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Can anyone explain why, when using Oyster pay as you go, it costs 50p more to travel from Denmark Hill to Victoria than from Peckham Rye to Victoria? I only just noticed this when checking my journey history, and am somewhat puzzled since it?s exactly the same line, and I'd have thought that the journey from Denmark Hill should be cheaper since it?s a stop less.
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I found a corking pricing anomaly. I often travel to Bridgend, Wales. If I buy a super off-peak ticket at Paddington it costs ?69. If I buy it at ED station it is ?71, so a very reasonable ?2 to cross London both ways.


But, one day I needed to buy a single super off-peak from Bridgend back to ED - and they wanted a rather incredible ?71! How much to Paddington, I asked - it was ?40. So an amazing ?31 was being charged to cross London!!

Willma - I think you may be right. The DH journey was about 4.30pm. Definitely not the daily price cap, as the train journey was only the 2nd journey of the day (the bus to the respective stations being the first). I didn't know that there was a second peak time for fares. Not that it matters much, as the daily cap was still the off-peak one of ?6.60. I was just curious, so thank you for solving that mystery.


Loz - that probably has to go down as being one of the most overpriced train journeys in the country!

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