Title: Off peak evening travel from Reading to Paddington Post by: Nigel53 on January 13, 2014, 15:56:06 Hi, can anyone explain this, please. If I ask the journey planner for a day return trip from Reading to Paddington on a weekday, with the outward journey around 1700-1800 and the return after 2100, with a Senior Railcard (though I don't think that matters), I would expect that all trains would be at the "off peak day return" fare but they aren't: of the fast trains, the 1657, 1751 and 1756 are quoted at the "anytime" fare of ^28.05 and the 1727 at an "off peak return" fare of ^17.25, whereas all the others, earlier and later, are at an "off peak day return" fare of ^11.70. (These are just the faster trains, but a few of the slower ones are also shown at the higher fare.) However, the information given in the validity code for the ^11.70 fare (C7) just says that the outward journey must arrive in London after 1000, which of course all these trains do. So I can't see why it should cost that much more to use an apparently random selection of trains.
Title: Re: Off peak evening travel from Reading to Paddington Post by: IndustryInsider on January 13, 2014, 16:01:19 Other may be able to confirm, but I think this is a long standing error in the booking websites and you are free to use any train from Reading to London in the afternoon.
Title: Re: Off peak evening travel from Reading to Paddington Post by: JayMac on January 13, 2014, 19:40:05 It is a long standing error. One that FGW have not bothered to fix, or cannot fix.
With the Off Peak Day Return (Any Permitted) you are free to travel by any train to London after 1000. Title: Re: Off peak evening travel from Reading to Paddington Post by: Nigel53 on January 13, 2014, 19:45:57 Thanks, that seems much more sensible. Can't understand why they can't/won't fix it, though; anyone from FGW care to comment?
Title: Re: Off peak evening travel from Reading to Paddington Post by: didcotdean on January 13, 2014, 23:32:39 Similar issues with trains Didcot-London in the same time period. One day travelcards are unaffected.
Title: Re: Off peak evening travel from Reading to Paddington Post by: SDS on January 17, 2014, 20:20:28 There are some exceptions to the C7 rule.
The 17:51 (now 17:49) to WOS is a peak train and is listed in the C7 rule as such. The others are indeed valid on with the C7 code. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |