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On Dec 9, 3:23*am, pedan3 wrote:
Thank you, everybody, for your replies. I am most intrigued by the idea that the fare on the fast train is identical to that on the slow train, i.e. that I need only buy a return from West Drayton (the westmost station the Freedom Pass allows) to Reading, and that this covers the fast train, even though the latter does not stop at West Drayton. This isn't quite right, as a freedom pass doesn't count as a "season ticket" for the rules on combining tickets. The relevant wording is: [you can combine tickets on non-stop trains when:] (c) one of the tickets is a Season Ticket (which for this purpose does not include Season Tickets or travel passes issued on behalf of a passenger transport executive or local authority) It's also possible in London to buy fares from zone boundaries, which don't require the train to stop irrespective of the type of zonal ticket you hold - but you need to do so explicitly, buying a return from Boundary Zone 6 to Reading, not a return from West Drayton. These are only sold in ticket offices and on trains, not online. Does this always apply? *Should, therefore, my fare to Edinburgh be slightly cheaper because my Freedom Pass covers the stretch from King's Cross to Finsbury Park, even though the train does not stop at Finsbury Park? In theory, yes. In practice, the fare for London to Edinburgh type journeys is usually the same as Finsbury Park to Haymarket type journeys. Looking at the fares onhttp://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk, the journey planner allows one to add one's Senior Railcard, but not (even for the Reading journey) one's Freedom Pass. *Indeed, it states that the number of passes added for the fare calculation must not exceed the number of passengers -- in this case, one. *This would seem to preclude the simultaneous use of a Freedom Pass and a Senior Railcard, which does not sound logical. Indeed - the online planners don't understand ticket combinations or boundary tickets. By the way, the slow train to and from Reading was by no means as bad as painted by some of the replies, and gets there in about an hour. Sometimes speed is important; sometimes not. More chance of a seat on-peak, too. -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
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