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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2008 13:27:14 GMT
Hi, if I have a National Rail ticket from a station in the west of England to Barking, am I allowed to get the Hammersmith & City Line all the way from Paddington to Barking. I used to do that journey often and every time the route I was given by FGW was Circle line to Tower Hill and then c2c from Tower Hill to Barking.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2008 13:55:00 GMT
If the ticket has the + sign next to where it says "any permitted" then the ticket will be valid for whe re journey across london via LU.
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Post by cetacean on Sept 30, 2008 14:06:34 GMT
Yes. Since c2c don't do seat reservations, even if you had an Advance ticket you wouldn't be bound to a particular itinerary to get to Barking. And the rules for using London Underground are very lax, so as long as you're going in the right direction* and you leave LUL at an NR interchange, you're fine. Taking the H&C to Barking definitely counts.
(* actually I don't think there's a rule preventing you using a cross London ticket on LUL to get to any NR interchange station you like, regardless of whether it's appropriate for your onward journey)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2008 21:23:08 GMT
Yep, fine, as long as you don't alight at an intermediate station.
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Post by Chris M on Sept 30, 2008 23:29:23 GMT
Yep, fine, as long as you don't alight at an intermediate station. If you were going from say Richmond to Paddington, could you interchange between Hammersmith stations? |
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Post by cetacean on Oct 1, 2008 1:02:19 GMT
Probably. The rule simply states: I note two non-interchanges: Lancaster Gate (for Paddington) and Bank (for Cannon Street?). |
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Post by suncloud on Oct 1, 2008 8:51:56 GMT
I note two non-interchanges: Lancaster Gate (for Paddington) and Bank (for Cannon Street?). Or maybe something historic with W & C? Would be nice if they were accepted on buses too. Especially after last tubes... |
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Post by Chris M on Oct 1, 2008 15:21:26 GMT
Could the Bank interchange be for Fenchurch Street? Going via Bank and the W&C on a Waterloo to Fenchurch Street or vice versa interchange seems quite a logical route to me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2008 17:50:14 GMT
Am I right in saying that where relevant (eg Farringdon) interchange to NR is permitted but the exit to street is not? I seem to remember trying to sneak out at Farringdon on an NR through ticket some years ago and the barriers not letting me through.
I'd guess Highbury, Richmond and Moorgate would be other examples - where you can interchange without exiting anywhere.
Should we be expecting an interchange gateline, like in Paris, between LU and NR in the future?
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Post by Tomcakes on Nov 30, 2008 18:24:32 GMT
I note two non-interchanges: Lancaster Gate (for Paddington) and Bank (for Cannon Street?). Or maybe something historic with W & C? Would be nice if they were accepted on buses too. Especially after last tubes... Buses however are entirely different to tubes - they have no connection at all with NR. You can buy "plus bus" tickets to a lot of NR stations, which allow use on local bus routes. I don't know if they are valid on nightbuses however, since these usually have an entirely different fare structure to normal buses. |
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Post by cetacean on Nov 30, 2008 18:56:25 GMT
Am I right in saying that where relevant (eg Farringdon) interchange to NR is permitted but the exit to street is not? I seem to remember trying to sneak out at Farringdon on an NR through ticket some years ago and the barriers not letting me through. That's roughly the same as trying to get out at say, Oxford Circus, on a cross-London ticket. Only one tube journey is allowed. It's not really anything to do with it being NR. (granted you could arrive at Farringdon on NR, so you could probably demand to be let out under NR break-of-journey rules, but I doubt the gates are programmed any differently) |
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