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Old September 30th 04, 11:53 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Neil Williams Neil Williams is offline
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Default Why is LU separate from National Rail?

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:37:49 +0100, Spyke wrote:

There's also lots of silly differences, for example, I can buy an
all-zones travelcard with my Disabled railcard at a NationalRail station
and get one for a travelling companion at the same discounted price, yet
buying the same travelcard from a LUL station with the same railcard, I
can't get a discounted ticket for my companion.


While I don't object to it per-se (as I benefit from it ), why *is*
Railcard discount available on a London Travelcard?

After all, such a discount is not available on Merseytravel Saveaways,
GMPTE Wayfarers, Rail Rangers or Daysavers, nor to my knowledge on any
other PTE-sponsored one-day tickets, all of which have a similar
reason for existence and validity as the London Travelcard.

Neil

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