Its still 1.60 more so why pay it especially as many maybe using contactless to continue journey further into London. Be more sensible just to one service provision to London Vic and provide appropriate level of train service and actually save themselves some units i suspect.
The folk with huge suitcases who had just flown in from Canada and elsewhere would not know about contactless and should have been encouraged to use GX, IMHO. They would then have a seat and room for their luggage. As it was, the crush may have contributed to a young lad being sick just as we reached ECR. You can see why I feel strongly about this!
It's much cheaper to travel on Southern using contactless than GX.
Not everyone at Gatwick wants Victoria. There will be quite a bit of churn at East Croydon and Clapham Junction on the Southern trains.
The terms and conditions say no.
Cheers
This just goes to show how complex the fares are. I quoted the Anytime Day Single prices from the Southern App. Where do yours come from?
From the Oyster database.
I guess you don't remember the Connex era? The 313s are in way better condition than any Connex stock in the year 2000. I don't just mean the slam door units. The 319s and 455s were a right state too.
and on journey time
I was born a few years before the southern franchise started, this is just my observation.
Did the Train advertised on the app stop at any other stations after GTW?
Some Thameslink-priced + Any Permitted fares, where the normal route is totally on Thameslink, have validity on the Gatwick Express while undercutting Gatwick Express own Airport-Victoria fare by nearly half.
Yes but they are likely to have been Tourist Trapped (?), Likely they have seen a train to London labelled Gatwick Express, didn't know there are slightly slower services and decided to just pay the money. I wonder if Staff at Gatwick Airport direct tourist heading to London on the Gatwick Express?
