Network Railcard and Anytime Travelcards £23.60 minimum

[DeverseSam]

“Your Network Railcard will save you 1/3 of the cost of:​

Anytime Day Travelcards

When bought as part of your ticket to London from outside London Zones 1 to 9 (subject to the minimum fare of £23.60)”

The above is from the official website. What’s the significance of this when the 10am restriction means anyone would be buying Off Peak tickets anyway? And why are they saying outside the zones when it’s also possible to buy one inside the zones?

 

[Bletchleyite]

The Network Railcard doesn't I think discount inboundary Anytime Day Travelcards. I forget if it discounts inboundary off peak ones, I don't think it does but could be wrong (other Railcards do, however).

There have been in the past Off Peak Day Travelcards with evening restrictions for the part of the journey outside the Zones, I think London Midland had some of these, though they may have been Super Off Peaks, though I don't know if there are any now. Notably WMT haven't, with the Oval area Travelcards, reintroduced such Travelcards, largely because they were quite hard to enforce because they would open the gateline at the London end because travel within the Zones would still be allowed in the evening peak, and also I think it was quite hard to implement on electronic restrictions.

 

[Tom]

There have been in the past Off Peak Day Travelcards with evening restrictions for the part of the journey outside the Zones

There still are. SWR have Evening Out Travelcards for flows where the Evening Out ticket exists to London, e.g. https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=BSK&dest=0035&rte=635&tkt=EVT.

 

[Bletchleyite]

There still are. SWR have Evening Out Travelcards for flows where the Evening Out ticket exists to London, e.g. https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=BSK&dest=0035&rte=635&tkt=EVT.

There are those and there are probably some Super Off Peaks, but I don't think there are any Off Peak Day Travelcards with evening restrictions now, i.e. where the only option would be an Anytime if returning in the evening peak?

 

[Haywain]

The Network Railcard doesn't I think discount inboundary Anytime Day Travelcards.

Correct.

I forget if it discounts inboundary off peak ones, I don't think it does but could be wrong

I'm afraid you are wrong in this case. They are discounted and subject to the minimum fare.

 

[Watershed]

but I don't think there are any Off Peak Day Travelcards with evening restrictions now, i.e. where the only option would be an Anytime if returning in the evening peak?

I'd have thought you would know better than to assume when it comes to fares

The vast majority of "intercity priced" journeys have evening peak restrictions - anywhere from Ipswich, Peterborough, Rugby, Swindon/Pewsey or beyond, for example. EMR seem the only exception, though they only offer ODTs from a couple of stations anyway (Wellingborough/Kettering/Corby/Market Harborough).

 

[Haywain]

The vast majority of "intercity priced" journeys have evening peak restrictions - anywhere from Ipswich, Peterborough, Rugby, Swindon/Pewsey or beyond, for example. EMR seem the only exception, though they only offer ODTs from a couple of stations anyway (Wellingborough/Kettering/Corby/Market Harborough).

LNER also have them with evening restrictions. We used to excess for evening peak travel using London Terminals fares rather than Anytime Travelcard fares.

 

[Bletchleyite]

I'd have thought you would know better than to assume when it comes to fares

The vast majority of "intercity priced" journeys have evening peak restrictions - anywhere from Ipswich, Peterborough, Rugby, Swindon/Pewsey or beyond, for example. EMR seem the only exception, though they only offer ODTs from a couple of stations anyway (Wellingborough/Kettering/Corby/Market Harborough).

I suppose I should have added "to which the Network Railcard is applicable"

Guess there might still be the odd few, though. Oxford appears (from a very quick check) to be one, at least using the IET services though possibly not if you use the Liz, I haven't got time to cross reference the departures list in that restriction code.

 

[MarlowDonkey]

Guess there might still be the odd few, though. Oxford appears (from a very quick check) to be one, at least using the IET services though possibly not if you use the Liz,

From Paddington, it seems to be any GWR service so that includes commuter destinations such as Maidenhead, Twyford and Reading. Peak GWR services don't stop at Slough. Elizabeth Line services are not restricted. Some years ago before electrification it was only the services with first stop Reading that had the restrictions.