I'm amazed there are separate fares for Victoria when London Bridge is an equally likely destination...but there indeed are, sometimes the same price, sometimes 30p different. Bizarre.
I know they want to get rid of London Terminals, but why not have a destination London Vic/Bridge/Blackfriars? Or route Southern Only if the intention is to bar Thameslink (though I accept the "GTR issue" with doing this).
No Southern Trains to / from London Victoria on Sunday 15 October
Network Rail are carrying out engineering work between London Victoria and Streatham Hill / Streatham Common, closing various lines.
No Southern trains will operate to / from London Victoria. An amended Southern Main Line / Metro service will operate with trains diverted to start / terminate at London Bridge. A replacement bus service will operate between London Victoria and East Croydon / Balham and Streatham Hill.
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Minimal, surely 1000s of people travel to Victoria on a Sunday?
Minimal, surely 1000s of people travel to Victoria on a Sunday?
Surely not if you decide to save a few quid! Services to Victoria are still available as far as Southern are concerned. If you want to use London Bridge then you should buy the relevant ticket that allows you to do so.very annoying, there should be ticket acceptance at least to london bridge surely?!
Surely not if you decide to save a few quid! Services to Victoria are still available as far as Southern are concerned. If you want to use London Bridge then you should buy the relevant ticket that allows you to do so.
What services though, a 2 hour bus replacement?
What services though, a 2 hour bus replacement?
Yes, if he wanted to travel via London Bridge then there are tickets that allow you to do so, so why should a Victoria ticket be accepted via London Bridge? It is completely different to the situation this weekend of Swindon to London tickets being accepted via Oxford to Marylebone as there is usually no through ticket to allow that, whereas there is for the journey from East Croydon to London Bridge. There is nothing on the Southern website about London Victoria only tickets being accepted elsewhere.I think that's hassaanhc's point, yes.
But it only allows a Travelcard to be used for such a journey.NRE also suggest Blackfriars and then tube.
Some common sense at least.I went to London bridge as Southern's twitter said Victoria only tickets are valid there. Also on station announcements said tickets are accepted via any reasonable route.
Not sure if people have missed this but the ticket in question is an annual season. I'm not sure that penalising people on the odd Sunday is really a good idea, thankfully it seems as though they didn't.Yes, if he wanted to travel via London Bridge then there are tickets that allow you to do so, so why should a Victoria ticket be accepted via London Bridge?
Some common sense at least.
Funny nothing was mentioned on their website but they made the pre-recorded station announcements!
I did fail to notice that it was an annual season, so in which case I take back what I said. For some reason I thought it was a weekly.Not sure if people have missed this but the ticket in question is an annual season. I'm not sure that penalising people on the odd Sunday is really a good idea, thankfully it seems as though they didn't.
I did fail to notice that it was an annual season, so in which case I take back what I said. For some reason I thought it was a weekly.
Sorry for not making it clear, I didn't realise it mattered too much.
Sorry for not making it clear, I didn't realise it mattered too much.
From the standpoint of validity, it doesn't (or at least shouldn't) matter whether it's a weekly, monthly, odd-period or annual.