On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:34:48 +0100, "tim....."
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"Scott" wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:34:22 +0100, "tim....."
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"Scott" wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:02:46 +0100, Michael Hoffman
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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.

I am not sure what you are comparing with what here.

I'm answering the question that was asked:

"how much more is an 'add on' zone 1 ticket from outside Zone 6 than a SDR
to London"

tim

Sorry, I misread it late at night. I was not thinking about
Railcards. I see what you mean. So it is £1.30 less than the capping
that would be applied by the Oyser card (which would charge £4.80).

As I said in my other posting there will be winners and losers in any
change, but some passengers paying an extra £1.30 seems to me a small
price to pay for all the benefits that flexible cashless ticketing
brings.