Elphinstone's Army Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you rendelharris, : I have been 'allowed' > through one morning at 9.30 for the Bedford > Overground by a female station assistant, but the > SlimController advises 'you will have to buy a > ticket' - despite my observations that there is no > point having a Freedom Pass if that was the > case?! > > Bedford is on the Thameslink line which is only available free to Freedom Pass holders after 9.30 from Denmark Hill though I believe if you were to bus it up to Elephant and Castle you can use your Freedom Pass before 9.30 from that station though happy to be corrected. From Denmark Hill, you can only use trains on London Overground, the ginger line, without paying before 9.30 am. I?ve never had any problem with being given access to the overground platforms before 9.30 by showing my pass to the station staff and explaining I wanted to catch the overground.