Winchester to London

[moosehead]

Is it allowed to use a Winchester to London Terminals ticket (off peak with a Network Rail card) via Basingstoke and Reading?

Thanks

 

[wintonian]

Yes - I do it often.

Get the XX:31 XC to Reading and catch a HST and on the way back stop off and visit the Three Guineas at Reading station for a quck one.

 

[thefab444]

Indeed it is. You can save a couple of quid by splitting tickets at Basingstoke (£26.50-ish compared to £29.00 off peak).

 

[moosehead]

Many thanks! That'll save time as there's engineering works on the London to Winchester line this weekend.

 

[wintonian]

Depends,

The super off peak return from Basingstoke is only valid via Woking so:

Super off peak return Winchester to London - £17.35

Off peak return Basingstoke to London (valid via Reading) - £12.55
Off peak return Winchester to Basingstoke - £4.90

Making the super off peak 10p cheeper compared to £17.45

But if you are arriving in London before 12:00 then:

Winchester to Waterloo off peak return - £19.15
A saving of £1.80 when spliting at Basingstoke as above.

All fares are railcard fares.

Obviously Peak tickets will cost more but you can still save by spliting at Basingstoke and they should be valid via Reading.
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You will only save 5 - 10mins so depends where you are heading to.

If you are going up Sun morning I would go via reading as the trains will be packed with fans off to Wembley - if you didn't allready know and are not going.

 

[royaloak]

His main issue is that the line is closed between Surbiton and Clapham Jn this Sunday and he is trying to avoid it.

 

[moosehead]

Yes I'm off to Wembley (leaving Sat pm and back Sun pm), but as I regularly travel from Winchester to London then the Reading option is well worth knowing anyway thanks. Does it apply to season tickets too?

 

[yorkie]

Yes I'm off to Wembley (leaving Sat pm and back Sun pm), but as I regularly travel from Winchester to London then the Reading option is well worth knowing anyway thanks. Does it apply to season tickets too?

Yes, there are no 'Route Woking' seasons according to Avantix.

 

[wintonian]

On Sun PM I think I'm going to hang arround in London untill late evening ish depending on the weather, so I can relax on the train home without standing for 1 & 3/4 hours.

 

[moosehead]

Yes it could be a bit crowded, Southampton are taking 44,000 fans. Thanks for the Paddington info!
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That worked brilliantly, thanks guys.

For others it was a fiasco. People waiting at Eastleigh couldn't get on the first two trains and so people were getting taxis to pick up the train at Totton. Curiously, they were told that Basingstoke/Reading wasn't an option (I assume they were using Super Off-peak, but were told by the guard 'on a day like this it probably wouldn't matter').

 

[yorkie]

For others it was a fiasco. People waiting at Eastleigh couldn't get on the first two trains and so people were getting taxis to pick up the train at Totton. Curiously, they were told that Basingstoke/Reading wasn't an option (I assume they were using Super Off-peak, but were told by the guard 'on a day like this it probably wouldn't matter').

I can't see any fare from Eastleigh to London routed Woking, and there are no restrictions on Super Off Peak tickets at weekends.

 

[wintonian]

I don't think there are fares routed 'Woking' this side of Basingstoke.

I was going to take the same route via reading but on arriving at Winchester and hearing of the chaos from one of the SWT guys of hundreds of people being left behind at Central and parkway I jumped in a taxi and to Alton and got a seat and got chatting to some guys on the way up who me and a mate has a beer with in London.

The guard on the train said a couple of times over the tannoy that he was in the middle of the train, would be walking through checking tickets and as the train was so busy (straight after Alton) 1st had been declassified. Odd as when I went to sort out changing my tickets I had already bought he/ she wasn't there and everyone had a seat with quite a few spare. Another example of SWT guards disappearing into thin air and locking themselves away with the PA equipment. :roll:

So rather naughtily I used my Winchester ticket to get out at Waterloo and came back on it to Winchester – well I did try to get it changed and when I asked someone at Alton I it was OK to buy a ticket on the train (train was about to leave) he just kept saying the machine was broken (didn’t seem to have a clue and clearly wasn’t bothered), would this be the one on the train or the one at the station? But no “the machine doesn’t work,” yes but WHICH one? - I never found out.

But hey we won so I don't realy care any more

 

[yorkie]

I don't think there should be any problem using a ticket from Winchester on the Alton line in such circumstances, I can't imagine anyone would have a problem with that. The Alton ticket would be cheaper.

 

[royaloak]

I had people with Surbiton tickets get on at Shepperton when it went base over apex on the mainline, if its valid on the day its good enough for me when its gone wrong.
No 1 priority is move people, no 2 get service back to normal.

 

[moosehead]

So...if I'm travelling from Winchester to London via Reading, am I also allowed to use the Reading to Waterloo services? Not that it makes much sense of course - but would I be allowed to split my journey anywhere between Reading and Waterloo?

 

[wintonian]

Should be, using maps CS + WX via STAINES and TWICKENHAM or HOUNSLOW would seem to be ok, if any one was thinking of explaining the routeing guide.