I will be moving to nearby Kensington Olympia station soon. I know that
Virgin Trains run a few services daily to East Croydon. Are Oyster-loaded
annual travelcards valid on their service? I doubt that Virgin Train
Managers come equipped with Oyster hand-held readers, so don't want to
travel on the Voyager only to be told I'm not meant to.

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:41:30 +0100, "Toby" wrote:

I will be moving to nearby Kensington Olympia station soon. I know that
Virgin Trains run a few services daily to East Croydon. Are Oyster-loaded
annual travelcards valid on their service? I doubt that Virgin Train
Managers come equipped with Oyster hand-held readers, so don't want to
travel on the Voyager only to be told I'm not meant to.

Travelcards (issued for the appropriate zones) are valid on all National
Rail services with the exception of Heathrow Express (all journeys) and
Heathrow Connect (between Hayes and Harlington and the heathrow
stations). All TOCs are signatories to the Travelcard agreement (yes
even ones like Scotrail) that governs acceptance and issuing of London
Travelcard tickets.

More info here

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandtickets/1059.aspx

The National Rail website concurs with the above info.

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:30:06 +0100, Paul Corfield wrote:

Travelcards (issued for the appropriate zones) are valid on all National
Rail services with the exception of Heathrow Express (all journeys) and
Heathrow Connect (between Hayes and Harlington and the heathrow
stations).

So they are valid on Stansted Express?

If I already have a Travelcard, can I then just buy a ticket valdid from
Tottenham Hale to Stansted Airport, board at Liverpool Street, and save a
pound?

--
jhk

Jarle H Knudsen wrote:
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:30:06 +0100, Paul Corfield wrote:


Travelcards (issued for the appropriate zones) are valid on all National
Rail services with the exception of Heathrow Express (all journeys) and
Heathrow Connect (between Hayes and Harlington and the heathrow
stations).


So they are valid on Stansted Express?


Yes.

If I already have a Travelcard, can I then just buy a ticket valdid from
Tottenham Hale to Stansted Airport, board at Liverpool Street, and save a
pound?


Yes, and it does not have to be from that particular station even if
that is the only one it actually stops at. You can buy a ticket from the
boundary of the last zone your Travelcard is valid for and up to
Stansted Airport. For example, if you have a Zone 1-4 Travelcard you can
buy a "BOUNDARY ZONE 4 - STANSTED AIRPORT" ticket from a National Rail
station.

--
Olof Lagerkvist
ICQ: 724451
Web: http://here.is/olof

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:07:59 GMT, Olof Lagerkvist wrote:

Jarle H Knudsen wrote:
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:30:06 +0100, Paul Corfield wrote:


Travelcards (issued for the appropriate zones) are valid on all National
Rail services with the exception of Heathrow Express (all journeys) and
Heathrow Connect (between Hayes and Harlington and the heathrow
stations).


So they are valid on Stansted Express?


Yes.

If I already have a Travelcard, can I then just buy a ticket valdid from
Tottenham Hale to Stansted Airport, board at Liverpool Street, and save a
pound?


Yes, and it does not have to be from that particular station even if
that is the only one it actually stops at. You can buy a ticket from the
boundary of the last zone your Travelcard is valid for and up to
Stansted Airport. For example, if you have a Zone 1-4 Travelcard you can
buy a "BOUNDARY ZONE 4 - STANSTED AIRPORT" ticket from a National Rail
station.

Ok, but at

http://www.stanstedexpress.com/content.asp?SID={4B7B47A8-B865-4410-B500-AE02E0E401ED}&pageid=30

they only sell tickets between Stansted Airport and Tottenham Hale or
Liverpool Street.

How much is a BOUNDARY ZONE 4 - STANSTED AIRPORT ticket?

--
jhk

Jarle H Knudsen wrote:

How much is a BOUNDARY ZONE 4 - STANSTED AIRPORT ticket?

FOR 38.00
SOR 24.20
FOS 22.00
CDR 15.00
SOS 14.00

Only slightly cheaper than Tottenham Hale-Stansted Airport. And somehow
the FOR price is more expensive, while the FOS is still slightly cheaper.
--
Michael Hoffman

"Toby" wrote in message ...
I will be moving to nearby Kensington Olympia station soon. I know that
Virgin Trains run a few services daily to East Croydon. Are Oyster-loaded
annual travelcards valid on their service? I doubt that Virgin Train
Managers come equipped with Oyster hand-held readers, so don't want to
travel on the Voyager only to be told I'm not meant to.

I wouldn't make any plans based on the VXC service continuing for long
though, its binned with the new franchise...

Paul

Paul Scott wrote:
"Toby" wrote in message
...
I will be moving to nearby Kensington Olympia station soon. I know
that Virgin Trains run a few services daily to East Croydon. Are
Oyster-loaded annual travelcards valid on their service? I doubt
that Virgin Train Managers come equipped with Oyster hand-held
readers, so don't want to travel on the Voyager only to be told I'm
not meant to.

I wouldn't make any plans based on the VXC service continuing for long
though, its binned with the new franchise...

I wouldn't have thought that they were much use, anyway. There's only the
Brighton service just before mid-day and then the evening service just after
tea. The hourly Southern service from Watford Junction would probably be far
more convenient.