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I'm flying out of Gatwick tonight at 6pm, and am wary that if I turn
up at London Bridge this evening at about 4pm, I might find that
there's a queue a mile long at London Bridge ticket office - can I buy
a ticket from my originating tube station that will take me all the
way through? Or am I stuck with having to queue up at London Bridge?

Are there any alternatives?

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Martin Petrov wrote

I'm flying out of Gatwick tonight at 6pm, and am wary that if I turn
up at London Bridge this evening at about 4pm, I might find that
there's a queue a mile long at London Bridge ticket office - can I

buy
a ticket from my originating tube station that will take me all the
way through? Or am I stuck with having to queue up at London Bridge?

Are there any alternatives?


Lots.

You can buy rail tickets from many travel agents
or from most NR stations.
or over the internet for collection from a ticket machine at London
Bridge.

In these circumstance I usually bought in the morning or the night
before.

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Michael R N Dolbear wrote:
Martin Petrov wrote

I'm flying out of Gatwick tonight at 6pm, and am wary that if I turn
up at London Bridge this evening at about 4pm, I might find that
there's a queue a mile long at London Bridge ticket office - can I

buy
a ticket from my originating tube station that will take me all the
way through? Or am I stuck with having to queue up at London Bridge?

Are there any alternatives?


Lots.

You can buy rail tickets from many travel agents
or from most NR stations.
or over the internet for collection from a ticket machine at London
Bridge.

In these circumstance I usually bought in the morning or the night
before.

It's probably a bit late, but he could just buy from his tube station,
could he not?
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I'm flying out of Gatwick tonight at 6pm, and am wary that if I turn
up at London Bridge this evening at about 4pm, I might find that
there's a queue a mile long at London Bridge ticket office - can I buy
a ticket from my originating tube station that will take me all the
way through? Or am I stuck with having to queue up at London Bridge?

Are there any alternatives?


This too late, but I'll answer anyway.

Yes, your local tube station can sell you a ticket. You may find it's faster
(and more comfortable) to travel via Victoria, but you need make sure your
ticket is valid for your intended route/operator.

D A Stocks

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On 28 Sep, 17:40, "David A Stocks" wrote:
"Martin Petrov" wrote in message

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I'm flying out of Gatwick tonight at 6pm, and am wary that if I turn
up at London Bridge this evening at about 4pm, I might find that
there's a queue a mile long at London Bridge ticket office - can I buy
a ticket from my originating tube station that will take me all the
way through? Or am I stuck with having to queue up at London Bridge?


Are there any alternatives?


This too late, but I'll answer anyway.

Yes, your local tube station can sell you a ticket. You may find it's faster
(and more comfortable) to travel via Victoria, but you need make sure your
ticket is valid for your intended route/operator.

D A Stocks


Cheers all - and yes, I know you're probably all DYING to know how I
got on, and yes, I did easily buy a ticket at Leyton, for the through
trip to Gatwick via London Bridge....
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:46:34 +0100, wrote:

I'm flying out of Gatwick tonight at 6pm, and am wary that if I turn
up at London Bridge this evening at about 4pm, I might find that
there's a queue a mile long at London Bridge ticket office - can I
buy
a ticket from my originating tube station that will take me all the
way through? Or am I stuck with having to queue up at London Bridge?

Are there any alternatives?

Lots.

You can buy rail tickets from many travel agents
or from most NR stations.
or over the internet for collection from a ticket machine at London
Bridge.

In these circumstance I usually bought in the morning or the night
before.

It's probably a bit late, but he could just buy from his tube station,
could he not?


IIRC, at an LU station you can buy Southern-only, FCC-only, and
Gatwick-Express-only tickets to Gatwick, but not the multi-operator
one (FCC+Southern).

The multi-operator ticket ought to be London Terminals 'any permitted', but
I don't think you can buy this to Gatwick (so buy it to Three Bridges
instead).

So you have to choose an operator in advance, and
stick to it (and if it's a return journey you have to return by the
same operator).


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.

D A Stocks

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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.

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On Sep 28, 5:40*pm, "David A Stocks" wrote:
"Martin Petrov" wrote in message

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I'm flying out of Gatwick tonight at 6pm, and am wary that if I turn
up at London Bridge this evening at about 4pm, I might find that
there's a queue a mile long at London Bridge ticket office - can I buy
a ticket from my originating tube station that will take me all the
way through? Or am I stuck with having to queue up at London Bridge?


Are there any alternatives?


This too late, but I'll answer anyway.

Yes, your local tube station can sell you a ticket. You may find it's faster
(and more comfortable) to travel via Victoria, but you need make sure your
ticket is valid for your intended route/operator.


More generally, what kind of National Rail tickets is it possible to
buy from a tube ticket office?
Only tickets to destinations in the NSE area? Further afield? Can I
use a railcard?
What are the chances of finding someone in a ticket office who'll know
how to sell me one?


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