Hi,

planning a visit to London I found this fare anomaly on nationalrail.co.uk:

1. Southall (STL) - Windsor (WNC) £5,40/£5,10
2. Windsor (WNR) - St. Margarets (SMG) £5,40
3. Southall (STL) - St. Margarets (SMG) via Windsor £5,10 (!)
4. Southall (STL) - Richmond (RMD) via Windsor £11,20/£10,90

So we will use 3. in combination with a zone 1-4 travelcard for a tour
to Windsor. Is there anything wrong with it? Will we get that ticket at
the counter in Paddington? Am I right that we can use a train that
doesn't stop in St. Margarets?

Thank you again for your answers!

On 12 Jun, 19:36, Redoute wrote:
planning a visit to London I found this fare anomaly on nationalrail.co.uk:

1. Southall (STL) - Windsor (WNC) £5,40/£5,10
2. Windsor (WNR) - St. Margarets (SMG) £5,40
3. Southall (STL) - St. Margarets (SMG) via Windsor £5,10 (!)
4. Southall (STL) - Richmond (RMD) via Windsor £11,20/£10,90

So we will use 3. in combination with a zone 1-4 travelcard for a tour
to Windsor. Is there anything wrong with it? Will we get that ticket at
the counter in Paddington? Am I right that we can use a train that
doesn't stop in St. Margarets?

Thank you again for your answers!

There's nothing wrong with that: they will sell you that ticket over
the counter in Paddington, and it is valid between Southall and
Windsor (note that you'll need to change at Slough).

If your Travelcard is a weekly or longer season ticket, then your
train from Paddington to Slough does not need to stop at Southall.
However, if it is a day Travelcard, then your train from Paddington to
Slough *does* need to stop at Southall[*].

The same is true coming back regarding St Margarets. If you're on day
Travelcards, this could make your plan a bit of a pain as I don't
think any trains from Windsor to Waterloo actually stop at St
Margarets - you'd have to change to a stopping train at Twickenham.
[*] no, this doesn't make much sense. no, I didn't make the rules.

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On 12 Jun, 19:36, Redoute wrote:
So we will use 3. in combination with a zone 1-4 travelcard for a tour
to Windsor. Is there anything wrong with it? Will we get that ticket at
the counter in Paddington?

Yes, or at any rail station. You can also buy a ticket from "Boundary
Zone 4" to Windsor which is the official extension ticket. It's not
possible to look up info about online, but they're usually easy to
buy. Not sure if you can get one that works on both routes to Windsor.

Am I right that we can use a train that doesn't *stop in St. Margarets?

As John says, only if your Travelcard is weekly or longer. It looks
like there's a Southall-Richmond (route Windsor) ticket for £5.10, and
I think most trains stop.

U

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