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Title: London to Reading Travelcard rules Post by: johoare on July 23, 2009, 00:13:04 Hello.. Today I had to get from Maidenhead to Reading, Reading to London (via SWT on slow Bracknell line) and then back from Paddington to Maidenhead..(all off peak)
I was hoping I could get a Reading to London (all zones) travelcard which would cover me on both lines and would cover all my journeys.. But because I wasn't starting in Reading I was advised this wasn't possible.. so I had to get single from Maidenhead to Reading and then buy and use the travelcard from there.. I understand this as I would be travelling out towards Reading as my first use of the ticket rather than the other way round but wonder if really I could have got away with using a travel card in this way without the extra Maidenhead to Reading single? Title: Re: London to Reading Travelcard rules Post by: Mookiemoo on July 23, 2009, 00:16:38 Hello.. Today I had to get from Maidenhead to Reading, Reading to London (via SWT on slow Bracknell line) and then back from Paddington to Maidenhead..(all off peak) I was hoping I could get a Reading to London (all zones) travelcard which would cover me on both lines and would cover all my journeys.. But because I wasn't starting in Reading I was advised this wasn't possible.. so I had to get single from Maidenhead to Reading and then buy and use the travelcard from there.. I understand this as I would be travelling out towards Reading as my first use of the ticket rather than the other way round but wonder if really I could have got away with using a travel card in this way without the extra Maidenhead to Reading single? I bet if you'd have bought it, 99% of TMs and ticket inspecty people would not have batted a eye lid But if you will ask at a ticket office......... 8) Title: Re: London to Reading Travelcard rules Post by: devon_metro on July 23, 2009, 09:45:43 They should have sold it to you if you asked for it! For all they know you were being driven into Reading with a coleague!
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