Paul Oter wrote:

Mizter T wrote:

The NFM does not specify what ticket would be issued for journeys from
the south to Kings Cross Thameslink - I'd be interested to know if it
would be issued to KX Thameslink specifically or just to U1. Does
anyone know for sure?

At Gatwick Airport recently I purchased a single to King's Cross
Thameslink. The ticket stated that KXTL was the destination, and it
bore the words "Route Thameslink".


Thanks - that pretty much clears everything up with regards to this
query. KX Thameslink is a specific destination, the problem seems to be
that some ticket offices don't realise this and will sell passengers a
U1 ticket instead.

I think the 'Route Thameslink' wording might actually relate to your
ticket being an operator-specific ticket - i.e. between London and
Gatwick I believe there are several tickets available - FCC/Thameslink
only, an any permitted route ticket for any trains, a Southern only
ticket, a Gatwick Express only ticket - I'm a bit hazy with regards to
this to be honest.

Anyway as you were obviously going to be travelling on Thameslink to
get to Kings Cross, and there'd be no benefit in you going up to London
Bridge on a Southern train and changing - as all the Thameslink trains
that stop at LB will have previously stopped at Gatwick - you were
quite reasonably sold an FCC/Thameslink-only ticket.

Mizter T wrote:
Paul Oter wrote:

Mizter T wrote:

The NFM does not specify what ticket would be issued for journeys from
the south to Kings Cross Thameslink - I'd be interested to know if it
would be issued to KX Thameslink specifically or just to U1. Does
anyone know for sure?

At Gatwick Airport recently I purchased a single to King's Cross
Thameslink. The ticket stated that KXTL was the destination, and it
bore the words "Route Thameslink".

I think the 'Route Thameslink' wording might actually relate to your
ticket being an operator-specific ticket - i.e. between London and
Gatwick I believe there are several tickets available - FCC/Thameslink
only, an any permitted route ticket for any trains, a Southern only
ticket, a Gatwick Express only ticket - I'm a bit hazy with regards to
this to be honest.

Yes, I assumed it was valid on TL (FCC) trains only, and I couldn't
have used a Southern train for the Gatwick - East Croydon section even
though this is on the Thameslink route. Though the use of the word
"route" does make this a bit ambiguous - is this a reference to the
route or the operator?


Anyway as you were obviously going to be travelling on Thameslink to
get to Kings Cross, and there'd be no benefit in you going up to London
Bridge on a Southern train and changing - as all the Thameslink trains
that stop at LB will have previously stopped at Gatwick - you were
quite reasonably sold an FCC/Thameslink-only ticket.

I bought the ticket from a machine at Gatwick, specifying KXTL as the
destination.

I didn't ask for a U1 ticket partly because I suspected that it might
be more expensive and partly because I was carrying a Annual Gold Card
and know that you don't get a GOLDC discount on the LU element of such
fares.

PaulO

In article om,
(Paul Oter) wrote:

I didn't ask for a U1 ticket partly because I suspected that it
might be more expensive and partly because I was carrying a Annual Gold
Card and know that you don't get a GOLDC discount on the LU element of
such fares.

Huh? I get Network Card discounts on Day Travelcards and fares to
Underground destinations from Cambridge.

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Colin Rosenstiel