Hi all,
Please bear with me for any errors, this is my first time tackling the routing guide.
I've got a Season Ticket for Southampton Central to Imperial Wharf. Sometimes I want to go elsewhere in the South East and want to make those journeys as cheap as possible. I know I can get off at intermediate stations Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction haven't posed a problem, but are there other routes that a traveller can use?
Southampton Central is its own routing point. Imperial Wharf has four but Southampton-Watford Junction is more expensive and fails the fare check, Southampton-Willesden Junction would involve doubling back so wouldn't be valid and there's no scheduled service from Hayes & Harlington to Imperial Wharf so the only valid routing point for Imperial Wharf in the Southampton direction is Clapham Junction.
Valid routes from Southampton to Clapham Junction are CW+LB (via Brighton or Lewes), LP (via Ford and Horsham), PD (via Havant and Guildford) and SW (via Winchester and Basingstoke).
So I thought I could travel from Southampton Central to Brighton on my season ticket but thought I would check with the ticket office first and was told that wasn't valid, having to buy a Southampton Central to Brighton return. Was that right and why?
Please bear with me for any errors, this is my first time tackling the routing guide.
I've got a Season Ticket for Southampton Central to Imperial Wharf. Sometimes I want to go elsewhere in the South East and want to make those journeys as cheap as possible. I know I can get off at intermediate stations Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking and Clapham Junction haven't posed a problem, but are there other routes that a traveller can use?
Southampton Central is its own routing point. Imperial Wharf has four but Southampton-Watford Junction is more expensive and fails the fare check, Southampton-Willesden Junction would involve doubling back so wouldn't be valid and there's no scheduled service from Hayes & Harlington to Imperial Wharf so the only valid routing point for Imperial Wharf in the Southampton direction is Clapham Junction.
Valid routes from Southampton to Clapham Junction are CW+LB (via Brighton or Lewes), LP (via Ford and Horsham), PD (via Havant and Guildford) and SW (via Winchester and Basingstoke).
So I thought I could travel from Southampton Central to Brighton on my season ticket but thought I would check with the ticket office first and was told that wasn't valid, having to buy a Southampton Central to Brighton return. Was that right and why?