London Banter - View Single Post - Through ticketing from tube to rail [part 2]

Roland Perry · March 1st 10, 03:25 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 09:00:39
on Mon, 1 Mar 2010, remarked:
I'm curious to know what would happen if I was delayed on my way to
Euston. If, say, I boarded at Queen's Park, and took a London
Overground service - then I'd be travelling on a TOC service, and
covered by the NRCoC.

But what if I got the Underground, in plenty of time, but still got
held up? Do the conditions still apply? How about if the ticket
specifically started at Queen's Park[2]?

[2] I'm not actually travelling from there. But I did once buy a saver
ticket from Queen's Park (London) to Queen's Park (Glasgow)

The problem is that the AP ticket for that journey is valid either
for VT only (yes, I don't know how you are supposed to do the
tails) or "EastCoast and Connections". So you'd be travelling from
Kings Cross in any case.

VT sell through Advance tickets with reservations only on their services,
e.g. Cambridge to Selly Oak.

Huh? Since when did VT have a through service on that route...

There's a VWC *and connections* ticket though.

Trouble is, Cross Country don't, so VT is often cheaper and not
infrequently faster end-to-end.

You need to split the ticketing at New St, if you want an XC AP ticket.
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Roland Perry