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[email protected] · October 7th 10, 04:36 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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[original post on uk.transport.london]
[crossposted to uk.railway]

(I've x-posted this to uk.r as I've got a few esoteric questions
in association with it.)

On Oct 5, 5:33 pm, "tim...." wrote:

"Chris Hills" wrote:

I am looking for tickets from Bat & Ball (BBL) to Romford
(RMF). thetrainline.com is offering a travelcard. Although
Bat & Ball is listed on the LU map, it is not shown in any zone
nor can I find any supporting information to say that it is in
zones 7-9. What zone is it, and will a travelcard be accepted
there?

It's not in a zone. What you have been offered is an "into"
London Travelcard which is the equivalent of a single return
journey to the zone boundary plus a travecard once you get
there.

The ticket does NOT entitle you to make unlimited journeys
to/from the zonalboundary and B&B.

The point to check for is how much more than the cost of a day
return to London Terminals is the price of a day travelcard.
Certainly from Cambridge most travelcard purchasers would be better
off buying a London Terminals day return and using Oyster for their
tube travel.

But not if you have a Network card which I suggest that anybody who
makes the journey more than about three times a year would have

Even with a railcard where only one return zones 1 & 2 trip is
made.

I would have to suggest that if at least one return tube journey
wasn't being made, no-one would even consider a travelcard as the
appropriate ticket.

I would expect the majority of day travelcard purchasers to make precisely
one return tube journey.

That costs £3.60 on Oyster and £4.30 as an Off Peak Day Travelcard.

You seem somewhat unlucky in your travelcard "excess". From my
local station (about the same distance at Cambridge) the (railcard)
difference is 2.65.

As I understood that the travelcard "add on" was "mandated" at a
fixed amount more than the DR, I find your difference surprising.

I thought that too but it appears that the travelcard addon price varies
hugely and totally lacks transparency.

Consider Oxford and Cambridge. Same Day Return fares to London Terminals
(£20 or £13.20 with railcard, TOCs in same ownership (First Group) but
Cambridge's travelcard addon is more than double Oxford's.

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Colin Rosenstiel