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Paddington to Taunton in Evening Peak

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Paul Kelly

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I'm trying to find the cheapest fare for a friend of mine who needs to make a journey from London Paddington to Taunton on a Friday evening leaving around 5pm, returning on the following Monday afternoon. This is for a few weekends from now (can't remember which one).

She has a Zones 1-5 travelcard season and a Y-P railcard.

What I've come up with is:

CDS Hayes & Harlington to Theale rte NOT LONDON: £7.60
SSR Theale to Taunton rte NOT READING: £26.40
CDS Theale to Hayes & Harlington rte NOT LONDON: £7.60

Total £41.60

The combination will only be valid on trains that take the Berks & Hants line and pass through Theale, but as far as I can see all the fastest ones do. These trains won't stop at either Hayes & Harlington or Theale, but that should be OK because Condition 19(c) allows this when the first part of the journey is covered by a season.

It seems very (surprisingly!) cheap but I don't think I've missed anything: the CDS is a B1 restriction so no problems using it on the fast evening trains out of Paddington, and the SSR also has no evening peak restrictions as it starts west of Reading.

Have I missed anything, or does this combination look good to go?
 
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The combination will only be valid on trains that take the Berks & Hants line and pass through Theale, but as far as I can see all the fastest ones do. These trains won't stop at either Hayes & Harlington or Theale, but that should be OK because Condition 19(c) allows this when the first part of the journey is covered by a season.

Have I missed anything, or does this combination look good to go?

Don't think you have (however others may suggest something) though the conductor may not understand rule 19c with three tickets - some certainly don't - not sure of the best way to explain this to a non-railway friend!

Is bz5 to theale a little cheaper?
 

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It depends on the date, but advance singles could be cheaper still with no lingering doubts as to validity
Certainly the case the next few weekends.
 

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Theale to Westbury SSR £11.20 route: any permitted
Westbury to Taunton SVR £11.20 route: not Bristol

Total for leg £22.40

Or

Theal to Bath SVR £12.85 route: Westbury
Bath to Taunton SVR £12.55 route: any permitted

Total for leg £25.40

Or even

Hays to Pewsey SVR £22.45 route not London (valid for departures from Reading 08:35 - 17:10 and from 19:01 / Paddington 08:10 - 16:40 and after 18:31)
Pewsey to Taunton £14.20
Total £36.65
 
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Paul Kelly

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Some nice options there; thanks. Boundary zone ticket is the same price - and it's nice anyway to be able to buy everything online. Good point about advances; I wasn't expecting to find anything reasonably priced for that time of day on a Friday but I see on Friday 9th December for example, there is £18.80 (with railcard) available on the 17:36 off Paddington.
 
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