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tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk (tim.....) wrote:

> "Scott"  wrote in message 
> news:dluf64dtv49eatav0onpv2uc2f35q2tvv4@4ax.com...
> > On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:02:46 +0100, Michael Hoffman
> > <cam.ac.uk@mh391.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >>Scott wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:04:52 +0100, Michael Hoffman
> >>> <cam.ac.uk@mh391.invalid> 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.

Lucky you. If you are a FCC GN user you will find those figures are
rather higher for some reason. From Cambridge it's £6 or £3.95 with a
railcard. Even Thameslink FCC customers don't get so ripped-off.

For me that means I need to know how many tube journeys I'm going to make
before I buy my ticket in Cambridge. The other day I bought a travelcard
thinking I would make three tube journeys. I only made two, which would
have cost £3.00 on Oyster so I lost out. Another time my daughter got a
day return and used Oyster. She was capped with 3 tube journeys but at
more than £3.95. Infuriating, and as far as I can see an FCC, not TfL,
decision!

-- 
Colin Rosenstiel