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Mr Thant September 26th 07 10:16 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
Hi,

What are people's experiences buying unusual or long distance or
Railcard-discounted tickets at NR stations where the ticket office is
run by LUL? Also, any luck getting Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards
at ordinary LUL stations?

U

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Ernst S Blofeld September 26th 07 11:45 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
Mr Thant wrote:
What are people's experiences buying unusual or long distance or
Railcard-discounted tickets at NR stations where the ticket office is
run by LUL? Also, any luck getting Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards
at ordinary LUL stations?


Not good. Kentish Town is a particular nuisance as they can't dispense
return tickets for NR trains that actually stop there.

ESB

Tom Anderson September 26th 07 02:46 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Mr Thant wrote:

What are people's experiences buying unusual or long distance or
Railcard-discounted tickets at NR stations where the ticket office is
run by LUL?


Utter failure, i'm afraid. Highbury & Islington is my battleground here.

Also, any luck getting Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards at ordinary
LUL stations?


Yes, ISTR doing that.

tom

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Paul Corfield September 26th 07 03:05 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:16:08 -0700, Mr Thant
wrote:

Hi,

What are people's experiences buying unusual or long distance or
Railcard-discounted tickets at NR stations where the ticket office is
run by LUL?


Isn't this is a slightly unfair question given that LU offices, even
where there is a NR service at the location, have always had a
restricted ticket range and are not subject to the same obligations as
normal NR stations that have ticket offices? In such cases why would
one be able to buy a unusual (whatever one of those is) or long distance
ticket?

I rarely have to buy tickets but have managed to get NR tickets at
Blackhorse Road reasonably well - after the 10 minute queue for tickets
involving family groups (talk about 20 questions!) has got out of the
way.

I would also comment that I would not trust the "One" ticket office at
Walthamstow Central to sell me anything more complicated than a ticket
to Liverpool St. If I want something complex (i.e. any ticket I would
buy as I have privilege facilities and cannot book on line) I go to a
big station with a decent travel centre and try to book in advance as
the risk of a 30 minute queue when I have 10 minutes to catch a train is
far too great. Liverpool St struggled to sell me a one day PlusBus
ticket for Colchester earlier this year (on top of a normal return
ticket) - this despite the window in question having a dispenser of
PlusBus leaflets on it.

Also, any luck getting Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards
at ordinary LUL stations?


Not applicable in this case.

Why are you asking the questions?
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

[email protected] September 26th 07 03:41 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On 26 Sep, 16:05, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:16:08 -0700, Mr Thant

wrote:
Hi,


What are people's experiences buying unusual or long distance or
Railcard-discounted tickets at NR stations where the ticket office is
run by LUL?


Isn't this is a slightly unfair question given that LU offices, even
where there is a NR service at the location, have always had a
restricted ticket range and are not subject to the same obligations as
normal NR stations that have ticket offices? In such cases why would
one be able to buy a unusual (whatever one of those is) or long distance
ticket?

I rarely have to buy tickets but have managed to get NR tickets at
Blackhorse Road reasonably well - after the 10 minute queue for tickets
involving family groups (talk about 20 questions!) has got out of the
way.

I would also comment that I would not trust the "One" ticket office at
Walthamstow Central to sell me anything more complicated than a ticket
to Liverpool St. If I want something complex (i.e. any ticket I would
buy as I have privilege facilities and cannot book on line) I go to a
big station with a decent travel centre and try to book in advance as
the risk of a 30 minute queue when I have 10 minutes to catch a train is
far too great. Liverpool St struggled to sell me a one day PlusBus
ticket for Colchester earlier this year (on top of a normal return
ticket) - this despite the window in question having a dispenser of
PlusBus leaflets on it.

Also, any luck getting Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards
at ordinary LUL stations?


Not applicable in this case.

Why are you asking the questions?
--
Paul C

Admits to working for London Underground!



I would like to answer your question about buying railcard discounted
tickets at ordinary LUL stations. You wont be able to buy discounted
tickets unless the LUL station is a shared station. For example
Farringdon I have had no problems buying railcard discounted tickets
to the stations on the Bedford line.

Certain LUL stations refuse to even though they are shared. For
example Highbury and Islington wont sell you any railcard discounted
tickets.

It is very inconsistent in my experience and
it depends upon the genorisity of the shared LUL NR station.



Paul Scott September 26th 07 04:26 PM

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"Mr Thant" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi,

What are people's experiences buying unusual or long distance or
Railcard-discounted tickets at NR stations where the ticket office is
run by LUL? Also, any luck getting Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards
at ordinary LUL stations?


I would imagine anything to do with Day Travelcards is strictly off limits
to a LU station, as they have been binned in favour of Oyster Pre Pay daily
capping surely? So a railcard discount is academic...

Paul



John B September 26th 07 04:46 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On 26 Sep, 17:26, "Paul Scott" wrote:
What are people's experiences buying unusual or long distance or
Railcard-discounted tickets at NR stations where the ticket office is
run by LUL? Also, any luck getting Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards
at ordinary LUL stations?


I would imagine anything to do with Day Travelcards is strictly off limits
to a LU station, as they have been binned in favour of Oyster Pre Pay daily
capping surely? So a railcard discount is academic...


No, you can still absolutely buy Day Travelcards at LU stations.

Whether this will change when NR moves to PrePay within the zones is
another question, but it will certainly continue for as long as the
ticket exists....

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john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org


Peter Smyth September 26th 07 04:50 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 

"Paul Scott" wrote in message
...

"Mr Thant" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi,

What are people's experiences buying unusual or long distance or
Railcard-discounted tickets at NR stations where the ticket office is
run by LUL? Also, any luck getting Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards
at ordinary LUL stations?


I would imagine anything to do with Day Travelcards is strictly off limits
to a LU station, as they have been binned in favour of Oyster Pre Pay
daily capping surely? So a railcard discount is academic...


You can still buy paper One Day Travelcards from LUL stations and until
every NR station in London is equipped for Oyster they will have to continue
selling them.

Peter Smyth



Mr Thant September 26th 07 05:03 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On Sep 26, 4:05 pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
Isn't this is a slightly unfair question given that LU offices, even
where there is a NR service at the location, have always had a
restricted ticket range and are not subject to the same obligations as
normal NR stations that have ticket offices?


I don't mean where it's "at the same location", I mean where the LUL
ticket office and machines are the only way through the barrier onto
NR services. Are you meant to be able to buy the same tickets here as
at an NR ticket office? I'm never quite sure.

In such cases why would
one be able to buy a unusual (whatever one of those is) or long distance
ticket?


unusual = anything other than "full price single (or day return) from
this station to X", where X is a nearby station.

U

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Paul Corfield September 26th 07 05:25 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:03:10 -0700, Mr Thant
wrote:

On Sep 26, 4:05 pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
Isn't this is a slightly unfair question given that LU offices, even
where there is a NR service at the location, have always had a
restricted ticket range and are not subject to the same obligations as
normal NR stations that have ticket offices?


I don't mean where it's "at the same location", I mean where the LUL
ticket office and machines are the only way through the barrier onto
NR services. Are you meant to be able to buy the same tickets here as
at an NR ticket office? I'm never quite sure.


So to test an example - Highbury and Islington should be able to sell a
GNER "Loony Woony Toony" [1] ticket to Newcastle upon Tyne because you
can catch a FCC train at Highbury and then eventually change on a GNER
service at Stevenage or Peterborough?

Or Kentish Town should be able sell you a ticket to Kettering because
you can change from FCC to Midland Mainline at Luton?


As I have already said LU stations (used to be called Section "T"
stations when I was involved in all this years back) can only sell to a
limited range of destinations (certainly not the entire NR network), can
only sell a limited range of types, can only deal with a limited range
of discounts and certainly cannot do things like reservations. Part of
this is down to history and part of this is down to the fact that I
imagine someone wanting a £4 ticket to Brixton or Dagenham or to add £30
to their Oyster card is not remotely interested in being stuck behind
someone taking 20 minutes for a transaction. There is also the
technological and staff training overhead in dealing with a massively
complex NR ticket set up for very little benefit indeed.

It is going to be very interesting to see what happens under the
Overground set up - I imagine that current TOC locations will see no
change but what will happen at "transferred to LU control" stations like
Kew Gardens or Queens Park I do not know. I imagine London Travelwatch
are already on the warpath after their previous campaign about
Stratford.

checks

Surprisingly there is nothing in the news section.


[1] not a real ticket type obviously but it has a certain ring don't you
think?
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Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Mr Thant September 26th 07 05:56 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On Sep 26, 6:25 pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
So to test an example - Highbury and Islington should be able to sell a
GNER "Loony Woony Toony" [1] ticket to Newcastle upon Tyne because you
can catch a FCC train at Highbury and then eventually change on a GNER
service at Stevenage or Peterborough?


Why not? I'm sure you would have no hassle buying out-of-town tickets
up the road at Drayton Park or Essex Road, and I'm sure people
regularly do.

It is going to be very interesting to see what happens under the
Overground set up - I imagine that current TOC locations will see no
change but what will happen at "transferred to LU control" stations like
Kew Gardens or Queens Park I do not know. I imagine London Travelwatch
are already on the warpath after their previous campaign about
Stratford.


Harrow & Wealdstone will be LUL and have direct trains to Birmingham
(and potentially Crewe in future), which should be interesting. Plus I
was surprised to see the new Goblin ticket machines have full NR
software. I wonder if it'll last.

U

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Neil Williams September 26th 07 07:15 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:05:56 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

Liverpool St struggled to sell me a one day PlusBus
ticket for Colchester earlier this year (on top of a normal return
ticket) - this despite the window in question having a dispenser of
PlusBus leaflets on it.


That's because the damned things are too complicated to issue and need
to be done as an add-on.

The solution is to just add them as origins and destinations and allow
a normal ticket to be sold for them. That might mean offering
Railcard discounts, which could be compensated for by increasing the
non-Railcard fare a bit so the overall take would still be the same.

Neil

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Paul Scott September 26th 07 08:13 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 

"Peter Smyth" wrote in message
...

"Paul Scott" wrote in message
...

"Mr Thant" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi,

What are people's experiences buying unusual or long distance or
Railcard-discounted tickets at NR stations where the ticket office is
run by LUL? Also, any luck getting Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards
at ordinary LUL stations?


I would imagine anything to do with Day Travelcards is strictly off
limits to a LU station, as they have been binned in favour of Oyster Pre
Pay daily capping surely? So a railcard discount is academic...


You can still buy paper One Day Travelcards from LUL stations and until
every NR station in London is equipped for Oyster they will have to
continue selling them.


Then the only reason I have an Oyster card at all is because some prat in an
LU ticket office at Baker St told me last year they were no longer selling
day travelcards, and if I wanted one I'd have to go to a NR station...

Maybe he'd been too taken in by the Oyster training course...

Paul



Paul G September 26th 07 09:03 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
In message om,
writes
[snip]
Certain LUL stations refuse to even though they are shared. For
example Highbury and Islington wont sell you any railcard discounted
tickets.


I've bought discounted tickets for FCC stations both at H&I and at
Moorgate, so I don't buy the "any" statement. Where were you going?
(picking going with PaulC's theme).


--
Paul G
Typing from Barking

asdf September 26th 07 10:46 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:03:10 -0700, Mr Thant wrote:

In such cases why would
one be able to buy a unusual (whatever one of those is) or long distance
ticket?


unusual = anything other than "full price single (or day return) from
this station to X", where X is a nearby station.


They can also handle Cheap Day Singles and Returns.

Barry Salter September 27th 07 01:19 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
Paul Corfield wrote:

I would also comment that I would not trust the "One" ticket office at
Walthamstow Central to sell me anything more complicated than a ticket
to Liverpool St. If I want something complex (i.e. any ticket I would
buy as I have privilege facilities and cannot book on line) I go to a
big station with a decent travel centre and try to book in advance as
the risk of a 30 minute queue when I have 10 minutes to catch a train is
far too great. Liverpool St struggled to sell me a one day PlusBus
ticket for Colchester earlier this year (on top of a normal return
ticket) - this despite the window in question having a dispenser of
PlusBus leaflets on it.


In days of yore (when APTIS still reigned supreme), I wouldn't trust my
local "one" (ex-WAGN) Ticket Office to issue anything more complex than
an undiscounted single or return to somewhere on their "Top 24" list!

I bought an NSE-discounted Travelcard there once, and the clerk issued
it as a Y-P one, and refused to reissue it correctly, saying "Well the
discount's the same, so it's okay", or words to that effect!

On the subject of PlusBus, ATOC have *finally* created a new ticket type
for the add-ons. (Which used to be variously issued as "Bus Day Single",
"Bus Day Return" or "Bus Period Return"). The ticket type in question is
"PlusBus Day", and has a ticket type code of PBD.

Tickets should be issued from the appropriate railhead to the PlusBus
destination (full list in Section B1 of the Rail Links Manual, or check
www.plusbus.info).

Cheers,

Barry

[email protected] September 27th 07 08:44 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On 26 Sep, 22:03, Paul G wrote:
In message om,
writes
[snip]

Certain LUL stations refuse to even though they are shared. For
example Highbury and Islington wont sell you any railcard discounted
tickets.


I've bought discounted tickets for FCC stations both at H&I and at
Moorgate, so I don't buy the "any" statement. Where were you going?
(picking going with PaulC's theme).

--
Paul G
Typing from Barking



I was travelling from H & I to West Hampstead.
The ticket office attendant refused to sell me a railcard discounted
ticket on a Saturday.
I was forced to use the tube instead.....
What a sorry situation.


[email protected] September 27th 07 09:59 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 

Paul Corfield wrote:

So to test an example - Highbury and Islington should be able to sell a
GNER "Loony Woony Toony" [1] ticket to Newcastle upon Tyne because you
can catch a FCC train at Highbury and then eventually change on a GNER
service at Stevenage or Peterborough?

Or Kentish Town should be able sell you a ticket to Kettering because
you can change from FCC to Midland Mainline at Luton?


I often make medium distance business-related trips with little
notice, and two sensible routes from my office out of London are
Northern Line to Kentish Town and thence by NR, or Victoria Line to
Tottenham Hale or Seven Sisters and thence by NR. I have certainly
wanted to do journeys like your second example -- and had to rebook at
Luton or Bedford.

It does seem to me -- a fairly knowledgeable traveller -- that the
availability is rather random. Tottenham Hale in particular has both
LU and NR ticket offices, but often the NR one is closed and you are
directed to the LU one, which cannot, as you say, issue very many
types of ticket. On the other hand, I discovered recently that Warren
Street tube station can issue a ticket to Stansted Airport.

We often accommodate visitors from continental Europe or the USA. The
former are often used to wholly integrated transport systems and the
latter are unaccustomed to public transport, and both find the London/
UK system rather baffling. In my experience in other places, it is
unusual to be able to buy a ticket from A to B, but not from B to A,
and I think we lead the world in the complexity of our ticketing
options.

I quite agree that you don't want people making lengthy transactions
at a station with a single LU ticket window, but a return to Derby
from Kentish Town doesn't seem to me to be unreasonable, or
necessarily to take much longer to issue than a tube ticket.

Peter CS


Mr Thant September 27th 07 11:05 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On Sep 27, 10:59 am, wrote:
I often make medium distance business-related trips with little
notice, and two sensible routes from my office out of London are
Northern Line to Kentish Town and thence by NR, or Victoria Line to
Tottenham Hale or Seven Sisters and thence by NR.


Oddly, Seven Sisters has a One ticket machine in the subway to the NR
platforms (ie behind the barriers). Great for people like you arriving
by tube, but if it's your local station you're stuck with what LUL
will sell you (hence my curiosity about what that is).

U

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Michael Hoffman September 27th 07 08:42 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
Barry Salter wrote:

I bought an NSE-discounted Travelcard there once, and the clerk issued
it as a Y-P one, and refused to reissue it correctly, saying "Well the
discount's the same, so it's okay", or words to that effect!


So what did you do?
--
Michael Hoffman

Mystery Flyer September 27th 07 08:48 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
I wanted a Farringdon to Blackfriars Thameslink ticket today given the
broken tube. I already had a london terminals return ticket which
despite my local SWT station saying it is perfectly valid from
Farringdon, Im sure we all know it absolutely is not.

The best the machine could offer me was £4 single.

I would like to see better systems in place here. It cant possibly be
right. Presumably my PAYG oyster would have been max debited too if Id
got on a train to Wimbledon.

It seems broken to me.

mf

Mizter T September 27th 07 09:12 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On 27 Sep, 21:48, Mystery Flyer wrote:
I wanted a Farringdon to Blackfriars Thameslink ticket today given the
broken tube. I already had a london terminals return ticket which
despite my local SWT station saying it is perfectly valid from
Farringdon, Im sure we all know it absolutely is not.

The best the machine could offer me was £4 single.


National Rail quotes £1.80 - I suggest you may have go this ticket if
you'd gone to the ticket office rather than the machine.


I would like to see better systems in place here. It cant possibly be
right. Presumably my PAYG oyster would have been max debited too if Id
got on a train to Wimbledon.


If you just touched-in at Farringdon then you would've got the £4 max
fare. If you'd touched-in at Farringdon and then out at Wimbledon the
system would've presumed you made the journey by Underground all the
way and you'd have been charged £2.50 (M-F 7am to 7pm) or £2.

AFAICS this would've been quasi-legit, as Oyster PAYG would've covered
you for Farringdon to Blackfriars whilst your London Terminals to
Wimbledon would've covered you for the rest of the journey.

You would however be making a £1 or 50p donation to TfL, as the Oyster
PAYG fare from Farrington to Blackfriars is £1.50 (at any time).

The other alternative would've been to disembark at Blackfriars and
touch-out there - as it's an interchange station (between FCC
Thameslink and Southeastern services) there are Oyster readers on the
platforms so you wouldn't have to go out through the gateline then
back in again, and thus may even be able to get back on the same
train.


It seems broken to me.

mf


Ask at the Farringdon ticket office for a single to Blackfriars - if
they can sell you one it's only half-broken in that the ticket machine
can't sell you one.


Barry Salter September 28th 07 12:07 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
Michael Hoffman wrote:
Barry Salter wrote:

I bought an NSE-discounted Travelcard there once, and the clerk issued
it as a Y-P one, and refused to reissue it correctly, saying "Well the
discount's the same, so it's okay", or words to that effect!


So what did you do?


Got it exchanged for the correct ticket at Liverpool Street, who sighed
sympathetically, as the clerk at the station in question was completely
clueless, to the extent that I got a letter from WAGN confirming that
there was an easement allowing Off-Peak Travelcards and Cheap Day
Returns on the 09:26 train, as she was refusing to sell them before
09:30 (next train being at 09:41 at the time).

Cheers,

Barry

Mystery Flyer September 28th 07 08:42 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
Mizter T wrote:
On 27 Sep, 21:48, Mystery Flyer wrote:
I wanted a Farringdon to Blackfriars Thameslink ticket today given the
broken tube. I already had a london terminals return ticket which
despite my local SWT station saying it is perfectly valid from
Farringdon, Im sure we all know it absolutely is not.

The best the machine could offer me was £4 single.


National Rail quotes £1.80 - I suggest you may have go this ticket if
you'd gone to the ticket office rather than the machine.


I will try that, but the queue was immense, and therefore I thought the
machines would help (having been reading this thread)...

If you just touched-in at Farringdon then you would've got the £4 max
fare. If you'd touched-in at Farringdon and then out at Wimbledon the
system would've presumed you made the journey by Underground all the
way and you'd have been charged £2.50 (M-F 7am to 7pm) or £2.

AFAICS this would've been quasi-legit, as Oyster PAYG would've covered
you for Farringdon to Blackfriars whilst your London Terminals to
Wimbledon would've covered you for the rest of the journey.


That would have been quasi OK by me. I have to change trains at
Wimbledon anyway. Bt Im not sure where you touch out - I think you
probably have to walk the length of the station from the Thameslink to
the District then back again. (another opportunity to miss a connection)

You would however be making a £1 or 50p donation to TfL, as the Oyster
PAYG fare from Farrington to Blackfriars is £1.50 (at any time).


I dont want to give any unnecessary money to TfL

...disembark at Blackfriars and
touch-out there - as it's an interchange station ... there are Oyster readers on the
platforms so you wouldn't have to go out through the gateline then
back in again, and thus may even be able to get back on the same
train.


An interesting idea. In the rush hour its difficult to get onto and off
the trains. It cant be the right customer flow to disembark to validate
then re-embark for the same train or waste 30 minutes waiting for
precisely the same train to come again once you have accomplished the
bureacracy required to pay the minimum fare.

I would have to learn the optimum carriage for the dash to the touch
out, lose my seat, and dash back before the doors close.

Thats a great step forward.

I will research the oyster readers location and try it next time and
report back :-)

Ask at the Farringdon ticket office for a single to Blackfriars - if
they can sell you one it's only half-broken in that the ticket machine
can't sell you one.


Three quarters broken I concede :-)

mf

sweek September 28th 07 01:05 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
I thought this may be interesting to you. I sure am happy that some
people higher up are starting to see the light.

Kelly's rail tickets pledge
By Staff Reporter

Rail tickets will be made simpler and easier to use so people get the
right one at the right price, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly pledged
today.

The move comes as Which? magazine reported that poor advice about
fares means some passengers are paying well over the odds.

Proposals for simplified fares were first outlined in the Government's
rail white paper, including four clear categories for fares and an
industry price promise to offer the cheapest fare or refund the
difference.
Ms Kelly told Labour's Bournemouth conference today: "I will make sure
that tickets will be simpler and easy to use and people can be
confident they are getting the right ticket at the right price."
She promised to give councils stronger powers over bus services which
she conceded were "not good enough" in many areas.

Ms Kelly, who is leaving the conference by train rather than
ministerial car, said travel patterns must change, warning: "We simply
can't build our way out of road congestion, so let us have the debate
on road pricing."
And she derided David Cameron's eco-credentials, telling delegates the
Tory leader was "desperately trying to appeal to everyone and finding
he is increasingly appealing to no one".
Mr Cameron had no clear values or vision, she argued, adding: "We
reject the Tories' false choice - that as a nation we can either be
'rich and dirty' or 'poor and green'.
"This isn't an either/or question. We don't have to choose between
tackling global warming and supporting economic growth."
Tackling climate change was the "real pro-growth strategy", Ms Kelly
said.
"This means giving people the right incentives to make greener
choices.
"Enabling individuals to choose how to reduce their own carbon
footprint.
"Not telling them, as the Tories do, that they can't take cheap breaks
- that flying should once again be the preserve of a privileged
elite."


asdf September 29th 07 03:27 PM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:59:20 -0700, wrote:

On the other hand, I discovered recently that Warren
Street tube station can issue a ticket to Stansted Airport.


But not a return ticket where the return journey isn't being made on
the same day, and you won't get a Railcard discount.

Michael R N Dolbear September 29th 07 11:03 PM

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asdf wrote

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:59:20 -0700, wrote:

On the other hand, I discovered recently that Warren
Street tube station can issue a ticket to Stansted Airport.


But not a return ticket where the return journey isn't being made on
the same day, and you won't get a Railcard discount.


Since the journey is in the South East and less than 50 miles no ticket
office sells 'not same day' return tickets and hasn't for twenty years.
My local NR ticket office was happy to sell me two (out/back) singles,
dated for different days.

Do travel agents give Railcard discounts ?

--
Mike


asdf September 30th 07 11:47 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On 29 Sep 2007 23:03:03 GMT, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

On the other hand, I discovered recently that Warren
Street tube station can issue a ticket to Stansted Airport.


But not a return ticket where the return journey isn't being made on
the same day, and you won't get a Railcard discount.


Since the journey is in the South East and less than 50 miles no ticket
office sells 'not same day' return tickets and hasn't for twenty years.
My local NR ticket office was happy to sell me two (out/back) singles,
dated for different days.


Since there is a Standard Open Return listed in the fares manual, the
ticket office at Liverpool Street will quite happily sell you a 'not
same day' return to Stansted (or the office at Stansted one to Warren
Street).

asdf September 30th 07 11:51 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:12:57 -0700, Mizter T wrote:

The other alternative would've been to disembark at Blackfriars and
touch-out there - as it's an interchange station (between FCC
Thameslink and Southeastern services) there are Oyster readers on the
platforms so you wouldn't have to go out through the gateline then
back in again, and thus may even be able to get back on the same
train.


Are you sure? A couple of months ago, I tried to use PAYG on FCC at
Blackfriars. The new NR gates there, although left open, would not
accept my PAYG Oyster. In fact, despite having a good hunt around, I
could not find anywhere to touch in/out at all. (It didn't occur to me
to head over to the Southeastern platforms and look there, though.)

Neil Williams October 1st 07 05:19 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
On 29 Sep 2007 23:03:03 GMT, "Michael R N Dolbear"
wrote:

Since the journey is in the South East and less than 50 miles no ticket
office sells 'not same day' return tickets and hasn't for twenty years.


Not necessarily. There exist period return tickets to Luton, Gatwick
and Stansted from a lot of places where they wouldn't otherwise exist.

Neil

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Olof Lagerkvist October 1st 07 10:00 AM

National Rail tickets from LUL stations
 
Neil Williams wrote:
On 29 Sep 2007 23:03:03 GMT, "Michael R N Dolbear"
wrote:


Since the journey is in the South East and less than 50 miles no ticket
office sells 'not same day' return tickets and hasn't for twenty years.



Not necessarily. There exist period return tickets to Luton, Gatwick
and Stansted from a lot of places where they wouldn't otherwise exist.



Also to Harwich International and IIRC some other similar place as well.

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