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Senior railcard discount - or not? - on Anytime travelcard
"Peter Campbell Smith" wrote in message ... Can anyone help me understand this (from http://www.senior- railcard.co.uk/)? * All Senior Railcard holders will get 1/3 off Anytime Day Travelcards (Zones 1 - 6) for journeys starting outside the London Travelcard zones. * Existing Railcard conditions apply and discounts will be subject to any time restrictions that apply to the Railcard, for instance restrictions on travel on week day mornings in the London & South East area. An Anytime Day Travelcard is one valid at peak (and off-peak) times, unlike the cheaper Off-Peak one. So if I want to travel at peak time, say starting at 8am, the first bullet point seems to suggest I get a discount. But the second one says that the discount is subject to the usual time restrictions, which a "However, you won't be able to enjoy a Railcard discount when travelling peak time Monday to Friday within London and the South East, including all South West Trains services to and from London Waterloo." So that seems to say that I can buy a discounted Anytime Day Travelcard, but I can only use it off-peak. Why would I want to do that? Is there some part of the day that is off-peak for the London and South East restriction, but still peak from a Travelcard point of view? You don't get a discount on Anytime tickets in London and the South East during the morning peak. However, some TOCs (FCC, NXEA) have introduced evening peak restrictions on Off-peak tickets. So if you want an out-boundary Day Travelcard on these TOCs, travelling up Off-peak but returning in the evening peak, you need an Anytime Day Travelcard - but, as long as your up journey is on a train on which an Off-peak ticket is valid, you can use a Senior Railcard (or after 10 am SX, a Network Card) to get a discounted Anytime Day Travelcard. Isn't rail ticketing complicated? Peter |
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On Sep 9, 9:24*pm, wrote: [snip] The standard FCC ruse at Cambridge for those who want to return within the evening peak is the buy an Off-Peak Day Return or Day Travelcard from Ely which is cheaper than the anytime version. Cambridge are happy to sell tickets from Ely, seeing as it's NXEA and not FCC selling them. Interesting - thanks for that, that's one to remember. For those not clued up on these things (and I had to check!), FCC created the concept of "zones A to E" so as to apply their off-peak evening restrictions - Ely is in zone E whilst Cambridge is in zone D - and yes, return journeys to zone E are exempt from the restrictions, whilst zone D isn't. FCC's off-peak restrictions and 'zones' are all explained here, along with a link to a map of the zones: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk...iCmsPageId=134 |
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"Mizter T" wrote in message ... On Sep 9, 9:24 pm, wrote: [snip] The standard FCC ruse at Cambridge for those who want to return within the evening peak is the buy an Off-Peak Day Return or Day Travelcard from Ely which is cheaper than the anytime version. Cambridge are happy to sell tickets from Ely, seeing as it's NXEA and not FCC selling them. Interesting - thanks for that, that's one to remember. For those not clued up on these things (and I had to check!), FCC created the concept of "zones A to E" so as to apply their off-peak evening restrictions - Ely is in zone E whilst Cambridge is in zone D - and yes, return journeys to zone E are exempt from the restrictions, whilst zone D isn't. FCC's off-peak restrictions and 'zones' are all explained here, along with a link to a map of the zones: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk...iCmsPageId=134 Although the FCC website is clear that the restrictions do not apply to Ely, the fares data has not been updated correctly. In The Manual the CDR from Ely - London has the same restriction code as Cambridge - London. Therefore online booking engines will not show this ticket for travel during the evening peak. Peter Smyth |
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Senior railcard discount - or not? - on Anytime travelcard
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, (Mizter T) wrote: On Sep 9, 9:24*pm, wrote: [snip] The standard FCC ruse at Cambridge for those who want to return within the evening peak is the buy an Off-Peak Day Return or Day Travelcard from Ely which is cheaper than the anytime version. Cambridge are happy to sell tickets from Ely, seeing as it's NXEA and not FCC selling them. Interesting - thanks for that, that's one to remember. For those not clued up on these things (and I had to check!), FCC created the concept of "zones A to E" so as to apply their off-peak evening restrictions - Ely is in zone E whilst Cambridge is in zone D - and yes, return journeys to zone E are exempt from the restrictions, whilst zone D isn't. It's not clear to me that FCC themselves would sell Ely tickets. FCC's off-peak restrictions and 'zones' are all explained here, along with a link to a map of the zones: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk...iCmsPageId=134 Yes, byzantine complexity, isn't it? It largely passes me by personally because the greater peak restriction for me, most of the time, is that on bicycles which is 16:00-19:00 and not evaded by having an Ely ticket. A number of my fellow "gentlemen (and lady) commuters" on the 10:20 in the mornings have Bromptons so do need the Ely ruse from time to time. Fascinating group, we are, mostly academics but not by all means all. I think the most glamorous (occupation-wise) is a diamond dealer. :-) -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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Senior railcard discount - or not? - on Anytime travelcard
On Sep 10, 12:51*am, wrote:
The standard FCC ruse at Cambridge for those who want to return within the evening peak is the buy an Off-Peak Day Return or Day Travelcard from Ely which is cheaper than the anytime version. Cambridge are happy to sell tickets from Ely, seeing as it's NXEA and not FCC selling them. Interesting - thanks for that, that's one to remember. For those not clued up on these things (and I had to check!), FCC created the concept of "zones A to E" so as to apply their off-peak evening restrictions - Ely is in zone E whilst Cambridge is in zone D - and yes, return journeys to zone E are exempt from the restrictions, whilst zone D isn't. It's not clear to me that FCC themselves would sell Ely tickets. They're legally obliged to, if you ask for one. -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
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wrote in message ... In article , (John B) wrote: On Sep 10, 12:51 am, wrote: The standard FCC ruse at Cambridge for those who want to return within the evening peak is the buy an Off-Peak Day Return or Day Travelcard from Ely which is cheaper than the anytime version. Cambridge are happy to sell tickets from Ely, seeing as it's NXEA and not FCC selling them. Interesting - thanks for that, that's one to remember. For those not clued up on these things (and I had to check!), FCC created the concept of "zones A to E" so as to apply their off-peak evening restrictions - Ely is in zone E whilst Cambridge is in zone D - and yes, return journeys to zone E are exempt from the restrictions, whilst zone D isn't. It's not clear to me that FCC themselves would sell Ely tickets. They're legally obliged to, if you ask for one. Including to someone not starting at Ely, you mean? I didn't think that was so clear-cut. It is. TOCs were told that they must abandon any previous policy of refusing such requests and were obliged to sell any NR ticket from A to B, regardless of where A and B are. AIUI they are not obliged to sell PTE tickets out of area. tim |
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