Cheapest weekend ticket to Three Bridges

[nik]

Dear all,
I need to visit Three Bridges from London later on this month on 18 June. Having used this site before, some of you recomnended brfares.com to find fares.

I found a super off peak fare but I am not sure its valid for my journey - could you please help? And even if it is valid, will a normal train station staff find the fare on their fiendish computer system? What should I ask for?

Key info-
I have an annual gold card valid zones 2-4
I can therefore get the ticket to start in London Terminals and just pay oyster for zone 1 each way or get ticket to start from eg BKG
Same day return is planned.

Thanks for your assistance.


Fee on brfares is for

SUP OFFPK DAY R [FB]
CBA

But has two figures:

GOLDC GOLDC £6.35
CHAGC CHAGC £1.85

Here is what I found http://www.brfares.com/#faredetail?orig=LBG&dest=TBD&grpo=1072&rlc=NGC&rte=789&tkt=CBA

 

[Merseysider]

What's the origin station of your through journey? Depending on your location it may not be necessary to go into Central London.

The £6.35 fare is valid all day on the 18th June, as it's valid only on Sa/Su/BH. See nre.co.uk/fb

That's the fare adults pay; children pay £1.85.

Valid on any Thameslink train. The ticket office will have no problem issuing this fare.

 

[Romilly]

A discounted Barking-Three Bridges offpeak day return for 18 June would be £12.85 - which is a little bit more than £6.35 plus (2 x £2.40).

 

[nik]

Hi all,Thanks. Origin station is Barking, so I think the £6.35 fare starting London would work cheaper (i only have to pay £1.60 twice for Oyster PAYG to enter Zone 1 or exit Zone 1. Am covered zones 2-4.

So its called a Super Off Peak, thats all?

 

[nik]

What is the latest date I can buy this ticket at this £6.35 price? Presumably it stops being Super Off Peak the closer it gets to 18 June?

Where would that info be on the brfare page?

 

[Romilly]

Super offpeak tickets are walk-up tickets that can be bought immediately before travel (or earlier). So you could buy in London on the day from a ticket office or ticket vending machine.

The "super" element is the availability only for journeys at weekends/bank holidays.

 

[MikeWh]

What is the latest date I can buy this ticket at this £6.35 price? Presumably it stops being Super Off Peak the closer it gets to 18 June?

Where would that info be on the brfare page?

No, super off-peak is just a reduced price off-peak walk-up fare. It's available right up to departure on the day.

 

[talldave]

At only 5p more, a Boundary Zone 4 to Three Bridges GOLDC Off Peak Day Return at £6.40 would work on weekdays too from 9.30am and allows travel on all services, including Gatwick Express.

 

[Romilly]

But wouldn't that create Oyster problems for the OP: a touch-in at Barking, at some point a touch-out at the underground station at a London terminal, a touch-in at that London terminal, but no subsequent touch-out (as Three Bridges is outwith the Oyster zones).

 

[Hadders]

But wouldn't that create Oyster problems for the OP: a touch-in at Barking, at some point a touch-out at the underground station at a London terminal, a touch-in at that London terminal, but no subsequent touch-out (as Three Bridges is outwith the Oyster zones).

No need to touch in or out if a season ticket is held on Oyster

 

[MikeWh]

But wouldn't that create Oyster problems for the OP: a touch-in at Barking, at some point a touch-out at the underground station at a London terminal, a touch-in at that London terminal, but no subsequent touch-out (as Three Bridges is outwith the Oyster zones).

Yes it would. There would need to be a touch out somewhere in zones 2-4. Alternatively you can go Barking - Whitechapel - New Cross Gate - Three Bridges staying within zones 2-4 so no need to worry about PAYG as long as you have the ticket from BZ4.

 

[MikeWh]

No need to touch in or out if a season ticket is held on Oyster

There is if you travel outside the zones using PAYG. Zone 1 in this case.

 

[Romilly]

MikeWh has beaten me to it, but the OP only has a Zones 2 to 4 travelcard on their Oyster, and would be travelling from Barking in Zone 4 through Zones 3 and 2 into Zone 1 before travelling south from Zone 1 to Three Bridges. Therefore they would need to have touched in before entering Zone 1, and would need to touch in again at the London Terminal from which they travel to Three Bridges in order to pay by PAYG for the Zone 1 element of that leg of their journey.

 

[Hadders]

There is if you travel outside the zones using PAYG. Zone 1 in this case.

Ah, of course, my bad. I was assuming a circular route rather than via Zone 1.

 

[nik]

I have always seen it as two options

1) buy a full ticket BKG to Three Bridges and suffer double charging for the Zones 2-4 that I already am covered for or

2) use PAYG Oyster to exit in Zone 1 on the way in (cost £1.60) and likewise on the way out (a further £1.60) and then simply get a London Terminals return ticket. This way I will have touched in at Barking and out at London Bridge, and then use the paper ticket for the train, and the reverse on the retiurn leg, so I dont mess up the Oyster charging (for which by the way you need a PhD and four computer screens to properly read the 6 foot wide spreadsheet intended to overcharge sensible law abiding commuters)