I'm thinking of going to Guildford from Surbiton tomorrow on the train with
my bike. Cycle down to Brighton and get a train back. Is it cheaper for two
singles or straight return from Brighton?

I will be using a network railcard.

Thanks

"elyob" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of going to Guildford from Surbiton tomorrow on the train
with my bike. Cycle down to Brighton and get a train back. Is it cheaper
for two singles or straight return from Brighton?

I will be using a network railcard.

Thanks

I had a quick check on the new spanking machines at Surbiton. Those machines
are great. They take credit cards easily. I was about to say "easier than
the staff", but that's not true. Less grumpy maybe, but not easier.

Anyway. It seems £10.75 return is better value. But can I buy a ticket at
this time of night for "today"? I'm pretty sure that if I bought a ticket at
00.30, that only applies till daybreak. I may be wrong, but I'm not risking
it. Why can't the machines allow me to buy a future ticket?

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(elyob) wrote:

"elyob" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of going to Guildford from Surbiton tomorrow on the
train with my bike. Cycle down to Brighton and get a train back.
Is it cheaper for two singles or straight return from Brighton?

I will be using a network railcard.

Thanks

I had a quick check on the new spanking machines at Surbiton. Those
machines are great. They take credit cards easily. I was about to
say "easier than the staff", but that's not true. Less grumpy
maybe, but not easier.

Anyway. It seems £10.75 return is better value. But can I buy a
ticket at this time of night for "today"? I'm pretty sure that if I
bought a ticket at 00.30, that only applies till daybreak. I may be
wrong, but I'm not risking it. Why can't the machines allow me to
buy a future ticket?

Which machines were they using? The Shere Fastticket machines at
Cambridge, now operated by 'one' but installed by WAGN, offer a choice
of today or tomorrow for sales after some time each afternoon.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

In article ,
(elyob) wrote:

"elyob" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of going to Guildford from Surbiton tomorrow on the
train with my bike. Cycle down to Brighton and get a train back.
Is it cheaper for two singles or straight return from Brighton?

I will be using a network railcard.

Thanks

I had a quick check on the new spanking machines at Surbiton. Those
machines are great. They take credit cards easily. I was about to
say "easier than the staff", but that's not true. Less grumpy
maybe, but not easier.

Anyway. It seems £10.75 return is better value. But can I buy a
ticket at this time of night for "today"? I'm pretty sure that if I
bought a ticket at 00.30, that only applies till daybreak. I may be
wrong, but I'm not risking it. Why can't the machines allow me to
buy a future ticket?

Which machines were they using? The Shere Fastticket machines at
Cambridge, now operated by 'one' but installed by WAGN, offer a choice
of today or tomorrow for sales after some time each afternoon.


The Southern self-service ticket machines - also a Shere model - sell
tickets for the next day after 4pm. A very useful facility.

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Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

In article ,
(elyob) wrote:

"elyob" wrote in message
...
I'm thinking of going to Guildford from Surbiton tomorrow on the
train with my bike. Cycle down to Brighton and get a train back.
Is it cheaper for two singles or straight return from Brighton?

I will be using a network railcard.

Thanks

I had a quick check on the new spanking machines at Surbiton. Those
machines are great. They take credit cards easily. I was about to
say "easier than the staff", but that's not true. Less grumpy
maybe, but not easier.

Anyway. It seems £10.75 return is better value. But can I buy a
ticket at this time of night for "today"? I'm pretty sure that if I
bought a ticket at 00.30, that only applies till daybreak. I may be
wrong, but I'm not risking it. Why can't the machines allow me to
buy a future ticket?

Which machines were they using? The Shere Fastticket machines at
Cambridge, now operated by 'one' but installed by WAGN, offer a choice
of today or tomorrow for sales after some time each afternoon.


The Southern self-service ticket machines - also a Shere model - sell
tickets for the next day after 4pm. A very useful facility.

Didn't seem to at 12.30 last night. Maybe it resets at midnight. I just
didn't trust that "today" meant "not tonight". i.e. they may have said "the
ticket is only valid to 4am" or something.

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:18:05 +0100, "elyob"
wrote:

Didn't seem to at 12.30 last night. Maybe it resets at midnight. I just
didn't trust that "today" meant "not tonight". i.e. they may have said "the
ticket is only valid to 4am" or something.

The traffic day starts at midnight and continues to 02.30 the next day
[1] to deal with trains that start their journeys before midnight.

[1] well it certainly did when I was involved in ticketing. Things may
have changed but a railway day is longer than 24 hours for good reason.
--
Paul C


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