On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:46:56 +0100, "Graham J"
wrote:

My local railway station would never sell off-peak travelcards until
approximately 9:25am on the day of travel (i.e. after the last timetabled
departure before 9:30am) and the ticket machines also wouldn't offer them
until quite near 9:30am. I assumed this was a widespread policy and was
blissfully unaware till this year that you *could* buy them in advance
elsewhere.

Last Tuesday I bought an off-peak travelcard at about 8am from a
ticket agent.

That got me thinking: can O/P travelcards be used on buses before
9:30am?


Cheers,

Jason.

Jason wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:46:56 +0100, "Graham J"
wrote:

My local railway station would never sell off-peak travelcards
until approximately 9:25am on the day of travel (i.e. after the
last timetabled departure before 9:30am) and the ticket machines
also wouldn't offer them until quite near 9:30am. I assumed this
was a widespread policy and was blissfully unaware till this year
that you *could* buy them in advance elsewhere.

Last Tuesday I bought an off-peak travelcard at about 8am from a
ticket agent.

That got me thinking: can O/P travelcards be used on buses before
9:30am?

No, they are not valid anywhere before 09:30 Mon-Fri (all-day validity
at weekends). Curiously there is no definition of what off-peak means
in the TfL Fares for 2004 leaflet, but it's defined in the more
comprehensive 58-page Fares and Tickets booklet.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Underground stations should sell them in advance as they will not operate
the automatic gates before 9.30am. NR stations may be more careful if they
are not gated as surprise surprise some people pretend they didn't know. :-)

Steve

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Jason wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:46:56 +0100, "Graham J"
wrote:

My local railway station would never sell off-peak travelcards
until approximately 9:25am on the day of travel (i.e. after the
last timetabled departure before 9:30am) and the ticket machines
also wouldn't offer them until quite near 9:30am. I assumed this
was a widespread policy and was blissfully unaware till this year
that you *could* buy them in advance elsewhere.

Last Tuesday I bought an off-peak travelcard at about 8am from a
ticket agent.

That got me thinking: can O/P travelcards be used on buses before
9:30am?

No, they are not valid anywhere before 09:30 Mon-Fri (all-day validity
at weekends). Curiously there is no definition of what off-peak means
in the TfL Fares for 2004 leaflet, but it's defined in the more
comprehensive 58-page Fares and Tickets booklet.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Jason typed


That got me thinking: can O/P travelcards be used on buses before
9:30am?

Not officially.

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.