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username678
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This may be a stupid question so apologies in advance.
I am making a train journey soon as follows:
Train Station A to Train Station B
Train Station B's London Underground to Train Station C's London Underground
Train Station C to Train Station D
Will my ticket from Train Station A to Train Station D cover the underground? Do I have to buy a separate ticket for that? Will the machine eat my ticket leaving me to buy a new one anyway? Thanks in advance!
I am making a train journey soon as follows:
Train Station A to Train Station B
Train Station B's London Underground to Train Station C's London Underground
Train Station C to Train Station D
Will my ticket from Train Station A to Train Station D cover the underground? Do I have to buy a separate ticket for that? Will the machine eat my ticket leaving me to buy a new one anyway? Thanks in advance!
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I think if you buy an A to D ticket it should cover travel between B and C. However, it's unlikely to be the best value option, espcially if A to B and C to D journeys are with separate TOCs. I'd check out the cost of individual tickets for each leg of the journey, plus the underground cost (which you can pay for on the day with a contactless card or mobile phone payment for the lowest cost, if you have either of these)0
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username678 wrote: »This may be a stupid question so apologies in advance.
I am making a train journey soon as follows:
Train Station A to Train Station B
Train Station B's London Underground to Train Station C's London Underground
Train Station C to Train Station D
Will my ticket from Train Station A to Train Station D cover the underground? Do I have to buy a separate ticket for that? Will the machine eat my ticket leaving me to buy a new one anyway? Thanks in advance!
Go on, be brave. Take the risk and tell us where you are travelling from and to.
The answer to your first question is: possibly, it may depend on the ticket you buy.
The answer to the second question depends on whether the answer to the first question turns out to be 'yes' or 'no'.
The answer to the third question is: possible but unlikely.0 -
I had similar query the other day (in fact when I initially saw it I thought admin might have stolen it for a thread..lol)... albeit on cost... so I agree with the above posts... if you need a transfer in London that'll be included (but check - it should be shown in itinerary) if you buy the journey A to D (which requires A to B and C to D trains) rather than separating the tickets...and the tickets will be marked with a symbol to show can use underground for connection... but you may find buying the individual tickets for A to B and C to D and then using Oyster or equivalent much cheaper. As example I'm looking at Newcastle to Cornwall... it mirrors the journey you are suggesting and is charged at, as example, £66.50 if bought with underground transfer included... yet the individual tickets for A to B and C to D are as little as only £20 and £22.50 respectively meaning you're in effect paying as much as £24!!!! for what otherwise could be a £2.40 Oyster or contactless journey on underground. Seems like madness to me. But then as a train amateur I also had to point out yesterday that CrossCountry were apparently selling tickets for a train that doesn't exist."Do not attribute to conspiracy what can adequately be explained by incompetence" - rogerblack0
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username678 wrote: »This may be a stupid question so apologies in advance.
I am making a train journey soon as follows:
Train Station A to Train Station B
Train Station B's London Underground to Train Station C's London Underground
Train Station C to Train Station D
Will my ticket from Train Station A to Train Station D cover the underground? Do I have to buy a separate ticket for that? Will the machine eat my ticket leaving me to buy a new one anyway? Thanks in advance!
Yes.
No.
No. If it does, ask the gateline operator to retrieve it.0 -
If your ticket is marked with the maltese cross (dagger) symbol it will include cross-London travel on the Underground.A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0
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Almost every train journey I make involves crossing London on the tube, and I've never yet had a ticket that doesn't include it in the price.0
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Almost every train journey I make involves crossing London on the tube, and I've never yet had a ticket that doesn't include it in the price."Do not attribute to conspiracy what can adequately be explained by incompetence" - rogerblack0
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So is that saving because you booked early or because you split the ticket? Whenever I've tried looking for split tickets I've lost the will to live before I found any savings.0
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So is that saving because you booked early or because you split the ticket? Whenever I've tried looking for split tickets I've lost the will to live before I found any savings."Do not attribute to conspiracy what can adequately be explained by incompetence" - rogerblack0
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I can't find anywhere on the website that enables you to specify whether you want the tube included. For a trip from here (Essex) to Bath, if I buy separate tickets for either side of London it's £57.30 instead of £65.80 if I leave at 09:00, or £47.50 instead of £30.50 if I leave at 11:00.
The problem with looking for cheap fares is that there are so many permutations you just lose the will to live trying them all.0
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