falloutphil
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Hi,
I am traveling between Canary Wharf tube and Southend Airport - single journey on a weekday around 17:30. Obvious route is tube to stratford and then the train.
I have a Z1-2 monthly travelcard on Oyster. I also have a Network Railcard.
I know if my journey was entirely by train I would get a "Zone 2 Boundary" to Southend Airport ticket.
My question is, if I get such a zone 2 boundary ticket is it valid *on the tube* for the section of my journey inside zone 3 (North Greenwich to Stratford) or are such tickets only valid when the whole journey takes place on NR?
Is my only option to use my Oyster to get a single tube journey and then a separate train ticket from Stratford.
I know, if for example I was traveling from West Ham, I could get a valid ticket allowing tube transfer (as West Ham is a joint tube/NR station) and get a small saving because of my Network Railcard. It's not much money, but I'm curious to know what the rules are when the journey starts on the tube.
Thanks for any advice,
Phil.
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I think I've answered this myself.
I can get a ticket from Canada Water (joint NR/tube) - and the stop before Canary Wharf. Now this is nuts - it routes you via New Cross Gate, London Bridge, then onto Stratford via tube to connect to the Southend Airport service. So you pass through Canada Water twice!!!
This is of course just a big loop, which you can ignore and hop straight on the tube (unless anyone else thinks different?).
The ticket is £17.40 std, but only £13.00 with Network Railcard.
...this is exactly the same price as a Network Railcard single from West Ham too.... (even tho this £13.60 std).
Now, a std single from Stratford is £12.10 (so can't use Network Railcard), and the Oyster extension will charge me £1.50, so £13.60 in total).
It's only a saving of 60p, but it's a good example of the rather non-linear pricing if you poke around a bit in London!
I'm still interested if rather than cherrypick a joint Tube/NR station like Canada Water, if it would be possible to buy a zone 2 boundary rail ticket and use directly from Canary Wharf tube - but I'm pretty sure on the evidence, even if it is allowed, the price will be £13.00 anyway, so no saving on the above suggestion.
I am traveling between Canary Wharf tube and Southend Airport - single journey on a weekday around 17:30. Obvious route is tube to stratford and then the train.
I have a Z1-2 monthly travelcard on Oyster. I also have a Network Railcard.
I know if my journey was entirely by train I would get a "Zone 2 Boundary" to Southend Airport ticket.
My question is, if I get such a zone 2 boundary ticket is it valid *on the tube* for the section of my journey inside zone 3 (North Greenwich to Stratford) or are such tickets only valid when the whole journey takes place on NR?
Is my only option to use my Oyster to get a single tube journey and then a separate train ticket from Stratford.
I know, if for example I was traveling from West Ham, I could get a valid ticket allowing tube transfer (as West Ham is a joint tube/NR station) and get a small saving because of my Network Railcard. It's not much money, but I'm curious to know what the rules are when the journey starts on the tube.
Thanks for any advice,
Phil.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
I think I've answered this myself.
I can get a ticket from Canada Water (joint NR/tube) - and the stop before Canary Wharf. Now this is nuts - it routes you via New Cross Gate, London Bridge, then onto Stratford via tube to connect to the Southend Airport service. So you pass through Canada Water twice!!!
This is of course just a big loop, which you can ignore and hop straight on the tube (unless anyone else thinks different?).
The ticket is £17.40 std, but only £13.00 with Network Railcard.
...this is exactly the same price as a Network Railcard single from West Ham too.... (even tho this £13.60 std).
Now, a std single from Stratford is £12.10 (so can't use Network Railcard), and the Oyster extension will charge me £1.50, so £13.60 in total).
It's only a saving of 60p, but it's a good example of the rather non-linear pricing if you poke around a bit in London!
I'm still interested if rather than cherrypick a joint Tube/NR station like Canada Water, if it would be possible to buy a zone 2 boundary rail ticket and use directly from Canary Wharf tube - but I'm pretty sure on the evidence, even if it is allowed, the price will be £13.00 anyway, so no saving on the above suggestion.