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Zoe

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Re: Private Eye

« Reply #15 on: October 18, 2011, 07:12:18 »

To be fair though it isn't very practical to commute from Exeter to London as the first traind doesn't arrive until 08:38 and that is pushing it quite a bit if you have to be in the office for a 9 AM start. Swindon is different though as the journey is only 1 hour but a journey from Swindon to London costs a fair bit more than a journey from Didcot Parkway unless you book in advance. In the case of Swindon to London though there is no reason good reason why there should be cheaper fares, people that commute in from Swindon have no realistic alternative so if people want to keep there job in London then they will pay the fare.


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« Reply #16 on: October 18, 2011, 09:17:50 »

Well it is two different toc's Chris But the route has always been cheaper even in br days factor in the network card after ten and its an even bigger savings, in the interests of fairness and to be impartial however it would be nice to get get a warm meal :-p


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Re: Private Eye

« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2011, 09:21:19 »

We were comparing prices on one TOC^▸ - the addition of the Salisbury royte into the discussion was rather a red herring....


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Re: Private Eye

« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2011, 09:25:05 »

Sorry Chris I amended my post while you were replying


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Re: Private Eye

« Reply #19 on: October 18, 2011, 09:47:16 »

Quote from: relex109 on October 18, 2011, 09:17:50

But the route has always been cheaper even in br days factor in the network card after ten and its an even bigger savings, in the interests of fairness and to be impartial however it would be nice to get get a warm meal

You were not allowed to use the Network Railcard from Exeter for journeys to London Waterloo back in the days of BR^▸ at least not until the last few years. It could only be used from Whimple or stations east of there. The Network Railcard these days can be used on the 08:26 from Exeter St Davids to Waterloo.


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Re: Private Eye

« Reply #20 on: October 18, 2011, 17:03:03 »

For the record I only brought this up because of a previous post about the network south east area


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