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martin...@round-midnight.org.uk
Apr 9, 2021, 11:19:47 AM4/9/21
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On 09/04/2021 13:12, Recliner wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 09:41:11 +0100, martin...@round-midnight.org.uk wrote:
>
>> On 08/04/2021 22:14, Arthur Figgis wrote:
>>> On 08/04/2021 10:34, Roland Perry wrote:
>>>
>>>> No-one has ever explained to me how you administer incomplete journeys
>>>> on a network where the fare can easily be over £100.
>>>
>>> Don't have walk-on PAYG for long-distance services (so the argument
>>> becomes what is long distance...). This would need a change of approach
>>> from the traditional UK "a train is a train" to a Continental style "the
>>> ticket is valid on red trains but not white ones", so Coventry to
>>> Birmingham is more like Frankfurt Hbf to Flughafen.
>>>
>>
>> I suspect the backlash against such a restriction would make it
>> politically impossible.
>>
>
> I'm quite used to that, and so are many other Brits. For example, I can travel free from Watford Junction to Euston on
> LO, but have to pay a modest amount to travel on a (faster) LNR train, and couldn't use an Avanti train at all.
>
> Similarly, you need different tickets, at different prices, on the three different services from Heathrow to central
> London
>
I was particularly referring to long distances services. I make last
minute journeys distance services where there is no alternative short
distance service.
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 09:41:11 +0100, martin...@round-midnight.org.uk wrote:
>
>> On 08/04/2021 22:14, Arthur Figgis wrote:
>>> On 08/04/2021 10:34, Roland Perry wrote:
>>>
>>>> No-one has ever explained to me how you administer incomplete journeys
>>>> on a network where the fare can easily be over £100.
>>>
>>> Don't have walk-on PAYG for long-distance services (so the argument
>>> becomes what is long distance...). This would need a change of approach
>>> from the traditional UK "a train is a train" to a Continental style "the
>>> ticket is valid on red trains but not white ones", so Coventry to
>>> Birmingham is more like Frankfurt Hbf to Flughafen.
>>>
>>
>> I suspect the backlash against such a restriction would make it
>> politically impossible.
>>
>
> I'm quite used to that, and so are many other Brits. For example, I can travel free from Watford Junction to Euston on
> LO, but have to pay a modest amount to travel on a (faster) LNR train, and couldn't use an Avanti train at all.
>
> Similarly, you need different tickets, at different prices, on the three different services from Heathrow to central
> London
>
I was particularly referring to long distances services. I make last
minute journeys distance services where there is no alternative short
distance service.
martin...@round-midnight.org.uk
Apr 9, 2021, 11:20:08 AM4/9/21
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