Split Fares On The Tube Map
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- Опубликовано: 1 мар 2020
- Buying split tickets for journeys on National Rail is becoming more common, but did you know that with TfL Rail there are now some places on the Tube Map where you can split your journey as well to save you money.
The example in the video is between Paddington and Reading in the peak (it also obviously works the same between Reading and Paddington in peak hours too). Out of peak hours, try splitting at West Drayton instead for cheaper fares.
Note - You've always been able to this split with paper tickets (and still can) and STAY on the same train, but if you want to do it with Contactless, you have to exit through the barriers, and go back in again!
Split fares are the ultimate expression of how messed up the British rail network is.
"December 2020 Tube Map"
That saving's a huge chunk of change, for quite a modest journey. You'd be happy with that saving on a much longer journey.
“Pad Reading, or Readington Pad” ;-). Well played.
I would love to be at Slough for today's rush hour. Watching whole trainloads getting off, running up the stairs, tapping out, then in. Down the stairs and then back on the platform! And watch the gateline staff looking bewildered!
Wow, £24 for just 60 kilometers? In the Netherlands you can travel through the entire country for that price! The 450 kilometer trip from Vlissingen to Eemshaven is just €27.
Geoff, surprised that you didn’t mention it, but if you buy paper tickets, and split the journey at Slough, then (with this conventional split ticket) you still save. Not as much, but saves the having to go through the barriers, the train just has to stop at Slough and you don’t need to get off it and catch the next train. PAD to SLO £10.30, SLO to RDG £9.90, total £20.20. By comparison a direct single is £25.90 - so £5.70 cheaper
Useful tip here Geoff!
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I like your cutting on the beat. It has not gone unnoticed.
Looks like you can do Gatwick to London for half the price using contactless and splitting at Croydon.
Last time I went to Gatwick I used contactless and the reader at Gatwick gave an error message. I was told by a member of staff at the Gatwick station that my card would not cover a journey from Zone 1 to Gatwick and that I had to buy a paper ticket from East Croydon to Gatwick. It made absolutely no sense to me but I followed their directions and bought a paper ticket as I had to run for my Norwegian flight. Moral of the story, never fly Norwegian. They're terrible.
Love the camera work of the twisting train and switching sides of view looking out the window in this.
26 quid is just outrageous period
Never mind Dan's trousers... I noticed that en route you covered the Adobe logo on Dan's jacket.
The fact apps exist that show a cheaper fare using split ticketing shows how the fare system needs completely changing!
The fares should be more straightforward...
With that amount of saving per journey could Slough become the most used station in the UK with the amount of commuter's that used that line?
There's also Grays, Chafford Hundred or Ockendon which take oyster or contactless.
When will you do the complicated Gatport Airwick video, please ?