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

Roland Perry · March 1st 10, 07:48 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 10:49:16
on Mon, 1 Mar 2010, remarked:
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.

The ticket they sell is an Advance from Cambridge to Selly Oak. You can't
buy a Cross-Country Advance from Cambridge to Selly Oak.

XC don't call at Selly Oak, do they?

The Cross Country
MD recognised when i saw him recently that wasn't too clever. ;-)

You have to split the ticketing at New St.

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.

Which costs more.

£1.80 CDR.

CC claim most of their passengers travel on other TOCs
trains as well as theirs. An own goal there, not offering Advance tickets.

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Roland Perry