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Thanks to Yorkie and everyone else for the replies. To update, neither the barrier nor the gateline staff let me through initially, but thanks to this forum I had the confidence to challenge the staff refusal by showing my itinerary and saying the ticket was off peak from Euston, not Raynes...

Thank you. I had (wrongly) thought there was a blanket 'not before 09:30' restriction, particularly because on a previous journey (to Derby if it makes a difference) the gate wouldn't let me through at around 09:15 and the staff member said it was because my ticket was off-peak return (and he...

I bought a ticket from thetrainline.com for a journey: Raynes Park to Preston, via Vauxhall and Euston. The journey schedule (from thetrainline.com) is to depart from Raynes Park at 09:28 to make the connections, but the ticket is an 'off peak return'. Will I need to use contactless for the...

My 17 year old son who’s a student will be making several train journeys per week between Wimbledon/Raynes Park and Surbiton. Struggling to work out whether a PAYG Oyster Zip or using his 16-17 year old Railcard to buy tickets will be cheaper. Any advice appreciated. Many thanks.

Thanks, I didn't know that. I came across this forum a few years ago and it's full of fascinating and at times arcane information. I wonder how the average passenger is expected to know that the quickest journey is not necessarily a permitted route?

thanks, looks like I can’t then. Seems odd though that by the quickest journey is not a ‘permitted route’ (even though it’s all on the same train operator)

I have a follow up query: I ended up going to the station and buying an ‘anytime day return’ ticket Raynes Park to Haslemere. This states ‘not valid via London terminals’. Am I correct in thinking this can be used via Clapham Junction as that’s not a London terminal? (Notwithstanding the NRE...

Thanks for your speedy and helpful reply. Seems odd that the quickest journey time is not a ‘permitted’ route and also that if I had relied on the Trainline app (as I usually do) I’d assume the journey wasn’t possible during normal morning commuting times. James

Trying to book a tickets from Raynes Park to Haslemere for Monday morning. The Trainline app only gives options of leaving at 05;58 or 09:28, nothing in between. I thought there should be various other available departures and indeed the NRE website gives multiple options. However for the...

I was making a journey from Vauxhall to Surbiton earlier this week. Because of delays it was quicker to catch a train Vauxhall to Waterloo and then a non-stop train Waterloo to Surbiton rather than a stopping service from Vauxhall to Surbiton. I touched in at Vauxhall and then out at Surbiton...

Just travelling back from Newport to Paddington (timetabled to leave at 1632 and arrive at 18:47). This takes 46mins more than the train in the opposite direction yesterday. I cannot figure out why. Route seems to be the same except train additionally stopped at Didcot Parkway. I know trains...

Thanks for the clarification However, 2 further questions now arise: What type of ticket should I have bought at Vauxhall to travel to Surbiton via Waterloo? The ticket machine doesn't appear to offer a 'via London' for this journey. In terms of Oyster validity, if I had been using my...

I was at Vauxhall station earlier today, needing to get to Surbiton, and found I didn't have my PAYG Oyster card with me. So I bought a single ticket Vauxhall to Surbiton, the route was stated as 'any permitted'. I got on a train which was due to stop at Surbiton but it was held up at...