Return train ticket: going to different station on return
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Slightly odd question - got to travel by train tomorrow and likely return to a different but nearby station, depending on what time I can get away.
2 Singles are £44 total, 1 return is £34. However, a single to either final destination is the same price (using mostly the same trains) and they are in the same zone. Will the gates let me out do we think? I am loath to purchase 2 singles due to the extra (on top of already exorbitant cost) and also because if I get away early enough I will be doing a straight return journey...
2 Singles are £44 total, 1 return is £34. However, a single to either final destination is the same price (using mostly the same trains) and they are in the same zone. Will the gates let me out do we think? I am loath to purchase 2 singles due to the extra (on top of already exorbitant cost) and also because if I get away early enough I will be doing a straight return journey...
Be careful: there was a case recently of a man who IIRC got off the train at Preston when he had a ticket for Lancaster (despite the Lancaster train having to stop at Preston en route to Lancaster) and Virgin came after him for fraud because there was differential pricing on the line.
I'd ask the railway company.
I'd ask the railway company.
Yeah, I just read something about that. I know East Croydon is gated so I bet the barrier won't let me through and I'll get done for travelling without a ticket. It's BS because they are the same price!
You can get a LU Zone 1-5 to Luton return which is about the same price. Is that gonna work?
You can get a LU Zone 1-5 to Luton return which is about the same price. Is that gonna work?
psi310398 said:
Be careful: there was a case recently of a man who IIRC got off the train at Preston when he had a ticket for Lancaster (despite the Lancaster train having to stop at Preston en route to Lancaster) and Virgin came after him for fraud because there was differential pricing on the line.
Did they win?How bizarre. Just got a zone 5 to Luton return for £21 from the station. Ticket person double checked and said it was fine even though putting it through from the station itself was £34. We will see what happened when I try to get through the barriers at East Croydon this afternoon...
. GCH said:
Did they win?
Can't recall, but a subsequent post suggests that the problem is common. I guess the problem is not so much win or lose - with a bit of persistence you can often get these things overturned, but just the b*llsache of, and time devoted to, dealing with the spivs who run privatised infrastructure.
Peter
NiceCupOfTea said:
How bizarre. Just got a zone 5 to Luton return for £21 from the station. Ticket person double checked and said it was fine even though putting it through from the station itself was £34. We will see what happened when I try to get through the barriers at East Croydon this afternoon...
That's assuming you survive L***nTIGA84 said:
I use that line from Orpington to get to Kentish Town sometimes.
Can't you just tap in with a debit card at Bromley South, tap out at Luton, then do the reverse but tapping out at Croydon, it'll work the rest out for you?
No, Luton is outside the Oyster zone so you can't travel with contactlessCan't you just tap in with a debit card at Bromley South, tap out at Luton, then do the reverse but tapping out at Croydon, it'll work the rest out for you?
Fingers crossed a Z5-Luton ticket allows you to travel through zones 1 to 4..
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