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Student tickets on national rail
Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail?
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Student tickets on national rail
"Robin May" wrote in message ... Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail? Course they are, if you're a student. Do you mean one bought by a holder of those YP/student railcards? -- message by Robin May, but you can call me Mr Smith. Hello. I'm one of those "roaring fascists of the left wing". Hacker is to computer as boy racer is to Ford Escort. |
Student tickets on national rail
"Marcus Fox" wrote
the following in: "Robin May" wrote in message ... Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail? Course they are, if you're a student. Do you mean one bought by a holder of those YP/student railcards? Ah, I should have been clearer. I mean a ticket bought with a student photocard from a tube ticket office. Whatever it is I'd get if I went to my local tube station and asked for a monthly student ticket zones 1 to 3. -- message by Robin May, but you can call me Mr Smith. Hello. I'm one of those "roaring fascists of the left wing". Hacker is to computer as boy racer is to Ford Escort. |
Student tickets on national rail
"Robin May" wrote in message ... Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail? Course they are, if you're a student. Do you mean one bought by a holder of those YP/student railcards? Ah, I should have been clearer. I mean a ticket bought with a student photocard from a tube ticket office. Whatever it is I'd get if I went to my local tube station and asked for a monthly student ticket zones 1 to 3. No, student season tickets are LT cards not Travelcards and are not valid on national rail (except a few joint routes). Peter Smyth |
Student tickets on national rail
"Peter Smyth" wrote the following in:
"Robin May" wrote in message ... Ah, I should have been clearer. I mean a ticket bought with a student photocard from a tube ticket office. Whatever it is I'd get if I went to my local tube station and asked for a monthly student ticket zones 1 to 3. No, student season tickets are LT cards not Travelcards and are not valid on national rail (except a few joint routes). Damn. So I take it that West Ham to Fenchurch street is not allowed? -- message by Robin May, but you can call me Mr Smith. Hello. I'm one of those "roaring fascists of the left wing". Hacker is to computer as boy racer is to Ford Escort. |
Student tickets on national rail
"Robin May" wrote in message ... "Peter Smyth" wrote the following in: "Robin May" wrote in message ... Ah, I should have been clearer. I mean a ticket bought with a student photocard from a tube ticket office. Whatever it is I'd get if I went to my local tube station and asked for a monthly student ticket zones 1 to 3. No, student season tickets are LT cards not Travelcards and are not valid on national rail (except a few joint routes). Damn. So I take it that West Ham to Fenchurch street is not allowed? Actually that is one of the routes you can use it on. In general they can be used on any route that runs parallel to an Underground line. The full list is Amersham - Marylebone Finsbury Park - King's Cross/Moorgate Kentish Town - Moorgate/Elephant & Castle/London Bridge Kenton - Euston (not at Kilburn High Road or South Hampstead) Liverpool Street - Walthamstow Central/Tottenham Hale/Seven Sisters (not at any intermediate stations) Richmond - Gunnersbury Stratford - Custom House Stratford - Liverpool Street Upminster - Fenchurch Street/Liverpool Street West Ruislip - South Ruislip Peter Smyth |
Student tickets on national rail
"Robin May" wrote in message ... Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail? From 6th January 2004 I've heard that ULU has negotiated that the student card will give a discount to national rail services in London. Basically I suppose this means that we'll now be given a travelcard instead of the LT Card we get at the moment. Can't find any websites confirming this but i'm pretty sure it is correct. Ian |
Student tickets on national rail
"Robin May" wrote in message ... "Marcus Fox" wrote the following in: "Robin May" wrote in message ... Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail? Course they are, if you're a student. Do you mean one bought by a holder of those YP/student railcards? Ah, I should have been clearer. I mean a ticket bought with a student photocard from a tube ticket office. Whatever it is I'd get if I went to my local tube station and asked for a monthly student ticket zones 1 to 3. London underground/DLR zone tickets didn't used to be (don't know if they are now) valid on the National Rail sections, such as Gunnersby - Stratford and Custom House - Woolwich. Marcus |
Student tickets on national rail
Ian wrote:
From 6th January 2004 I've heard that ULU has negotiated that the student card will give a discount to national rail services in London. Basically I suppose this means that we'll now be given a travelcard instead of the LT Card we get at the moment. Can't find any websites confirming this but i'm pretty sure it is correct. http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_...releaseid=1983 You and I may have thought that we get LT cards at the moment, but the third 'note to editors' disagrees; we have "travelcards from the 'Youth' range". Alex |
Student tickets on national rail
"Ian" wrote:
"Robin May" wrote in message ... Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail? From 6th January 2004 I've heard that ULU has negotiated that the student card will give a discount to national rail services in London. That's news to me. What's your source? I will check with my nearest friendly ULU officer in the next couple of days, see what I can come up with. -- James Farrar | London, SE13 | |
Student tickets on national rail
James Farrar wrote in message . ..
"Ian" wrote: "Robin May" wrote in message ... Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail? From 6th January 2004 I've heard that ULU has negotiated that the student card will give a discount to national rail services in London. That's news to me. What's your source? I will check with my nearest friendly ULU officer in the next couple of days, see what I can come up with. This was announced by the mayor a short while ago, although now I can't find it on his website!??? |
Student tickets on national rail
(dan) wrote:
James Farrar wrote in message . .. "Ian" wrote: "Robin May" wrote in message ... Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail? From 6th January 2004 I've heard that ULU has negotiated that the student card will give a discount to national rail services in London. That's news to me. What's your source? I will check with my nearest friendly ULU officer in the next couple of days, see what I can come up with. This was announced by the mayor a short while ago, although now I can't find it on his website!??? Hmm, yes. I've now been sent a version of the press release. At least this time someone different's taking the credit - when the LT student discount first came in, the NUS (who had done absolutely bugger all towards the campaign) took all the credit. Mind you, if the ULU President then was as unaware/seemingly incompetent as the incumbent... Chris Piper is quoted as saying "this is something that ULU has been campaigning for over the last two years" -- actually, ULU has been bitching at ATOC ever since the LT discount came in - and that was in 1998!!! -- James Farrar | London, SE13 | |
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