Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail?

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Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail?

Course they are, if you're a student. Do you mean one bought by a holder of
those YP/student railcards?

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Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail?

Course they are, if you're a student. Do you mean one bought by a
holder of those YP/student railcards?

Ah, I should have been clearer. I mean a ticket bought with a student
photocard from a tube ticket office. Whatever it is I'd get if I went
to my local tube station and asked for a monthly student ticket zones 1
to 3.

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"Robin May" wrote in message
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Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail?

Course they are, if you're a student. Do you mean one bought by a
holder of those YP/student railcards?

Ah, I should have been clearer. I mean a ticket bought with a student
photocard from a tube ticket office. Whatever it is I'd get if I went
to my local tube station and asked for a monthly student ticket zones 1
to 3.

No, student season tickets are LT cards not Travelcards and are not valid on
national rail (except a few joint routes).

Peter Smyth

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Ah, I should have been clearer. I mean a ticket bought with a
student photocard from a tube ticket office. Whatever it is I'd
get if I went to my local tube station and asked for a monthly
student ticket zones 1 to 3.

No, student season tickets are LT cards not Travelcards and are
not valid on national rail (except a few joint routes).

Damn. So I take it that West Ham to Fenchurch street is not allowed?

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Ah, I should have been clearer. I mean a ticket bought with a
student photocard from a tube ticket office. Whatever it is I'd
get if I went to my local tube station and asked for a monthly
student ticket zones 1 to 3.

No, student season tickets are LT cards not Travelcards and are
not valid on national rail (except a few joint routes).

Damn. So I take it that West Ham to Fenchurch street is not allowed?

Actually that is one of the routes you can use it on. In general they can be
used on any route that runs parallel to an Underground line. The full list is

Amersham - Marylebone
Finsbury Park - King's Cross/Moorgate
Kentish Town - Moorgate/Elephant & Castle/London Bridge
Kenton - Euston (not at Kilburn High Road or South Hampstead)
Liverpool Street - Walthamstow Central/Tottenham Hale/Seven Sisters (not at
any intermediate stations)
Richmond - Gunnersbury
Stratford - Custom House
Stratford - Liverpool Street
Upminster - Fenchurch Street/Liverpool Street
West Ruislip - South Ruislip

Peter Smyth

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Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail?

From 6th January 2004 I've heard that ULU has negotiated that the student
card will give a discount to national rail services in London. Basically I
suppose this means that we'll now be given a travelcard instead of the LT
Card we get at the moment.

Can't find any websites confirming this but i'm pretty sure it is correct.

Ian

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"Robin May" wrote in message
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Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail?

Course they are, if you're a student. Do you mean one bought by a
holder of those YP/student railcards?

Ah, I should have been clearer. I mean a ticket bought with a student
photocard from a tube ticket office. Whatever it is I'd get if I went
to my local tube station and asked for a monthly student ticket zones 1
to 3.

London underground/DLR zone tickets didn't used to be (don't know if they
are now) valid on the National Rail sections, such as Gunnersby - Stratford
and Custom House - Woolwich.

Marcus

Ian wrote:
From 6th January 2004 I've heard that ULU has negotiated that the student
card will give a discount to national rail services in London. Basically I
suppose this means that we'll now be given a travelcard instead of the LT
Card we get at the moment.

Can't find any websites confirming this but i'm pretty sure it is correct.

http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_...releaseid=1983

You and I may have thought that we get LT cards at the moment, but the
third 'note to editors' disagrees; we have "travelcards from the 'Youth'
range".

Alex

"Ian" wrote:


"Robin May" wrote in message
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Are student rate tickets not valid on national rail?

From 6th January 2004 I've heard that ULU has negotiated that the student
card will give a discount to national rail services in London.

That's news to me. What's your source?

I will check with my nearest friendly ULU officer in the next couple
of days, see what I can come up with.

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