On Sep 30, 9:11*pm, The Gardener wrote:

It's not clear at which station the OP is trying to buy a ticket but I
guess, from the references to FGW, that it must be an FGW ticket
office. Looking at my out-of-date Avatix program, there are two fares
listed: Not London (ie via CBG) and +Any Permitted. The + symbol, of
course, allows cross-London transfer by Underground appropriate to the
journey being made, so AFAICT travelling via Tottenham Hale and the
Victoria Line is permitted.

What I wasn't sure about is if + allows you to start (or end) at an
underground station. Ie. for the last leg of the journey to be made by
underground (at least in theory - of course I'd probably just use my
oyster for this bit).

How does one deduce that the Victoria Line is "permitted"?

Am I right in thinking that because there's a ticket via CBG it must
be "Any Permitted"?


Whoever the ticket seller is, though, he comes across as being either
incompetent or plain contemptuous of his customers and if I were the
OP, I would write a strongly-worded letter to the individual's
employer describing what happened.

I may well do that if I can summon up the energy. I have their name -
I forgot to get it so my wife went back and asked the other guy (to
avoid further conflict). He told her "its written on his name badge"
but was eventually persuaded to give the guy's name which was much
shorter. My wife deals a lot with customer service employees so she
was deeply unimpressed by it.

Thanks for all this useful information. At some point I might brave
trying to buy a ticket that does the job. I have a new part-time job
that may mean I go to Shelford a few times a month by train, so this
is all potentially very useful. Sometimes those journeys might have to
be via a break in Cambridge, but that's just me being awkward :-).

Francis