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Fares to Shepherd's Bush Overground
I'm going to a comedy recording at Wood Lane on Friday so I thought I
would change at Clapham Junction for the new Shepherds Bush overground station. When I looked it up on the National rail Enquiries website I was surprised to find that the cheapest off peak return is £16.00. I can get a return to London with travelcard for £16.80! A return to Clapham Junction is £11.50 and from C Jn to Shep Bush is £3.00 so I am surprised that a through ticket is more expensive. The SWT ticket machines don't seem to list Shepherds Bush so I was unable to check on that. So what is the cheapest fare? Or can I rely on a Fleet to London Stations ticket? Thx, Phil |
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So what is the cheapest fare? *Or can I rely on a Fleet to London Stations ticket? Thx, *Phil If you have a Fleet to London Terminals season ticket this will cover you to Clapham Junction. Not sure about the last bit, would probably say yes but I am sure one of our routing guide experts will be along to comment shortly! |
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On 4 Dec, 14:27, wrote:
. So what is the cheapest fare? *Or can I rely on a Fleet to London Stations ticket? Thx, *Phil If you have a Fleet to London Terminals season ticket this will cover you to Clapham Junction. *Not sure about the last bit, would probably say yes but I am sure one of our routing guide experts will be along to comment shortly! No, I'll be buying a ticket on the day. I have a Network Card so it doesn't make much difference what I get (the min fare is £10, a discounted £16.00 fare will cost me about £10.70, and a discounted Travelcard is £11.30 IIRC) but I was interested in why a return to Shep Bush via CJn was so expensive compared with a return to Waterloo plus travelcard, or indeed a return to CJn plus CJn/SB return (or even Oyster). It's doubly annoying if it isn't on the SWT ticket machine as I'll have to go to the station when it's actually open, which is getting rarer. |
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On Dec 4, 2:27*pm, wrote:
So what is the cheapest fare? *Or can I rely on a Fleet to London Stations ticket? If you have a Fleet to London Terminals season ticket this will cover you to Clapham Junction. *Not sure about the last bit, would probably say yes but I am sure one of our routing guide experts will be along to comment shortly! *waves*. Fleet to London Terminals tickets are routed by maps CS and WR, or by map WX. Map WX covers Fleet to Clapham Junction (it's basically the SWT map), but not beyond - it only gets you into Waterloo or Victoria. Maps CS and WR cover the GWML route into London via Reading and Slough. They also allow you to travel via Hayes, Kensington Olympia and Clapham into Waterloo. If you were to go this way, and catch one of the occasional XC services that takes the route, then this'd get you as far as Olympia... however, you'd still have to pay gbp3 for the return Olympia-Shepherds Bush fare, as well as taking a ridiculous route. So it sounds like a Fleet to Clapham off-peak return at gbp11.20 and a Clapham to Shepherds Bush off-peak return at gbp3 are the way forward. No idea why the through fare is so expensive tho'. -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
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On 4 Dec, 14:51, John B wrote:
On Dec 4, 2:27*pm, wrote: Maps CS and WR cover the GWML route into London via Reading and Slough. They also allow you to travel via Hayes, Kensington Olympia and Clapham into Waterloo. Thx. I thought it might be valid on the WLL, I think I might have used my old season ticket to Olympia before, hadn't really realised that was where the validity ended. So it sounds like a Fleet to Clapham off-peak return at gbp11.20 and a Clapham to Shepherds Bush off-peak return at gbp3 are the way forward. I'm on a Network card so it will be a £16 return or a travelcard. No idea why the through fare is so expensive tho'. It looks like there are now only TfL fares on that route, not NR ones, and you can't combine them with a super off peak. So for some reason it seems you can book "anytime return to CJ + anytime return from CJ to SB" or "off peak return to CJ + anytime return from CJ to SB" but not "super off peak return to CJ + anytime return from CJ to SB". The NRE website doesn't give the London Stations fare for Olympia either. Oh how I miss my season ticket, it was all much easier then! (Especially now you can use Oyster on the WLL) |
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John B wrote: On Dec 4, 2:27*pm, wrote: So what is the cheapest fare? *Or can I rely on a Fleet to London Stations ticket? If you have a Fleet to London Terminals season ticket this will cover you to Clapham Junction. *Not sure about the last bit, would probably say yes but I am sure one of our routing guide experts will be along to comment shortly! *waves*. Fleet to London Terminals tickets are routed by maps CS and WR, or by map WX. Map WX covers Fleet to Clapham Junction (it's basically the SWT map), but not beyond - it only gets you into Waterloo or Victoria. Maps CS and WR cover the GWML route into London via Reading and Slough. They also allow you to travel via Hayes, Kensington Olympia and Clapham into Waterloo. If you were to go this way, and catch one of the occasional XC services that takes the route, then this'd get you as far as Olympia... however, you'd still have to pay gbp3 for the return Olympia-Shepherds Bush fare, as well as taking a ridiculous route. So it sounds like a Fleet to Clapham off-peak return at gbp11.20 and a Clapham to Shepherds Bush off-peak return at gbp3 are the way forward. No idea why the through fare is so expensive tho'. Why bother, go to Waterloo then Bakerloo/Northern line (to taste) and then Central Line to White City which is right opposite TV Centre. Shepherds Bush is right the other end of Shepherds Bush Green and, frankly, I wouldn't fancy walking back there from TVC after dark. -- Graeme Wall This address is not read, substitute trains for rail. Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html |
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"Graeme Wall" wrote in message ... In message John B wrote: On Dec 4, 2:27 pm, wrote: So what is the cheapest fare? Or can I rely on a Fleet to London Stations ticket? If you have a Fleet to London Terminals season ticket this will cover you to Clapham Junction. Not sure about the last bit, would probably say yes but I am sure one of our routing guide experts will be along to comment shortly! *waves*. Fleet to London Terminals tickets are routed by maps CS and WR, or by map WX. Map WX covers Fleet to Clapham Junction (it's basically the SWT map), but not beyond - it only gets you into Waterloo or Victoria. Maps CS and WR cover the GWML route into London via Reading and Slough. They also allow you to travel via Hayes, Kensington Olympia and Clapham into Waterloo. If you were to go this way, and catch one of the occasional XC services that takes the route, then this'd get you as far as Olympia... however, you'd still have to pay gbp3 for the return Olympia-Shepherds Bush fare, as well as taking a ridiculous route. So it sounds like a Fleet to Clapham off-peak return at gbp11.20 and a Clapham to Shepherds Bush off-peak return at gbp3 are the way forward. No idea why the through fare is so expensive tho'. Why bother, go to Waterloo then Bakerloo/Northern line (to taste) and then Central Line to White City which is right opposite TV Centre. Shepherds Bush is right the other end of Shepherds Bush Green and, frankly, I wouldn't fancy walking back there from TVC after dark. -- Graeme Wall This address is not read, substitute trains for rail. Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html It's counter intuitive but how about Waterloo, Bakerloo or Jubilee to Baker St then Hammersmith and City to the new station that I can't remember the name of? Wood Lane, that's the one. Or... Vauxhall, Victoria Line to Victoria, District to Hammersmith H and C to Wood Lane? |
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