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In uk.transport.london Alistair Bell wrote:
Question then. ?When Broad Street was open it would have been a valid London Terminal from Watford Junction. ?When it closed peak trains were diverted by Graham Road curve of course which would have made Liverpool Street a valid London Terminal, At the time. But those services ceased before routeing was formalized and 'Any Reasonable Route' became 'Any Permitted Route'. Tickets to London used to be to 'London (SR)' from Surrey/Sussex/Kent directions. What would have applied to the north of London, and would it have divided the terminals you could have travelled to? Theo |
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Alistair Bell wrote:
On Apr 20, 9:05 am, "Paul Rigg" wrote: Vauxhall is a London Terminal, but only if there's a valid route. Which there isn't from Watford Junction - Euston is your only option, which also excludes Shepherd's Bush. The key anomaly is that Vauxhall is a London Terminal but is NOT a London Group Routeing Point. It has London as a routeing point but also has Clapham Junction. According to map OV, which controls both flows, the only valid route from Watford Junction to London Group Routeing Point is directly into Euston -- but from Watford to Clapham Junction (and hence Vauxhall) map OV takes you down the West London Line. However, given that the single fare to Clapham Junction is higher than that to London, you're not actually allowed to use Clapham Junction as a Routeing Point. London would be the only Routeing Point for Vauxhall. However, Watford Junction is a routeing point, and London is a (Group) routeing point, so you don't have to do a fares check to determine valid routes, just check the map(s). Doing that gives Map OV as the only map showing valid route(s) between Watford Junction and London[1], i.e. to Euston via Willesden Junction. The FRPP[2] has the following to say about tickets to "London Terminals": Fares for travel to and from London Terminals are valid at the following London Stations *subject to the route of the rail journey being undertaken*, but do *not* include travel between these stations on London Underground, Docklands Light Railway or London Buses. /(In addition London Terminals fares are *not* valid if travelling beyond St. Pancras International from the north or beyond City Thameslink from the south.)/ City Thameslink, London Blackfriars, London Bridge, London Cannon Street, London Charing Cross, London Euston, London Fenchurch Street, London Kings Cross, London Marylebone, London Liverpool Street, London Paddington, London St Pancras International, London Victoria, London Waterloo, Moorgate Underground, Old Street Underground, Vauxhall. For example:- + A ticket from 'Birmingham Stations' to 'LONDON TERMINALS' may be valid to Euston or Marylebone, or both, but it is not valid for onward travel to Liverpool Street or Victoria via London Underground. + A ticket from 'LONDON TERMINALS' to 'Brighton' route 'ANY PERMITTED' is valid from Blackfriars, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, City Thameslink, London Bridge, Victoria, Vauxhall or Waterloo. It is not however valid from Euston or any other designated London terminal station. *A Travelcard or other ticket valid for travel in Zone U1 will be required if the customer wishes to end or start their journey at any other London terminal station not on the line of route.* YMMV, IANAL, etc. Cheers, Barry [1] For routeing purposes, London comprises Bethnal Green, Blackfriars, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, City Thameslink, Euston, Fenchurch Street, Kings Cross, Kings Cross Thameslink(!), Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Marylebone, Moorgate, Old Street, Paddington, St Pancras, Victoria, Waterloo and Waterloo East. [2] Fares and Retail Publications Portal |
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"Alistair Bell" wrote in message ... So to summarize, I think it's technically invalid, but others may well differ. I think most people who sometimes travel to Euston and sometimes to Shepherd's Bush would buy a Travelcard anyway... But that is probably because they ask for a ticket to London and in ignorance are given a travel card. I work at Euston so I always get asked inclding zone 1 and I say no but then I know what to ask for. Kevin |
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:40:56 -0700 (PDT),
Alistair Bell wrote: On Apr 20, 9:05*am, "Paul Rigg" wrote: Vauxhall is a London Terminal, but only if there's a valid route. Which there isn't from Watford Junction - Euston is your only option, which also excludes Shepherd's Bush. The key anomaly is that Vauxhall is a London Terminal but is NOT a London Group Routeing Point. It has London as a routeing point but also has Clapham Junction. According to map OV, which controls both flows, the only valid route from Watford Junction to London Group Routeing Point is directly into Euston -- but from Watford to Clapham Junction (and hence Vauxhall) map OV takes you down the West London Line. However, given that the single fare to Clapham Junction is higher than that to London, you're not actually allowed to use Clapham Junction as a Routeing Point. London would be the only Routeing Point for Vauxhall. Don't get your comment about fares to Clapham Junction? http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/tickets/fa...res=Show+fares Peak 4.00, Offpeak 2.00 (I have no idea what the Oyster fare would be via Euston. The above will be avoiding Euston where you cannot avoid touching out and back in - but not necessarily avoiding Z1 - changing at Harrow&W to the Bakerloo line will get you via Z1 without the touch at Euston) http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/tickets/fa...res=Show+fares Peak 6.00, Offpeak 3.50 GNER website gives Single Watford Junction - London Euston 7.80 Watford Junction - Clapham Junction 7.10 Direct on SN (Some 6.00 offpeak) 10.90 WJ - Eus - Victoria - CJ 10.90 WJ - Eus - Vauxhall - CJ Incidentally, Harrow&W to CJ oyster gives cash fare as 3.20 at any time (Doesn't specify a route but presumably means not Z1?) GNER gives this fare on all non via Euston trains. 6.30 via EUS. GNER gives WJ-H&W as 3.20 making it 6.20/9.50 if you travel on a train that stops at H&W. Oyster gives WJ-H&W as 2.50/1.10 but its more than just needing a train that stops, you've got to touch out (and back in on a different card if you're intending to continue on oyster) Tim. p.s. GNER is NXEC now but I still go to www.gner.co.uk because I can never remember the 40 character long domain they use. -- God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," and there was light. http://www.woodall.me.uk/ |
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"Mizter T" wrote in message ... [x-posted to uk.railway] [original thread on uk.transport.london] On Apr 19, 9:34 pm, "Zen83237" wrote: I know that a Watford Junc to London Terminals ticket is valid to Vauxhall but can I use it to Shepherds Bush. Kevin I have previously come across this notion that Vauxhall is a valid "London Terminal" for journeys from the West London Line, but I'm really not convinced by it. I readily admit that I have not delved into the mysterious depths of the Routing Guide, but this proposition just seems to be pretty counter-intuitive to me. Believe me, I used to do it every day. And just to confirm it a season ticket bought at Vauxhall to Watford was endorsed London terminals. It was at Watford that I used to get trouble convincing them. Kevin |
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On Apr 20, 8:28*pm, "Zen83237" wrote: "Mizter T" wrote: [x-posted to uk.railway] [original thread on uk.transport.london] On Apr 19, 9:34 pm, "Zen83237" wrote: I know that a Watford Junc to London Terminals ticket is valid to Vauxhall but can I use it to Shepherds Bush. Kevin I have previously come across this notion that Vauxhall is a valid "London Terminal" for journeys from the West London Line, but I'm really not convinced by it. I readily admit that I have not delved into the mysterious depths of the Routing Guide, but this proposition just seems to be pretty counter-intuitive to me. ~~~~~~~~~~ Believe me, I used to do it every day. And just to confirm it a season ticket bought at Vauxhall to Watford was endorsed London terminals. It was at Watford that I used to get trouble convincing them. Kevin You won't like what I'm going to say - but just because a ticket is issued with assurances that it is valid doesn't actually mean it is legit under the rules. The ticket you had issued at Vauxhall was from London Terminals to Watford Jn - but just because Vauxhall is itself a London Terminal that doesn't mean that the ticket is valid from Vauxhall to Watford Jn. The ticket could just as well have been issued at say Fenchurch Street - after all, theoretically speaking all ticket offices are capable of issuing tickets from anywhere to anywhere else on the National Rail network. Certainly all longer distance tickets from Vauxhall are issued from "London Terminals". I think it used to be the case that all tickets from Vauxhall were issued from "London Terminals", but since zonal fares for all rail journeys wholly within London were introduced in 2007 I believe this may have changed, reason being that Vauxhall is in zone 2, so issuing a ticket as if it were also valid from/to Waterloo in zone 1 would mean it would be more expensive than it should be - so I think fares for journeys within London are now issued from Vauxhall. Anyway, that's a sideline issue - as I said tickets for longer distance journeys are all issued from "London Terminals". The fact that this is how things are done might well have led to ticket office staff at Vauxhall thinking that this means a London Terminals to Watford Jn ticket that spews out of their machine is inevitably valid from Vauxhall. By the sounds of other posts on this thread it would appear there are perhaps several systems - e.g. RJIS - that show it as a valid route. I contend that they are likely to be wrong, and that a Watford Jn to London Terminals ticket is actually only valid between Watford Jn and Euston. However, given the apparent state of distinct confusion on the matter, replete with NRES proclaiming that it is valid to use it to Vauxhall, along with ticket office staff at Vauxhall and seemingly also Bletchley saying likewise, then if a passenger uses such a ticket for a journey via the WLL then I can't see how they can possibly be accused of any wrongdoing whatsoever. Unless that is I'm very wrong and Watford Jn to Vauxhall via the WLL really is valid. I just can't see that making much sense though. |
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"Mizter T" wrote However, given the apparent state of distinct confusion on the matter, replete with NRES proclaiming that it is valid to use it to Vauxhall, along with ticket office staff at Vauxhall and seemingly also Bletchley saying likewise, then if a passenger uses such a ticket for a journey via the WLL then I can't see how they can possibly be accused of any wrongdoing whatsoever. Of course, anyone actually travelling from Watford Junction or north of there to Vauxhall would be much more likely to go via Euston and the Victoria Line, and should be ticketed accordingly. Peter |
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On Apr 21, 10:46*am, "Peter Masson" wrote: "Mizter T" wrote However, given the apparent state of distinct confusion on the matter, replete with NRES proclaiming that it is valid to use it to Vauxhall, along with ticket office staff at Vauxhall and seemingly also Bletchley saying likewise, then if a passenger uses such a ticket for a journey via the WLL then I can't see how they can possibly be accused of any wrongdoing whatsoever. Of course, anyone actually travelling from Watford Junction or north of there to Vauxhall would be much more likely to go via Euston and the Victoria Line, and should be ticketed accordingly. Absolutely. But (a) if they enquire about the possibility of a cheaper route via the WLL and are told that it is possible and indeed legit then they might choose to go that way if they're price concious and are willing to put up with the longer journey, or even just dislike the tube. And (b) whilst it's obviously be against the predominant flow, there undoubtedly will have been commuters who have started their journey at Vauxhall with Watford Jn as the destination (though I quite agree that in all likelihood they too will have gone via the Victoria line and Euston). |
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"Peter Masson" wrote in message ... "Mizter T" wrote However, given the apparent state of distinct confusion on the matter, replete with NRES proclaiming that it is valid to use it to Vauxhall, along with ticket office staff at Vauxhall and seemingly also Bletchley saying likewise, then if a passenger uses such a ticket for a journey via the WLL then I can't see how they can possibly be accused of any wrongdoing whatsoever. Of course, anyone actually travelling from Watford Junction or north of there to Vauxhall would be much more likely to go via Euston and the Victoria Line, and should be ticketed accordingly. Peter Why would they obviously go via Euston? Amitted I did this a few years ago. Train started at Watford so you get the choice of a seat as opposed to standing crammed on a Euston train. Air conditioned versed an overheated 321. Avoid the crush on the Victoria line and the stifling heat. A no brainer really. Kevin |
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"Mizter T" wrote in message ... On Apr 20, 8:28 pm, "Zen83237" wrote: "Mizter T" wrote: [x-posted to uk.railway] [original thread on uk.transport.london] On Apr 19, 9:34 pm, "Zen83237" wrote: I know that a Watford Junc to London Terminals ticket is valid to Vauxhall but can I use it to Shepherds Bush. Kevin I have previously come across this notion that Vauxhall is a valid "London Terminal" for journeys from the West London Line, but I'm really not convinced by it. I readily admit that I have not delved into the mysterious depths of the Routing Guide, but this proposition just seems to be pretty counter-intuitive to me. ~~~~~~~~~~ Believe me, I used to do it every day. And just to confirm it a season ticket bought at Vauxhall to Watford was endorsed London terminals. It was at Watford that I used to get trouble convincing them. Kevin You won't like what I'm going to say - but just because a ticket is issued with assurances that it is valid doesn't actually mean it is legit under the rules. The ticket you had issued at Vauxhall was from London Terminals to Watford Jn - but just because Vauxhall is itself a London Terminal that doesn't mean that the ticket is valid from Vauxhall to Watford Jn. The ticket could just as well have been issued at say Fenchurch Street - after all, theoretically speaking all ticket offices are capable of issuing tickets from anywhere to anywhere else on the National Rail network. Certainly all longer distance tickets from Vauxhall are issued from "London Terminals". I think it used to be the case that all tickets from Vauxhall were issued from "London Terminals", but since zonal fares for all rail journeys wholly within London were introduced in 2007 I believe this may have changed, reason being that Vauxhall is in zone 2, so issuing a ticket as if it were also valid from/to Waterloo in zone 1 would mean it would be more expensive than it should be - so I think fares for journeys within London are now issued from Vauxhall. Anyway, that's a sideline issue - as I said tickets for longer distance journeys are all issued from "London Terminals". The fact that this is how things are done might well have led to ticket office staff at Vauxhall thinking that this means a London Terminals to Watford Jn ticket that spews out of their machine is inevitably valid from Vauxhall. By the sounds of other posts on this thread it would appear there are perhaps several systems - e.g. RJIS - that show it as a valid route. I contend that they are likely to be wrong, and that a Watford Jn to London Terminals ticket is actually only valid between Watford Jn and Euston. However, given the apparent state of distinct confusion on the matter, replete with NRES proclaiming that it is valid to use it to Vauxhall, along with ticket office staff at Vauxhall and seemingly also Bletchley saying likewise, then if a passenger uses such a ticket for a journey via the WLL then I can't see how they can possibly be accused of any wrongdoing whatsoever. Unless that is I'm very wrong and Watford Jn to Vauxhall via the WLL really is valid. I just can't see that making much sense though. Well what can I say. With the exception of occasionally the staff at Watford wanting to sell me a travel card the ticket I was sold was Watford Junc to London terminals if I bought it at Watford or London terminals to Watford if I bought it at Vauxhall. Not once, not twice, but every week for a year. Whether it was right or not I don't care. That is what they sold me and it worked at the gates at Vauxhall. Kevin |
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