"Andrew" writes:

"Dave" wrote in message
...
NM writes
Then don't sell the ****ing tickets if they can't deliver.

Once again proving your ignorance.

Travelcards are valid on that route and Travelcards are sold by lots of
train companies and TfL. Thameslink can't prevent those people with
Travelcards from travelling on its trains even if it wanted to.

--
Dave

Exactly. The same perhaps applies to a fair number of single and return
journeys within Thameslink's operating area, eg a single Kentish Town to
London Bridge might be sold at Kentish Town LU station, but be valid on
Thameslink services too.

Although it's way quicker to do it on the Jubilee, all other things
being equal.


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Andrew writes
Then don't sell the ****ing tickets if they can't deliver.

Once again proving your ignorance.

Travelcards are valid on that route and Travelcards are sold by lots of
train companies and TfL. Thameslink can't prevent those people with
Travelcards from travelling on its trains even if it wanted to.

Exactly. The same perhaps applies to a fair number of single and
return journeys within Thameslink's operating area, eg a single Kentish
Town to London Bridge might be sold at Kentish Town LU station, but be
valid on Thameslink services too.

In fact, to add to the above - I have a feeling that for the section
between Kentish Town and London Bridge/Elephant & Castle/Moorgate, LU
fares might apply anyway. I've always assumed that's the reason why
railcard discounts don't apply for journeys wholly within that section.

--
Dave

Dave wrote:
NM writes

Either you are so stubborn that you won't go back and look at the
website to see your error - or you are *so* thick in that you can't
see the error you made

I just happen to live here and I know how much I pay for fuel, I have
offered to supply you with a recent reciept showing the price.

You carry on believing you are right if that makes you happy, I know
different. AFAIC the matter is closed.


Jolly good. You carry on feeling smug. I carry on knowing you are a
****wit who can't read.

Suits me fine.

No problem, the knowledge of being in the right when dealing with a
total tosser does generate a certain smugness.

BTW it was 0.79 Euro again this afternoon

"Clive D. W. Feather" writes:
In article , Huge
writes
Exactly. The same perhaps applies to a fair number of single and return
journeys within Thameslink's operating area, eg a single Kentish Town to
London Bridge might be sold at Kentish Town LU station, but be valid on
Thameslink services too.

Although it's way quicker to do it on the Jubilee, all other things
being equal.

Kentish Town to London Bridge on the Jubilee? That's a clever trick.

Oh, yeah. Sorry. For some reason my eyes read "Kentish Town" and my head said
"West Hampstead".

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In article , (David
Marshall) wrote:

In article , Huge
wrote:
Thameslink publish the timetable. It's entirely their fault if they
can't abide by it.

Absolutely. But with such a frequent service it doesn't really *matter*.

The trouble with Thameslink if travelling from Brighton to Cambridge is
that most of the time you can leave Brighton later, travel more
comfortably to Victoria put up with the Victoria Line admittedly and get
to cambridge at the same time as using Thameslink. The times to cross
central London are dire, even compared with the tube. Ironically the seem
to keep to time better than South Central IME.

And another factor I discovered arriving at King's Cross Thameslink on
Thursday at 17:30 (on time) was that the platforms are barely passable to
the exits because of people waiting for other Thameslink trains. I know
the platforms are narrow but it was a real struggle. This seemed to be a
feature of all Thameslink platforms from Blackfriars to King's Cross
Thameslink.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
And another factor I discovered arriving at King's Cross Thameslink on
Thursday at 17:30 (on time) was that the platforms are barely passable to
the exits because of people waiting for other Thameslink trains. I know
the platforms are narrow but it was a real struggle. This seemed to be a
feature of all Thameslink platforms from Blackfriars to King's Cross
Thameslink.


Except for City Thameslink, which I've never found to be overcrowded even at
peak periods. Though the platforms are much deeper than KX Thameslink, and
there's an exit at both ends at the platform.

I agree with your description of King's Cross Thameslink in the evening
peak. When I commuted from City Thameslink to Cambridge I would ride in the
carriage which stopped by the King's Cross Thameslink exit to minimise the
time taken to get off the platform.

I read somewhere (Modern Railways, I think) that the new Thameslink Midland
Road station (for Thameslink 2000) will have just two platforms. I dread to
think how overcrowded the northbound one will become at 1730, with both
Bedford and King's Lynn services departing from the main platform.

Just think how many people wait on platform 8 at KX for the 1745 to King's
Lynn, add it to the number of people in the existing crush at the same time
at King's Cross Thameslink northbound, and you've got an almighty scrum,
even with wider and longer platforms. Surely someone has thought of this?

PaulO

In message , Paul Oter
writes
Just think how many people wait on platform 8 at KX for the 1745 to King's
Lynn, add it to the number of people in the existing crush at the same time at
King's Cross Thameslink northbound, and you've got an almighty scrum, even
with wider and longer platforms. Surely someone has thought of this?

Yes.

They are going to double the fares.
--
Bob Adams.
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