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What is the route you wish to take? If you are going to walk to Euston Square to get the underground to Farringdon, it will almost be as quick to walk to St Pancras.
Walking from Euston to St Pancras, a return from St Pancras to City Thameslink costs £6.30 and can be bought from a ticket machine.
Euston or Euston Square to City Thameslink is £5.50 each way using a paper ticket from the machine at the station.
If you intend to walk to St Pancras, you can get a paper ticket at the ticket office or ticket machines.
If you intend to get the Tube to St Pancras (or take any other route combining Tube and Thameslink) you should be able to get a paper ticket at the Euston (National Rail/Avanti) ticket office, possibly also at the Tube station ticket machines but I'm not 100% sure on that.
The prices would be £6.30 and £11 respectively, for each route's return ticket.
If you intend to get the Tube to St Pancras (or take any other route combining Tube and Thameslink) you should be able to get a paper ticket at the Euston (National Rail/Avanti) ticket office, possibly also at the Tube station ticket machines but I'm not 100% sure on that.
Euston to Kings Cross St Pancras and then St Pancras to City Thameslink would involve a considerable amount of walking within the stations. At St Pancras, the Northern line is closer to the Thameslink platforms than the Victoria Line but in either case you would need to go through barriers to interchange between the two.
As noted above, Euston Square is a few minutes walk from Euston in the wrong direction although Farringdon interchange is convenient. Overall, it is, in almost all cases, easier to walk to St Pancras from Euston.
Is there a reason why you don't want to use Oyster or contactless? A paper ticket is much more expensive.
I agree with others above and personally would go to Euston Square and take the Underground to Farringdon, or walk to St Pancras and take Thameslink. By the time you've descended 3 levels at Euston to the Underground, waited for a train then come back up at Kings Cross St Pancras and walked to the Thameslink platforms, it'll be faster to walk.
I get a lot of customers who want a paper ticket. Some want it for expenses claims, others as a keepsake, others simply do not want to use Oyster or CPC because they've had a bad experience with maximum fares, can't get on with the touch in/out process or don't want their movements recorded.
Not a great idea in my opinion, because this journey you’re making doesn‘t actually start from London Euston (National Rail/Avanti). It’s the tube station you need.
Personally I think for this particular journey it’s easier to walk along Euston Rd to St Pancras and start there.
I get a lot of customers who want a paper ticket. Some want it for expenses claims, others as a keepsake, others simply do not want to use Oyster or CPC because they've had a bad experience with maximum fares, can't get on with the touch in/out process or don't want their movements recorded.
It's easy to get around that and some people might only need a photograph of the ticket. Just offering some reasons as to why someone might not want to use Oyster or CPC.
If going down the £11 route, an anytime day return from South Hampstead to London Zone U1 & 2 is the same price and should be available from any nr ticket office, tvms offering the buy from another station facility or online via tod. Assuming you don use the Euston to South Hampstead section you would have the return portion for expenses etc.
If going down the £11 route, an anytime day return from South Hampstead to London Zone U1 & 2 is the same price and should be available from any nr ticket office, tvms offering the buy from another station facility or online via tod. Assuming you don use the Euston to South Hampstead section you would have the return portion for expenses etc.
I could (just about) understand a travelcard not being allowed under work policy but a point to point ticket to underground zone 1 seems a little draconian, given it is just as easy to purchase as one to the London Terminal.
I could (just about) understand a travelcard not being allowed under work policy but a point to point ticket to underground zone 1 seems a little draconian, given it is just as easy to purchase as one to the London Terminal.
With contactless you can download your journey history and payments from the TfL website for the previous 7 days without an account. I would have thought that is perfect for expenses claims.
Euston to Kings Cross St Pancras and then St Pancras to City Thameslink would involve a considerable amount of walking within the stations. At St Pancras, the Northern line is closer to the Thameslink platforms than the Victoria Line but in either case you would need to go through barriers to interchange between the two.
As noted above, Euston Square is a few minutes walk from Euston in the wrong direction although Farringdon interchange is convenient. Overall, it is, in almost all cases, easier to walk to St Pancras from Euston.
walk from Euston to St Pancras (which is shorter than many people think, especially to Thameslink platforms; shortes troute is via Doric Way/ Church Way (alleyway) / cut through the houising estate / Dangoor Walk, though the official route is not much longer via Poenix Road/Brill Place; or
If it's raining then it's safest to go via the deep tube from Euston to King's Cross, but this involves a lot of underground passages. It may be best to take the Northern Line and use the Northern ticket hall route for interchange,but others can advise on that.
It's working fine for me, it's the option in the bottom left of the page - '7 Day Journey & Payment History'.
Just another thought but where is your ultimate destination? Would Chancery Lane or St Paul's be better options taking the Northern Line from Euston to Tottenham Court Road then Central Line.
Just another thought but where is your ultimate destination? Would Chancery Lane or St Paul's be better options taking the Northern Line from Euston to Tottenham Court Road then Central Line.
OK but the walk from Chancery Lane/St Paul's might be less than the walk involved between Euston and Kings Cross/Euston and Euston Square/interchanging at St Pancras.
I could (just about) understand a travelcard not being allowed under work policy but a point to point ticket to underground zone 1 seems a little draconian, given it is just as easy to purchase as one to the London Terminal.
Somewhat ironic when the extra ticket that needs to be bought if travelling on the underground (ie London Zone 1 to London Terminals) https://www.brfares.com/!fares?orig=0785&dest=1072 is exactly the reverse of what is not allowed to be bought from the original station.
Our expense claims through SAP Concur only need a photo or of any receipts these days, no need to retain or submit the piece of paper any more. It makes it easy to take a snap of the ticket whilst still on the train.
I get less hassle with the ticket itself, physical or photo, as the ticket receipt gives far less information to Finance than the ticket itself anyway; they want to know I've bought a ticket from home to London for £45, rather than spent £45 on something unspecific.
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I sympathise. Our policy allows me to book whatever I like with a note of justification to my approving manager which has never been denied.
Is the issue that you must get point to point as they don't trust you not to go to another Z1 station? Or just that Finance need to see clearly specified and destination? Talk about lack of trust!
If you can pre-book online, even on the day of travel, on a booking site, you will be able to specify and receive an email confirmation, itinerary and credit card receipt that states [Origin] to City Thameslink, if that helps you at all. The paper ticket you collect will still say Z1 as the destination.
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Just looked through a few of my old bookings from Cambridge to Paddington. Online booking emails vary a bit.
- Booking through Thameslink the email states "Cambridge to London Underground and DLR Zones 1-2" With an itinerary to Paddington.
- Booking through LNER the email doesn't state the full title of the ticket or Z1 at all, only the ticket type "Anytime Day Single" with an itinerary to Paddington
- Booking through Greater Anglia and Chiltern the email states "Journey 1: Cambridge to London Paddington" in capital letters and the ticket type "Anytime Day Single" with an itinerary and no mention of Z1.
I showed our overseas visitors how to use Contactless. They went into Central London where at Bond Street the fire alarms had gone off and everyone was being hustled out and the gates were disabled and open.
It only came to light afterwards that they had a huge charge on their credit card from TfL. It was their only trip of the day. This is the sort of experience that leads to still wanting paper tickets. However is this meant to be sorted out?
I showed our overseas visitors how to use Contactless. They went into Central London where at Bond Street the fire alarms had gone off and everyone was being hustled out and the gates were disabled and open.
It only came to light afterwards that they had a huge charge on their credit card from TfL. It was their only trip of the day. This is the sort of experience that leads to still wanting paper tickets. However is this meant to be sorted out?
Maximum fares arising from incompleted journeys can be automatically resolved in some cases. This was sometimes done for ExCel events where travellers were asked to exit the DLR without touching out to ease congestion.
Whether a fire alarm can be substantially mitigated in this way I don't know. In any case it is still possible to have the journey resolved and any overcharge refunded by emailing or calling customer services, but then of course there's the hassle factor of doing that.
We are aware of an issue with emails from the Forum to Microsoft-based email accounts (hotmail/outlook/live.com email addresses). This is being looked into currently, thanks for your patience meanwhile.
