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Potential Off peak ticket rail changes
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Can’t read the full article but there is a potential change to the off peak times to replace the cliff edge change at around 9.30 to a sliding scale.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/off-peak-fares-leave-the-station-as-rail-firms-eye-ticketing-shake-up-g3g6d05lp
Personally I’m not in favour - I use this and a railcard to cut the cost of going to work from £55 at 9am to around £17 if I go at 10. I don’t need to go in every day (or even every week) so a season ticket is a waste of money but when I do, I need to get there as early as possible or it’s not worth going in at all….
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/off-peak-fares-leave-the-station-as-rail-firms-eye-ticketing-shake-up-g3g6d05lp
Personally I’m not in favour - I use this and a railcard to cut the cost of going to work from £55 at 9am to around £17 if I go at 10. I don’t need to go in every day (or even every week) so a season ticket is a waste of money but when I do, I need to get there as early as possible or it’s not worth going in at all….
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SW Railway have an intermediate band called off peak from 9.30 to midday when super offpeak starts. The off peak is not much of a reduction from the full fare so in the Thames valley it pays to go to a GWR station if there is one nearby and travel from there - at the moment by the sound of it..
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