On 19 May, 15:23, Mizter T wrote:
On May 19, 3:08*pm, wrote:





In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Fri, 14 May 2010 14:46:25 -0700 (PDT), trainmanUK
wrote:

I went from Piccadilly Circus to Kings Cross on the piccadilly line.
I went to the Eurostar ticket office to buy a ticket which took about
10 minutes. *I then went from Kings *Cross to Paddington on the
Hammersmith and City. *These were two separate journeys but *seem to
have only been charged for one.

The Interchange time at Kings Cross St Pancras is fairly long given the
extensive distances between certain ticket halls. Given your description
it sounds like the system did the right thing in assuming a through
journey even though from your viewpoint you broke your journey. I
wouldn't worry about it - there's nothing you can do about it other than
spend much longer on your "break".

That was why I made sure I had a Cambridge to Zones 1 and 2 Off-Peak
Return paper ticket yesterday to avoid that happening when I went to visit
the ELLX.

You mean you had a Cambridge to zones 1-6 Day Travelcard - outboundary
Day Travelcards don't come in less than zones 1-6 flavour (indeed, I
don't think they come in more than zones 1-6 flavour either i.e. zones
1-9 - at least not yet).

Anyhow that's a sensible move for anyone who wants to 'bash' the new/
re-opened line.

It's remarkable how the possession of a paper outboundary season for
any period almost immediately results in a need to use the
Metropolitan beyond Moor Park. There must be some rule about this:
"Betjemen's Law" or something. One has to get off on the way to get
the right Oyster fare.