Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
Why should passengers end with less flexibility and more complicated fares....
Because LU can't deal with e-tickets and there is no reason someone who is using Thameslink should be inconvenienced by being unable to use an e-ticket if they wish to do so.
TBH, thinking more, it might be even easier to allow it for all flows but to require retailers to state, alongside the e-ticket option, "E-tickets cannot be used for cross-London transfers via London Underground", and that paper tickets via ToD must be offered in such cases.
There are cross-London journeys for which I never use LU, preferring to walk or go by bus (for example Euston-Waterloo I always do by bus), and I don't see why I should be inconvenienced by having to go to a TVM to pick up a paper ticket or by having to split (unless it's cheaper).