Guildford to London Road routes via Surbiton this Saturday

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Hi there

I looked up the last train services from Guildford to Horsley this coming Saturday and saw that there was a service which required a bus journey.

Now the service was routed via Woking, changing at Surbiton for the bus. The point to point journey by train takes 13 minutes. This journey is over 1 hour 40 minutes! What surprised me was that the cost of the ticket was no more than the point to point.
(http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/GLD/HSY/180114/2245/updatejourney)

I then looked up services from Guildford to London Road and again a service was given which was even cheaper but still via Surbiton.
(http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/GLD/LRD/180114/2245/dep)

Have they put an easement in place allow passengers to travel that way? Would it just apply to the last train service or all train services across the day/weekend. In theory passengers could buy a return from Guildford to London Road, just to travel to and from Surbiton.

As it is, I know some people who might be coming from Horsley to Guildford and so long as they don't mind travelling both ways via Surbiton, it might work out cheaper to get a London Road ticket. I suspect the increased hassle might put them off of course. However going back they would have no choice if they got the last train.

 

[swt_passenger]

You should never have to pay extra to use an advertised engineering diversion. (Though fairly obviously if you come up with your own bright ideas about a longer diversion to stay on a train all the way you'd be on your own.)

If a journey planner was to show a higher price, all that means is they've not loaded the necessary easement - my advice would be to just buy your normal ticket at the station...

 

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Thanks for replying swt_passenger

 

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I think this is an NRE error: if you alter the date to Friday, when the same journey via Surbiton is shown (but both halves by train) the fare is £12-odd instead of £4-odd, and if you click on BUY it throws up an error message.

However I suppose if you do a printout for Saturday, the lower price ought theoretically to be accepted.

Travelling outward from Horsley via Surbiton surely wouldn't work anyway, though, as there's no RRB?