OysterNewbie
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- 16 May 2012
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Hi,
I am new to the forum as I have a question I feel sure you will be able to help me with. I recently moved to London and I have just bought an annual season ticket (gold card) for my commute and am interested to learn about what other journeys my ticket might be valid for. I'm not trying to play the system, just working out whether I can get any additional value out of my ticket.
My ticket is from Wandsworth Common WSW to "Croydon Stations" (my commute is to East Croydon ECR). There are no restrictions printed on the ticket. I often get on and off at Balham instead, as my house is fairly equidistant between the 2 stations, which makes for a shorter overall journey. Balham is on (what I would call) the "normal" route for my ticket - a direct train to ECR.
For my commute WSW-ECR, there are a number of journey options including a direct train and a number of trains with changes. BAL-ECR has a number of other options available as well. On the national Rail T&C page is the following passage: The sentence I am interested in is in bold.
You can use your Season Ticket up to and including its expiry date for any number of journeys between the stations and/or within the zone(s) shown on it at any time of day. It may be used at intermediate stations, and on any permitted route, unless a route or any other restrictions are specified on the ticket. Details are available where these tickets are issued.
How do I define a "permitted route" and "intermediate station"? If I get on at Balham, can I then use any permitted route from BAL to get to a Croydon Station? And can I then travel freely between the intermediate stations on those routes as well?
I guess the short version of my question is, what stations (aka intermediate stations) does my ticket allow my to travel to, and from, via, between etc?
Many thanks in advance,
Dave
I am new to the forum as I have a question I feel sure you will be able to help me with. I recently moved to London and I have just bought an annual season ticket (gold card) for my commute and am interested to learn about what other journeys my ticket might be valid for. I'm not trying to play the system, just working out whether I can get any additional value out of my ticket.
My ticket is from Wandsworth Common WSW to "Croydon Stations" (my commute is to East Croydon ECR). There are no restrictions printed on the ticket. I often get on and off at Balham instead, as my house is fairly equidistant between the 2 stations, which makes for a shorter overall journey. Balham is on (what I would call) the "normal" route for my ticket - a direct train to ECR.
For my commute WSW-ECR, there are a number of journey options including a direct train and a number of trains with changes. BAL-ECR has a number of other options available as well. On the national Rail T&C page is the following passage: The sentence I am interested in is in bold.
You can use your Season Ticket up to and including its expiry date for any number of journeys between the stations and/or within the zone(s) shown on it at any time of day. It may be used at intermediate stations, and on any permitted route, unless a route or any other restrictions are specified on the ticket. Details are available where these tickets are issued.
How do I define a "permitted route" and "intermediate station"? If I get on at Balham, can I then use any permitted route from BAL to get to a Croydon Station? And can I then travel freely between the intermediate stations on those routes as well?
I guess the short version of my question is, what stations (aka intermediate stations) does my ticket allow my to travel to, and from, via, between etc?
Many thanks in advance,
Dave