Harlesden
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What is the cheapest option if I want to travel to Windsor by one route and return by the other route?
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
The route out of Paddington is built up all the way, near enough. From Waterloo only most of the way but still probably the most scenic.
Is it possible to excess a day return out of Paddington to return to Waterloo by paying half the difference in fare?
Yep you can go out one way and return the other by doing a change of route excess which will cost you 5p or 0p depending on which way round you do it.
The excess is not applicable as fares are not issued to Windsor & Eton Stns but to named stations respectively.
Are you sure that circumvents both easements 700084 and 700085?
Are you sure that circumvents both easements 700084 and 700085?
The excess is not applicable as fares are not issued to Windsor & Eton Stns but to named stations respectively.
Now, try entering "London Waterloo" to "Windsor & Eton Central" and "via Datchet"
Journey planner gives a return fare as low as £9.50.
This ticket will be printed "London Terminals" so would also be valid either way.
1) Break of journey is no problem on these tickets, but ...Thanks everyone for some very useful insights. Presumably I could buy a Datchet - London Terminals ticket online and collect it from the machines at either Windsor station.
The idea raises three questions though for me:
1) Would it be permitted to start the journey 'short' of Datchet, i.e. travelling on a Datchet - London Terminals ticket but starting at Windsor & Eton Central and going into Paddington that way?
Or is that a non-permitted break of journey - would one be legally required to have boarded a train at Datchet, alighted at Windsor & Eton Riverside and then walked to Windsor & Eton Central?
2) If the ticket were from Datchet - London Terminals return, but the outward journey were actually just Windsor & Eton Central to Paddington, would a return journey via Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside be invalid once the train reached Datchet? Or would the 'unused' Datchet to Windsor & Eton Riverside portion from the outward journey be acceptable for that remaining portion of the journey?
3) Would any of this work with a Z1-6 Travelcard as well, or would it only be for wholly National Rail tickets?
Now, try entering "London Waterloo" to "Windsor & Eton Central" and "via Datchet"
Journey planner gives a return fare as low as £9.50.
Presumably I could buy a Datchet - London Terminals ticket online and collect it from the machines at either Windsor station.
1) Would it be permitted to start the journey 'short' of Datchet, i.e. travelling on a Datchet - London Terminals ticket but starting at Windsor & Eton Central and going into Paddington that way?
Or is that a non-permitted break of journey - would one be legally required to have boarded a train at Datchet, alighted at Windsor & Eton Riverside and then walked to Windsor & Eton Central?
2) If the ticket were from Datchet - London Terminals return, but the outward journey were actually just Windsor & Eton Central to Paddington, would a return journey via Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside be invalid once the train reached Datchet? Or would the 'unused' Datchet to Windsor & Eton Riverside portion from the outward journey be acceptable for that remaining portion of the journey?
3) Would any of this work with a Z1-6 Travelcard as well, or would it only be for wholly National Rail tickets?
So, if I understand this right, it looks like, as long as the tickets are used in the 'right' order, a single from Windsor & Eton Riverside to Datchet or vice versa (£2.10 according to NRE) plus a Datchet to London Terminals return (£12.70 off peak) would effectively have the same validity as buying a single from Windsor & Eton Riverside to Waterloo (£9.10 off peak) plus a single from Paddington to Windsor & Eton Central (£9.00 off peak). £14.80 vs £18.10.
Strange, I was thinking of visiting Windsor this Saturday, so I won't open a new thread. I already have a Z1-6 Travelcard, and the boundaries seem to be at West Drayton for W Central and Feltham for W Riverside.
Here's the question: would I be able to buy a day return from the guard on the train between the boundary points and Windsor (like I would on TPE) or would I get done for not having a ticket, and have to buy this at Paddington or Waterloo before I got on to avoid this. No idea which companies operate them or what their regs are.
You would need to purchase from the ticket office before commencing your journey, as ticket purchase facilities exist at the boarding point in London. Based on my research earlier, you would need to ask for an extension to Central if wanting to use both routes.
You would need to purchase from the ticket office before commencing your journey, as ticket purchase facilities exist at the boarding point in London. Based on my research earlier, you would need to ask for an extension to Central if wanting to use both routes.
Almost. It doesn't matter really if you intend to travel outside rush hour.
Is a BZ6 > Windsor ER return valid for travel back via Central?
From what I can tell it is because later in the evening some of the booking sites tell you to walk from ER to Central, but I know from past experience the booking sites can be wrong!
You would need to purchase from the ticket office before commencing your journey, as ticket purchase facilities exist at the boarding point in London. Based on my research earlier, you would need to ask for an extension to Central if wanting to use both routes.