AndyLandy
Established Member
I was recently looking at Southampton-Brighton fares for a friend (there's another thread about it if you're interested) and I spotted an oddity.
One of the things we looked at was the possibility of travelling early morning on a Monday, but we weren't sure whether Southern consider trains on the West Coastway as having a peak period.
TheTrainLine app on my phone suggested that on a morning service, you'd need an Anytime fare routed via Barnham (so they do count it as peak, fair enough), but apparently an Off Peak fare routed 'Not London' is still valid on these services.
The whole thing just struck me as odd. Is there some easement on the Off peak 'Not London' fare that's not present on the via Barnham one?
One of the things we looked at was the possibility of travelling early morning on a Monday, but we weren't sure whether Southern consider trains on the West Coastway as having a peak period.
TheTrainLine app on my phone suggested that on a morning service, you'd need an Anytime fare routed via Barnham (so they do count it as peak, fair enough), but apparently an Off Peak fare routed 'Not London' is still valid on these services.
The whole thing just struck me as odd. Is there some easement on the Off peak 'Not London' fare that's not present on the via Barnham one?