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Best tickets for Cambridge-Tolworth via Putney?
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Best tickets for Cambridge-Tolworth via Putney?
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:32 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), Colin Rosenstiel
wrote: No-one? I'm most surprised the fare from East Putney is so high. It's because there's a change of modes involved. Fares for through LU-NR (or vice versa) journeys have for a long time been more expensive than similar journeys that just use LU or NR - it used to be simply the price of the two separate journey legs added together. The new zonal Train Tube Fares were introduced a couple of years back, but these merely continued the trend (they are more expensive than straight Tube paper tickets, which are themselves priced at 'punitive' levels). Ouch! I thought they were supposed to have moved towards zonal fares on NR last January? They did, but that doesn't seem to have affected the price of Train Tube Fares yet. Was there an answer to the other question, BTW? Anyone know? Perhaps the Putney-Tolworth and Tolworth-Clapham Jcn singles could be a Putney-Tolworth return at £4.70, saving 70p and reducing the Zones 1 & 2 saver total to £23.85. I assume a Putney-Tolworth return wouldn't be valid to Vauxhall on the return leg, despite it also being in Zone 2? Correct. NR singles and returns within the zones are priced zonally, but still issued as point-to-point tickets, with the same validity as before. |
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:16 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), Colin Rosenstiel
wrote: When did tube+NR fares get such a hike? It's punitive now for journeys through Wimbledon. The current system was introduced in the Jan 2006 fares revision (the same time as the 'punitive' Tube paper singles). Though AFAIK, prior to that they were just the price of the separate Tube and NR legs added together, so still pretty expensive. |
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:01:04 +0000, Terry Harper wrote:
When did tube+NR fares get such a hike? It's punitive now for journeys through Wimbledon. The current system was introduced in the Jan 2006 fares revision (the same time as the 'punitive' Tube paper singles). Though AFAIK, prior to that they were just the price of the separate Tube and NR legs added together, so still pretty expensive. They weren't always thus I'm sure. There were through fares to the Southern, presumably going back to the days when they owned the District's Wimbledon Line. It is ridiculous to have to go from Putney via Clapham Junction to avid the rip-off. This will presumably go when proper zonal fares are finally adopted. I have in front of me two tickets. Both FCC Only. 1. STD SNR CDR Hassocks-London terminals £9.90 2. SDTD SNR ODTC Hassocks-R1256 £10.55 Extra cost for a Senior Railcard Holder 65p. That's a CDR Hassocks-Coulsdon South plus a ODTC in effect. That's a Travelcard, though; what we were talking about applies to singles and returns. Try comparing with a ticket to U1256 rather than R1256. |
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Best tickets for Cambridge-Tolworth via Putney?
It is ridiculous to have to go from Putney via
Clapham Junction to avid the rip-off. This will presumably go when proper zonal fares are finally adopted. Sorry to chime in late but you could just walk out of Putney station and get two buses.. Take the Bus 85 towards Kingston Change at Roehampton Vale Asda Take the Bus 265 towards Tolworth Red Lion Journey time 57 minutes. Its 1.80, on Oyster PAYG avoids Clapham Junction, and indeed Wimbledon. These buses are very frequent. I did almost this the other day from White City to New Malden on my Oyster PAYG and was completely amazed how fast it was - less than an hour door to door. The bus sliced through the traffic and the A3 despite a little backwater circle in Roehampton. It was almost as quick as driving it myself. mf |
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