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Henley to Paddington via Reading

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Hello,

I am trying to get to Henley-On-Thames from Paddington this week. I would like the option to go via Reading on the return.

Can I purchase the following Paddington to Henley-On-Thames ticket:
Off-Peak Day Return £18.40
Via Reading
Valid on Off-Peak services by the route shown. Return same day.

Then outbound take a Paddington to Reading train, but get off at Twyford rather than travel to Reading and back-track?

Return either via Reading, or again take a Reading-Paddington train at Twyford?

Thanks
 
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bm125 said:
Then outbound take a Paddington to Reading train, but get off at Twyford rather than travel to Reading and back-track?
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I assume both that fare and the parallel via Reading Maidenhead fare were a sort of HST supplement as outside of peak hours, the trains stopping at Maidenhead and Twyford also stop at some or all of Ealing Broadway, Southall, Hayes and Harlington, West Drayton, Iver, Langley, Slough, Burnham and Taplow. Thus travelling to Reading and doubling back can be quicker. So changing at Twyford, if arriving from the London direction, I would have thought accepted.
 
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MarlowDonkey said:
Thus travelling to Reading and doubling back can be quicker. So changing at Twyford, if arriving from the London direction, I would have thought accepted.
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Yes for the return Twyford to Paddington is quicker going via Reading by taking an express Reading-Paddington train, and also likely to be less crowded.

Outbound it is about 10mins slower getting a Paddington-Reading faster train and then Reading-Twyford, compared to Paddington-Twyford on a slower train that continues to Reading.

So I guess my question is do I need to physically need to travel via Reading, or is it enough to just travel on trains where that routing is possible?
 
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Simple answer: yes, this ticket will allow you to travel via Reading, or to change at Twyford to/from Paddington.

Alternatively, you can buy the Not Via Reading fare at £15.70: if you decide to travel via Reading, an excess is due (£1.35 for each leg you travel this route). This can be bought at the ticket office, if available, or on-board.
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Buttsy said:
Don't Goldcard discounts now kick in at 09:30?
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Yes, it's in line with most other Railcards now (weirdly not the Network though, that's still 10:00).
 
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Indigo2 said:
Especially so since the minimum fare doesn't apply to rovers/rangers, so it will be only £12.80: http://www.brfares.com/#!rovers?nlc=I066&rlc=NEW
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From your link I pick up this

SENIOR RAILCARD
Available to people aged 60 and over. Not valid in the morning peak for journeys wholly within the former British Rail Network SouthEast area, until the Off-Peak Day Return fare for the relevant journey becomes available.
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So does this mean, for example, that if journeying to Edinburgh on the 10am KX departure I can use my Senior rail card from my local NR station starting before 0930.
Great news if I can!
 
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cjp said:
From your link I pick up this


So does this mean, for example, that if journeying to Edinburgh on the 10am KX departure I can use my Senior rail card from my local NR station starting before 0930.
Great news if I can!
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Correct. You can use your Senior Railcard to obtain a 1/3 discount on any walk up ticket, including Anytimes etc, from your local NR station to Edinburgh. The first train out from King's Cross to Edinburgh where the cheapest walk-up return ticket, the Super Off Peak Return, is valid is the 09:30, so one of these tickets would be valid on sensible connecting services.
 
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Definitely cjp. It saves a small fortune on the local to London leg where both the Railcard discount and the Offpeak discounts are unavailable in the morning peak. One thing to note, the barriers will often not allow your ticket through before the peak period ends. I no longer even try the barriers at Basingstoke or Waterloo. Only one staff person has ever queried it and got a robust response from me!
 
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IanD said:
Off peak thames branches day ranger would allow this and also unlimited* travel for the whole day for only a little bit more.

* after 9:30am (10 with network railcard/goldcard) and some "evening peak" restrictions from Paddington
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According to the definitive source for passenger information there are no evening peak restrictions on the Thames Branches Day Ranger.

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/pr601e4c0a04000200f63dfe8f29a46f.aspx

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