"Peter Smyth" wrote in message
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"David A Stocks" wrote in message
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On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 06:33:13PM +0100, Peter Smyth wrote:
"David Cantrell" wrote in message
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:54:35PM +0100, David A Stocks wrote:
You can combine a travelcard with a boundary zone ticket (with a
choice of
routing options that include 'any permitted'). This should even
work
with a
day travelcard without the requirement for the train to call at a
boundary
zone station (e.g. Gatwock Express) because boundary zone tix are
considered
to be zonal tix.
The Gatwick and Heathrow expresses are exceptions to this rule.
This is wrong. There are two separate tickets from Boundary Zone 6 to
Gatwick Airport, one rte NOT GATWICK EXP and one rte ANY PERMITTED. As
long as you buy the any permitted ticket you can use it on the Gatwick
Express with a Travelcard.

Interesting, thanks. I wonder when it changed then, cos last time I
tried to buy such a ticket, I couldn't.

Oh, wait, I wanted boundary zone *4* to Gatwick, is it only available
from 6?

The fares listed in The Manual from boundary zones to Gatwick are

BOUNDARY ZONE 2 or 3
CDR 10.00 NOT GATWICK EXP, 18.60 ANY PERMITTED
SDR 13.60 NOT GATWICK EXP, 26.20 ANY PERMITTED

BOUNDARY ZONE 4 or 5
CDR 7.50 ANY PERMITTED
SDR 11.20 ANY PERMITTED

BOUNDARY ZONE 6
CDR 6.90 NOT GATWICK EXP, 6.80 ANY PERMITTED
SDR 9.50 NOT GATWICK EXP, 9.30 ANY PERMITTED

The fares for zone 2/3 are about what I would expect but something seems
to have gone wrong with the fares for zones 4-6.

Why? They are in the same ball-park as the equivalent fares from East
Croydon (zone 5) to Gatwick.

The strange bit is that the Any Permitted fare (valid on GatEx) is
actually cheaper than the Not Gatwick Exp fare.

Peter Smyth

It might be because the only routing option available for Boundary Zone
tickets to Three Bridges is Any Permitted, and this effectively caps the Any
Permitted fare to Gatwick??

DAS