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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2007 4:48:30 GMT
I have vague recollections from my stations days that the only "point to point" season ticket available on the Underground was between Royal Oak and Paddington, if you wanted a season between any other 2 stations you paid a flat fare based on zones passed through, but the Royal Oak - Paddington one had the station names printed on the ticket. Can you still buy these? Why was such a strange one-off ticket introduced? and did many people take them up? As a driver between the 2 stations, I can't say I notice too many punters doing the one stop journey... Most bizarre.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2007 6:14:16 GMT
The point-to-point Season was a by-product of the Travelcard zonal system. They were valid to the next station when the next station was in another zone. Back in my Central Line days we had a PTP from Hanger Lane to Perivale. It was priced at slightly cheaper than the 2 zone TC. I was told in training the seasons were retained for those destinations for political reasons, thus avoiding a large price hike when the TC zones were introduced.
In the 3 1/2 years I was at Hanger Lane, I only sold one PTP season and they've now been removed from LU with the exception of North of Moor Park and the section 14 stations.
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Post by Oracle on Jun 3, 2007 10:23:54 GMT
When I commuted from 1973 my weekly season from Hounslow West was to Holborn, where I worked for a year. Then when I changed jobs and used to go to Green Park the season was to Piccadilly Circus, even though I only wanted one to GP. I always felt miffed that I was paying for one station stop more than I needed. So I often came back via Piccadilly, and on occasions went EB to Leicester Square to get a seat, then come back WB!
As regards RO - Paddington, if I had not read the answer I would have assumed that it was a left-over from the day when there was a GWR, later Western Region station, service to/from RO and so there was some ancient ticketing agreement when the then Met took over the route exclusively.
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Post by Hutch on Jun 3, 2007 11:53:41 GMT
Or between Paddington and Westbourne Park where the mainline platforms were only removed just prior to Heathrow electrification.
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Post by Oracle on Jun 3, 2007 13:05:51 GMT
I had forgotten about WP!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2007 6:41:39 GMT
thanks folks. As it happens, I don't suppose anyone buys any kind of ticket at Royal Oak these days! It's routinely left unstaffed for long periods these days.  |
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Post by c5 on Jun 4, 2007 7:12:23 GMT
thanks folks. As it happens, I don't suppose anyone buys any kind of ticket at Royal Oak these days! It's routinely left unstaffed for long periods these days. sssshhhh! No-ones meant to know that LUL have unstaffed stations   Royal Oak, along with Padding Sub and Westbourne Park and Ladbroke Grove shouldn't really be unstaffed because of the HEx, Overhead Wires, as if there is a problem with them, anything conductive on the station becomes live! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2007 17:30:18 GMT
I think Westbourne Park BR platforms closed around August 1992.
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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 4, 2007 18:11:18 GMT
Westbourne Park has a super round the clock as well as a control room.
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Post by c5 on Jun 4, 2007 18:48:09 GMT
Westbourne Park has a super round the clock as well as a control room. I think you mean Ladbroke Grove There is no Control Room SA on Nights, it is done by the Supervisor, and no Supervisor when they are on a meal break, it is then babysat by an SA. The only one that I have ever known to not be un-staffed is Hammersmith. |
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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 4, 2007 19:22:46 GMT
Yes, sorry, I knew it was Ladbroke Grove, got a bit confused!  |
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Post by citysig on Jun 5, 2007 13:17:40 GMT
The only one that I have ever known to not be un-staffed is Hammersmith. There's a bit more to do down there that's why. Most importantly, you can't have signalpersons securing points. Whatever next  |
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