Most Expensive Annual Season Ticket 2012

[VideozVideoz]

Hi All. As the title suggests, what is the most expensive ticket in the database? Please don't include a Zones 1-6 add-on. I'll kick off with this one:

Berwick-Upon-Tweed - London Kings Cross £19,608 (Standard Class) or £33,332 (1st Class)

 

[Urban Gateline]

Hi All. As the title suggests, what is the most expensive ticket in the database? Please don't include a Zones 1-6 add-on. I'll kick off with this one:

Berwick-Upon-Tweed - London Kings Cross £19,608 (Standard Class) or £33,332 (1st Class)

£33,776 for a 1st Class Penzance to Paddington season

 

[bengolding]

£33,776 for a 1st Class Penzance to Paddington season

Put into context, that makes last year's £10,900 seem quite good value at 50 mins vs 5 hrs. I can't see the above price being beaten, but a determined commuter can still spend several hrs in London getting the 05:05 out and 18:03 back daily!

 

[VideozVideoz]

Is it likely there are any daily commmuters Penzance-London?

 

[ushawk]

If there are, someone should tell them to move closer or change jobs, i couldnt do that most days.

 

[ainsworth74]

Is it likely there are any daily commmuters Penzance-London?

You would only need to do the journey once or twice a week and that is cheaper than the SORs or FORs. Of course advances would be even cheaper than a season but if you want flexibility or the ability to travel at the drop of a hat then it makes sense. Also that would include sleeper on either the cushions or with a supplement a berth so you could sleeper up to London and then normal service back (or vice versa).

It isn't possibly daily but a couple of times a week sure.

 

[mountainmike]

Hypothetical of course but wouldn't the first class commuter from Penzance be better off buying 26 two week ALRs? Aren't they around a £1000 each?

 

[lyesbkz]

Hypothetical of course but wouldn't the first class commuter from Penzance be better off buying 26 two week ALRs? Aren't they around a £1000 each?

The time restrictions would prove extremely inconvenient, I'd imagine, and probably render this product useless for commuting.

Edit: On second thought, are there actually any time restrictions which would affect this journey?

Twenty-six 2-week First Class ALRs would cost £25,740. I'm beginning to think you have made a good point here! Especially if one is eligible for a Railcard discount on the ALR..

 

[VideozVideoz]

Hypothetical of course but wouldn't the first class commuter from Penzance be better off buying 26 two week ALRs? Aren't they around a £1000 each?

Thought you had to have a non-British passport to obtain these?

 

[lyesbkz]

Thought you had to have a non-British passport to obtain these?

No, I believe you're thinking of BritRail passes. The All Line Rover is available to anybody with enough money.

 

[Lrd]

The time restrictions would prove extremely inconvenient, I'd imagine, and probably render this product useless for commuting.

Edit: On second thought, are there actually any time restrictions which would affect this journey?

No there aren't.

The All Lines Rail Rover is NOT valid for boarding or alighting train services operated by CrossCountry, East Coast, East Midlands Trains, or Virgin Trains before 10:00 Mondays to Fridays at the following stations:
Birmingham New Street
Bedford
London Euston
London Kings Cross
London St Pancras International
Luton
Luton Airport Parkway
Milton Keynes Central
Stevenage
Watford Junction
No restrictions apply on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

 

[mountainmike]

AFAIK there are no restrictions on FGW for the All line Rover time wise

 

[wintonian]

No there aren't.

Schh, this is why time restrictions got introduced in the first place.

 

[Lrd]

Schh, this is why time restrictions got introduced in the first place.

By people telling others that there aren't any restrictions?

I thought it would have been because those services would be overcrowded or something similar...

 

[sonic2009]

26week All Line Rovers will cost you £27,040

At £1,040 every 2 weeks.

 

[causton]

And you could shuffle them round a bit to get the most value- remove a couple of weeks, move some so you only get weekends covered when you want etc... a fair bit of savings

 

[Lrd]

26week All Line Rovers will cost you £27,040

At £1,040 every 2 weeks.

But they cost £990 for a two-week first class ALR... Costing (as mentioned earlier) £25,740.

 

[wintonian]

By people telling others that there aren't any restrictions?

I thought it would have been because those services would be overcrowded or something similar...

See this rather enlightning FOI.

IIRC railcard discounts were only extended to HMF railcards to off set the bad publicity.

 

[ainsworth74]

I thought it would have been because those services would be overcrowded or something similar...

I think it was more to stop people using them as season tickets.

 

[Lrd]

See this rather enlightning FOI.

IIRC railcard discounts were only extended to HMF railcards to off set the bad publicity.

Ok... But I only told them something that they could of easily found out anyways...
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I think it was more to stop people using them as season tickets.

Yeah I did know that, mind went blank for a bit.

 

[ainsworth74]

Yeah I did know that, mind went blank for a bit.

Happens to the best of us

 

[sonic2009]

26week All Line Rovers will cost you £27,040

At £1,040 every 2 weeks.

But they cost £990 for a two-week first class ALR... Costing (as mentioned earlier) £25,740.

Old Price before today's fare changes.

New Price is £1,040 for 2week 1st Class ALR

 

[Lrd]

Old Price before today's fare changes.

New Price is £1,040 for 2week 1st Class ALR

It's going up? You got the other prices available?

 

[sonic2009]

It's gone up today. Nope I got told that buy ticket office staff today. When I enquired about the new Sail-Rail changes.

 

[Yew]

26week All Line Rovers will cost you £27,040

At £1,040 every 2 weeks.

With the added bonus of being able to go anywhere in the country as well

 

[VideozVideoz]

26week All Line Rovers will cost you £27,040

At £1,040 every 2 weeks.

Heh you wouldnt need to buy 26 of these because you'll get 4 or 5 weeks off work as annual leave...

 

[Urban Gateline]

Heh you wouldnt need to buy 26 of these because you'll get 4 or 5 weeks off work as annual leave...

Which is even more bizarre as any intelligent person will buy ALR's instead of a Season ticket, as it is cheaper and they could use it anywhere in the country too!

 

[mralexn]

Is it likely there are any daily commmuters Penzance-London?

Yes..
there is a person i know, that travels up on the sleeper,
and gets the 1903 back to Penzance,
He does this 3 days a week
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With the added bonus of being able to go anywhere in the country as well

this is true, but dont they have "restrictions" ie, can not be used durin peak times etc

 

[Lrd]

Yes..
there is a person i know, that travels up on the sleeper,
and gets the 1903 back to Penzance,
He does this 3 days a week
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this is true, but dont they have "restrictions" ie, can not be used durin peak times etc

I posted the restrictions earlier in this thread... Only affects a few TOCs.