On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:46:34 +0100, wrote:

I'm flying out of Gatwick tonight at 6pm, and am wary that if I turn
up at London Bridge this evening at about 4pm, I might find that
there's a queue a mile long at London Bridge ticket office - can I
buy
a ticket from my originating tube station that will take me all the
way through? Or am I stuck with having to queue up at London Bridge?

Are there any alternatives?

Lots.

You can buy rail tickets from many travel agents
or from most NR stations.
or over the internet for collection from a ticket machine at London
Bridge.

In these circumstance I usually bought in the morning or the night
before.

It's probably a bit late, but he could just buy from his tube station,
could he not?

IIRC, at an LU station you can buy Southern-only, FCC-only, and
Gatwick-Express-only tickets to Gatwick, but not the multi-operator
one (FCC+Southern). So you have to choose an operator in advance, and
stick to it (and if it's a return journey you have to return by the
same operator).

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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:46:34 +0100, wrote:

I'm flying out of Gatwick tonight at 6pm, and am wary that if I turn
up at London Bridge this evening at about 4pm, I might find that
there's a queue a mile long at London Bridge ticket office - can I
buy
a ticket from my originating tube station that will take me all the
way through? Or am I stuck with having to queue up at London Bridge?

Are there any alternatives?

Lots.

You can buy rail tickets from many travel agents
or from most NR stations.
or over the internet for collection from a ticket machine at London
Bridge.

In these circumstance I usually bought in the morning or the night
before.

It's probably a bit late, but he could just buy from his tube station,
could he not?

IIRC, at an LU station you can buy Southern-only, FCC-only, and
Gatwick-Express-only tickets to Gatwick, but not the multi-operator
one (FCC+Southern).
The multi-operator ticket ought to be London Terminals 'any permitted', but
I don't think you can buy this to Gatwick (so buy it to Three Bridges
instead).

So you have to choose an operator in advance, and
stick to it (and if it's a return journey you have to return by the
same operator).

You can combine a travelcard with a boundary zone ticket (with a choice of
routing options that include 'any permitted'). This should even work with a
day travelcard without the requirement for the train to call at a boundary
zone station (e.g. Gatwock Express) because boundary zone tix are considered
to be zonal tix.

D A Stocks

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:54:35PM +0100, David A Stocks wrote:

You can combine a travelcard with a boundary zone ticket (with a choice of
routing options that include 'any permitted'). This should even work with a
day travelcard without the requirement for the train to call at a boundary
zone station (e.g. Gatwock Express) because boundary zone tix are considered
to be zonal tix.

The Gatwick and Heathrow expresses are exceptions to this rule.

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On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:54:35PM +0100, David A Stocks wrote:

You can combine a travelcard with a boundary zone ticket (with a
choice of
routing options that include 'any permitted'). This should even work
with a
day travelcard without the requirement for the train to call at a
boundary
zone station (e.g. Gatwock Express) because boundary zone tix are
considered
to be zonal tix.

The Gatwick and Heathrow expresses are exceptions to this rule.

This is wrong. There are two separate tickets from Boundary Zone 6 to
Gatwick Airport, one rte NOT GATWICK EXP and one rte ANY PERMITTED. As
long as you buy the any permitted ticket you can use it on the Gatwick
Express with a Travelcard.

Peter Smyth

On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 06:33:13PM +0100, Peter Smyth wrote:
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:54:35PM +0100, David A Stocks wrote:
You can combine a travelcard with a boundary zone ticket (with a
choice of
routing options that include 'any permitted'). This should even work
with a
day travelcard without the requirement for the train to call at a
boundary
zone station (e.g. Gatwock Express) because boundary zone tix are
considered
to be zonal tix.
The Gatwick and Heathrow expresses are exceptions to this rule.
This is wrong. There are two separate tickets from Boundary Zone 6 to
Gatwick Airport, one rte NOT GATWICK EXP and one rte ANY PERMITTED. As
long as you buy the any permitted ticket you can use it on the Gatwick
Express with a Travelcard.

Interesting, thanks. I wonder when it changed then, cos last time I
tried to buy such a ticket, I couldn't.

Oh, wait, I wanted boundary zone *4* to Gatwick, is it only available
from 6?

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Irregular English:
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On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 06:33:13PM +0100, Peter Smyth wrote:
"David Cantrell" wrote in message
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:54:35PM +0100, David A Stocks wrote:
You can combine a travelcard with a boundary zone ticket (with a
choice of
routing options that include 'any permitted'). This should even
work
with a
day travelcard without the requirement for the train to call at a
boundary
zone station (e.g. Gatwock Express) because boundary zone tix are
considered
to be zonal tix.
The Gatwick and Heathrow expresses are exceptions to this rule.
This is wrong. There are two separate tickets from Boundary Zone 6 to
Gatwick Airport, one rte NOT GATWICK EXP and one rte ANY PERMITTED.
As
long as you buy the any permitted ticket you can use it on the
Gatwick
Express with a Travelcard.

Interesting, thanks. I wonder when it changed then, cos last time I
tried to buy such a ticket, I couldn't.

Oh, wait, I wanted boundary zone *4* to Gatwick, is it only available
from 6?

The fares listed in The Manual from boundary zones to Gatwick are

BOUNDARY ZONE 2 or 3
CDR 10.00 NOT GATWICK EXP, 18.60 ANY PERMITTED
SDR 13.60 NOT GATWICK EXP, 26.20 ANY PERMITTED

BOUNDARY ZONE 4 or 5
CDR 7.50 ANY PERMITTED
SDR 11.20 ANY PERMITTED

BOUNDARY ZONE 6
CDR 6.90 NOT GATWICK EXP, 6.80 ANY PERMITTED
SDR 9.50 NOT GATWICK EXP, 9.30 ANY PERMITTED

The fares for zone 2/3 are about what I would expect but something seems
to have gone wrong with the fares for zones 4-6. So I am not sure
whether it is actually possible to buy a 6.80 Any Permitted CDR from BZ6
to Gatwick or not.

Peter Smyth

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On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 06:33:13PM +0100, Peter Smyth wrote:
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:54:35PM +0100, David A Stocks wrote:
You can combine a travelcard with a boundary zone ticket (with a
choice of
routing options that include 'any permitted'). This should even work
with a
day travelcard without the requirement for the train to call at a
boundary
zone station (e.g. Gatwock Express) because boundary zone tix are
considered
to be zonal tix.
The Gatwick and Heathrow expresses are exceptions to this rule.
This is wrong. There are two separate tickets from Boundary Zone 6 to
Gatwick Airport, one rte NOT GATWICK EXP and one rte ANY PERMITTED. As
long as you buy the any permitted ticket you can use it on the Gatwick
Express with a Travelcard.

Interesting, thanks. I wonder when it changed then, cos last time I
tried to buy such a ticket, I couldn't.

Oh, wait, I wanted boundary zone *4* to Gatwick, is it only available
from 6?

The fares listed in The Manual from boundary zones to Gatwick are

BOUNDARY ZONE 2 or 3
CDR 10.00 NOT GATWICK EXP, 18.60 ANY PERMITTED
SDR 13.60 NOT GATWICK EXP, 26.20 ANY PERMITTED

BOUNDARY ZONE 4 or 5
CDR 7.50 ANY PERMITTED
SDR 11.20 ANY PERMITTED

BOUNDARY ZONE 6
CDR 6.90 NOT GATWICK EXP, 6.80 ANY PERMITTED
SDR 9.50 NOT GATWICK EXP, 9.30 ANY PERMITTED

The fares for zone 2/3 are about what I would expect but something seems
to have gone wrong with the fares for zones 4-6.

Why? They are in the same ball-park as the equivalent fares from East
Croydon (zone 5) to Gatwick.

DAS