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Colin Rosenstiel · June 30th 08, 10:50 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(tim.....) wrote:

"Scott" wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:02:46 +0100, Michael Hoffman
wrote:

Scott wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:04:52 +0100, Michael Hoffman
wrote:

Scott wrote:

It's got nothing to do with residency, it's about whether or not

the ODTC + return journey to the zone edge option will still
exist. Unless Oyster is going to be rolled in the provinces
then folks out there will still need to be able to buy this
Travelcard option.

You mean to avoid paying for the same small section of the
journey
twice. An interesting point that I had not thought of. But will

the discount that applies when an Oyser card is used balance this

out?
No.

So how much is an Travelcard for zones 1-2 when purchased as an
add-on to an off-peak rail ticket?

There is no such thing. There are only out-boundary Travelcards.

There must be a price differential between (1) buying a ticket from a
place outside London to the London terminus and (2) buying a ticket
from the same place to Zones 1-2. That was the question. I do not
know all the terminology.

Actually, if you are stupid enough to buy a ticket to zone 1, the
differential is 8 pounds per return ticket.

If you buy a travel card, from my local station the extra costs is
about 3.50 without a railcard or 2.30 with.

Lucky you. If you are a FCC GN user you will find those figures are
rather higher for some reason. From Cambridge it's £6 or £3.95 with a
railcard. Even Thameslink FCC customers don't get so ripped-off.

For me that means I need to know how many tube journeys I'm going to make
before I buy my ticket in Cambridge. The other day I bought a travelcard
thinking I would make three tube journeys. I only made two, which would
have cost £3.00 on Oyster so I lost out. Another time my daughter got a
day return and used Oyster. She was capped with 3 tube journeys but at
more than £3.95. Infuriating, and as far as I can see an FCC, not TfL,
decision!

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Colin Rosenstiel