Travelcard (even an expensive peak Day Travelcard) than buying a return at the cost of two singles. I presume there's an option to buy a return from an LU ticket machine, and I also presume that it'll sell a passenger a Day Travelcard if it's cheaper than the price of two singles. ICBW on both counts though as I haven't bought an LU single or return fare on a paper ticket for ages - I'll take a look at a machine tomorrow if I can and report back. ----- [1] http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/2006/single/ Yeah - the fool that I was had gone and forgotten my Oyster Card  |
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