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Title: penryn to truro weekly ticket
Post by: LiskeardRich on December 04, 2011, 11:40:29
Is there a weekly fare available? Would be travelling outbound to arrive by 830 returning about 1730 on weekdays. I hold a y.p railcard. I'm moving house to a completly different area imminently so don't want to buy more than a week at a time. A daily ticket due to the peak morning is 3.60. Costs me about 3.00 a day to drive, so trying to find if anyway to find train travel cheaper. I work about 25 min walk from the station, we have a free staff car park. I'm just looking for ways to save money in anyway possible at the moment!


Title: Re: penryn to truro weekly ticket
Post by: JayMac on December 04, 2011, 11:46:37
7 Day Season ticket Penryn-Truro is ^11.00. You'll also need a passport sized photo for the accompanying photo card.


Title: Re: penryn to truro weekly ticket
Post by: LiskeardRich on December 04, 2011, 14:17:02
Thanks and that's ok to use on peak services? Purchase from manned station?


Title: Re: penryn to truro weekly ticket
Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on December 04, 2011, 14:22:15
for the first one, but once you have a photocard you can renew it at one of the self serve machines


Title: Re: penryn to truro weekly ticket
Post by: JayMac on December 04, 2011, 15:59:07
A season ticket is valid at all times and for any journey between the two named stations. Thus a Penryn-Truro season can also be used on journeys to/from Perranwall.

And as relex109 says your first weekly season will need to be purchased at a manned station. Subsequent weeklies can be purchased from TVMs or onboard where no facilities exist.


Title: Re: penryn to truro weekly ticket
Post by: jester on December 04, 2011, 21:11:58
Lots of the guards carry photo cards, so may not have to make the extra journey into Truro. Then you can renew it on the train from then on.


Title: Re: penryn to truro weekly ticket
Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 04, 2011, 21:26:36
Thanks for that helpful tip, jester.  :)


Title: Re: penryn to truro weekly ticket
Post by: LiskeardRich on December 04, 2011, 23:41:50
Thanks guys very useful info.
Going to make the most of the train now as once I move I won't be able to.
I'm moving to st erth, will still be commuting to truro daily, the timetable heading west from.truro in evening peak shows a gap in service from 1720 ish until 1850 ish. I can only think its a joke by fgw, as surely many commuters like myself who finish at 5 in the  main area where loads of offices are situated can not get to the station by 1720, and aren't going to wait until almost 7 for a train! It's a 25 min walk from where a lot of offices are situated, perhaps if their was a service at just after 1730 from truro heading west, fgw will see passenger numbers soar!


Title: Re: penryn to truro weekly ticket
Post by: old original on December 05, 2011, 07:00:38
No joke...and the 1720ish one is usually only 2 or 3 carriages during the winter.
You'll be ok during the summer though, when it's a HST and later at 17.45ish.



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