WesternLancer
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These must rate as amongst the most confusing in the UK....
anyway - just giving some advice to friends from abroad flying into Gatwick at 7.30am on a weekday - who want to do a day trn to London (then onwards to the south coast later on) - so an Anytime rtn is needed I think - need to keep it as simple as possible rather than seek the rock bottom cheapest fare and then they get on the wrong train and have an invalid ticket.
Study of BRfares.com suggests:
A Thameslink rtn fare for Thamelink only services - cheapest c£21
A Southern Fare - at c£25
Gatwick express fares - £most expensive
My question is - is the southern fare at c£25 return valid on the Thameslink trains?
I'll be advising them to avoid the Gatwick Express as it affords no greater comfort and minor only speed advantage for a fair bit extra £. I want to suggest a ticket that will allow them to get any other southern or thameslink train into central London basically, that they won't end up falling foul of southern or themslink revenue protection!
anyway - just giving some advice to friends from abroad flying into Gatwick at 7.30am on a weekday - who want to do a day trn to London (then onwards to the south coast later on) - so an Anytime rtn is needed I think - need to keep it as simple as possible rather than seek the rock bottom cheapest fare and then they get on the wrong train and have an invalid ticket.
Study of BRfares.com suggests:
A Thameslink rtn fare for Thamelink only services - cheapest c£21
A Southern Fare - at c£25
Gatwick express fares - £most expensive
My question is - is the southern fare at c£25 return valid on the Thameslink trains?
I'll be advising them to avoid the Gatwick Express as it affords no greater comfort and minor only speed advantage for a fair bit extra £. I want to suggest a ticket that will allow them to get any other southern or thameslink train into central London basically, that they won't end up falling foul of southern or themslink revenue protection!