"Mizter T" wrote in message
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Nicks wrote:

Now resolved - SWT clerk must have done his homework and managed to sell
me
a ticket only to Vauxhall, not London Stations yesterday.

Interesting. I sometimes travel out from Vauxhall, where I've always
been sold a ticket from "London Terminals", though I haven't yet made
any such journey this year.

If it's a return ticket then it's useful to have the facility to travel
back to Waterloo, either because the train doesn't stop at Vauxhall or
because that's where I'm heading. I shall see what I'm sold in the
future - perhaps it'll be from Vauxhall for shorter journeys/those in
the zones, and from "London Terminals" for longer journeys/those
outside the zones, as perhaps for such longer journeys there still
isn't a price differential between going from Vauxhall or Waterloo.
Perhaps someone with the current NFM might be so kind as to investigate?

At Vauxhall the ticket machine offered me a fare to New Malden based on the
zone 2 to zone 4 fare - so this will not be from London stations.

Another linked issue for me - I have an annual travelcard which is zones 5
and 6 - so I've been buying tickets to Vauxhall from New Malden - as this is
in zone 4 - SWT clerks have happily sold me 3 tickets this way this year -
however for the latest ticket the clerk said that I need to get a ticket
from Berrylands which is in zone 5 - as he said that my zonal pass is not
valid from the boundry of zone 5 to the first zone 4 station. I suspect he
may be right until the new fares become truly zonal - any guidance anywhere
on this please?

Nicks