Tulse Hill to Hove vs Tulse Hill to Brighton: fare comparison

[modernrail]

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Reading to Brighton - via London

I'm travelling on 19th May from Reading to Brighton I normally get the GWR service to Gatwick then a Southern service to Brighton. But this time due to a later KO of 2000¹, Ice got to travel via London. WHat tickets are available as I'm likely to be travelling across London after the...

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To avoid starting a new thread, I am looking up travel from Tulse Hill to Hove.

A single to Brighton would be £25.80
A single to Hove is £28.20

This seems like an odd difference bearing in mind they are basically exactly the same distance away? It is nearly 10% more.

 

[30907]

To avoid starting a new thread, I am looking up travel from Tulse Hill to Hove.

A single to Brighton would be £25.80
A single to Hove is £28.20

This seems like an odd difference bearing in mind they are basically exactly the same distance away? It is nearly 10% more.

The only fare I can see is £33.10.

Are you using a splitting site and for what time? If so, possibly the Brighton fare includes a "Thameslink only" ticket.

 

[MrJeeves]

Moderator note: Split from

Reading to Brighton - via London

I'm travelling on 19th May from Reading to Brighton I normally get the GWR service to Gatwick then a Southern service to Brighton. But this time due to a later KO of 2000¹, Ice got to travel via London. WHat tickets are available as I'm likely to be travelling across London after the...

www.railforums.co.uk

To avoid starting a new thread, I am looking up travel from Tulse Hill to Hove.

A single to Brighton would be £25.80
A single to Hove is £28.20

This seems like an odd difference bearing in mind they are basically exactly the same distance away? It is nearly 10% more.

...and the ticket to Brighton would also be valid via Preston Park - Hove - Brighton!