Zone 1-4 National Rail Season ticket

[srisky]

I use national rail only between zones 1-4. I have different start and end stations depending on the day, so standard season ticket with stations specified is no good. Is there such a thing as national rail only travel card to use at any station within defined zones? The regular 1-4 travel cards cover tube, bus etc which I rarely use and is more expensive than using oyster PAYG for my commute.

Thanks

[Lowlander]

You can use a standard rail season ticket between any stations on your route, for instance my North Dulwich to London Terminals station lets me on and off at East Dulwich, Peckham Rye, QR Peckham, Sth Bermondsey and London Bridge). It costs ?712 a year.

Any South London station to London Terminals season ticket is valid to London Bridge, Blackfriars, Waterloo East, Victoria, Cannon Street, Charing Cross and Vauxhall

So that adds Tulse Hill, Denmark Hill, Elephant and Castle, Brixton and probably quite a few more to my list of allowed stations.

For instance a Wimbledon to London Terminals would add Waterloo to that route and a whole load of permutations.

If you post on this helpful forum they may be able to find you a ticket that would work as it gets a little complex with the routing guides but potential to save you ?572

http://www.railforums.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=105

Which stations to you want to use?

[Bic Basher]

No such thing as a NR zonal ticket, it's a Travelcard or a NR point to point season ticket which allows you to travel to the station on the ticket and intermidiate stations.

Depending on where you wish to travel to, some point to point tickets allow for cross-London transfer on the Underground.

[srisky]

Thanks, both - yes, I thought there may be no such thing. Problem is that the journeys are by different train operators (South eastern and Southern). 4 days a week I travel Kent House-Herne Hill and then North Dulwich-London Bridge and back, so was wondering if there was a cheaper alternative to PAYG

[Lowlander]

srisky Wrote:

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> Thanks, both - yes, I thought there may be no such

> thing. Problem is that the journeys are by

> different train operators (South eastern and

> Southern). 4 days a week I travel Kent House-Herne

> Hill and then North Dulwich-London Bridge and

> back, so was wondering if there was a cheaper

> alternative to PAYG

You can use any operator with a point to point season ticket (for instance I can use southern from north Dulwich to Peckham rye, then SouthEastern to Victoria).

A Beckenham junction to London Terminals season ticket is ?1316 and would allow you to make those journeys ( as it allows you to take any train to any south London terminal station apart from Waterloo)

So Kent house to Herne hill is on the route from Beckenham junction to Blackfriars, which is allowed. North Dulwich to London Bridge is on the Beckenham junction to London Bridge service, also permitted.

[srisky]

That's really helpful, thank you! I will do some number crunching to work out whether it works out cheaper once leave etc is factored.

[ianr]

Lowlander Wrote:

> A Beckenham junction to London Terminals season

> ticket is ?1316 and would allow you to make those

> journeys ( as it allows you to take any train to

> any south London terminal station apart from

> Waterloo)

Even Waterloo, and City Thameslink, according to http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/seasonticket/search, if you enter Beckenham Junction, London Waterloo, All options. Same price as one from Kent House, and additionally seems to allow travel from Clock House.

[srisky]

You're right! Looks like the majority of major terminals and stations in between would be covered (London bridge, Victoria, kings cross st panc, Waterloo/Waterloo East, charing X plus Thames Link).

Thanks to all 3 of you for your help!