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Colin Rosenstiel · September 24th 06, 11:02 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
lid (asdf) wrote:

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:32 +0100 (BST), Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

And how will Oyster do network card (or any other railcard)
discounts.

I would expect that it won't. What we're most likely to see, I
reckon, is a German-style joint tariff in which TfL sets fares
and "national rail" type offers won't be valid.

Why? I get Network Card discounts on tickets from Cambridge that
include Underground travel, day Travelcards and tickets to
Underground zones.

You only get the Railcard discounts on the NR part of the fare, not
the Tube part. (Though through fares are now calculated in a
complicated and obscure way, and I'm not sure they're even the sum
of NR and Tube parts any more.)

Not so. The Day travelcard fare gets 34% off just like the London
Terminals Cheap Day Return does.

Examples:
Cambridge-London Terminals CDR: 17.60, with Network card: 11.60. 66% of
17.60=11.62.
Cambridge Day Travelcard: 22.50 with Network card: 14.85. 66% of
22.50=14.85.

QED.

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Colin Rosenstiel