Using NR tickets on tube

[W230]

Morning.

I've been wondering for a while whether there is a cheaper way for me cross London using my ATOC staff discount (or more specifically my wife as I have a TFL priv).

When I use St James Street station and head to destinations Liverpool Street/Stratford etc we always get a priv ticket on that route for my wife as it's cheaper than using PAYG. I also buy one myself when I need to break a journey at Hackney Downs and then continue to Liverpool Street.

However, i've been wondering whether the same thing can be done from Blackhorse Road? I noticed on BR fares for example there is no NR fare to London Victoria and that I would have to pay TFL fares but what about if I extended a ticket through to somewhere like Balham? I could reasonably be expected to change trains at Victoria so could I just end my journey there anyway? And assuming I could, what other zone 1 stations could I do this at?

Finally, assuming any of this is possible then how does one go about buying a NR ticket at a tube station without the ability to buy a priv ticket at them? Blackhorse Road for example does not have this option...

None of this might be possible anyway im just wondering about if I can get the magical maltese cross on some priv tickets and save money!

 

[bb21]

I don't quite understand. Does your wife not have the same entitlements as you?

 

[greatkingrat]

You can now get the Priv discount added to an Oyster card so for a journey like St James St - Liverpool St a paper ticket is £1.10 while Oyster would be 85p peak / 70p off-peak.

For journeys across London, yes you can buy a ticket for Blackhorse Road to Battersea Park and then stop short at Victoria.

 

[W230]

I don't quite understand. Does your wife not have the same entitlements as you?

Correct. There is no longer a nominee allowed with PTAC at my TOC.

Greatkingkat - thank you do the info. How does this work by getting the priv added to an Oyster card for a NR journey like SJS - LST (what am I asking for at the ticket office basically!)

As suspected I could use a BHO - Battersea Park ticket.cross London then, but again how does this work when BHO doesn't have NR ticketing facilities?

 

[hairyhandedfool]

....thank you do the info. How does this work by getting the priv added to an Oyster card for a NR journey like SJS - LST (what am I asking for at the ticket office basically!) ....

Visit any of the following Rail ticket offices once every year (July-June) with your Oystercard and your TOC Privilege card.

All staffed London Overground and TfL Rail (Liverpool St-Shenfield line) stations
Barking
Brimsdown
Broxbourne
Cheshunt
City Thameslink
Drayton Park
East Croydon
Enfield Lock
Essex Road
Farringdon
Fenchurch Street
Finsbury Park
Gatwick Airport (South Terminal arrivals desks)
Hertford East
Limehouse
London Blackfriars
London Liverpool Street
London Marylebone
London St. Pancras (Thameslink ticket office)
London Victoria
Northolt Park
Northumberland Park
Ponders End
Rye House
St Margarets
Tottenham Hale
Upminster

 

[W230]

Thank you. I shall do this as soon as I get the chance!