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Jovian98

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Royston Vasey said:
In the NR easements file, other than a temporary doubleback last month due to engineering, two easements refer to Cambridge South, and they are just updates to existing negative easements.

700119 Circuitous Route Customers travelling from Shelford via Royston to London Kings Cross, London St Pancras, Faringdon or via Faringdon, may not travel via Cambridge or Cambridge South. This easement applies in both directions.
700120 Circuitous Route Customers travelling from Shelford to London London Liverpool Street via Audley End, may not travel via Cambridge or Cambridge South. This easement applies in both directions.
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Updated last Thursday:

701588
Customers holding Season Tickets to Cambridge may travel beyond this destination to
Cambridge South between 27 June and 27 September 2026. This Fare route easement
applies in both directions
 
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Jovian98 said:
Updated last Thursday:

701588
Customers holding Season Tickets to Cambridge may travel beyond this destination to
Cambridge South between 27 June and 27 September 2026. This Fare route easement
applies in both directions
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Only until 27 September? o_O

I wonder if there's an plan to introduce a full set of fares to the Cambridge "Stations" group by then (pigs could fly), or is this just a time-limited agreement between the relevant TOCs?

In any sensible railway this would have been sorted out long before the station opened...
 
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An (Any Permitted Off-Peak Day Return) Ely to Cambridge South ticket doesn't seem to currently work the barriers at Cambridge North, which is a bit of a pain. Haven't tried at Cambridge itself yet.

Ely-Cambridge has always worked fine at Cambridge North (indeed, I don't think I've ever bought a ticket explicitly to Cambridge North).
 
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I hadn't noticed (until just now) that the weekend super off-peak return Ely->Cambridge South is rather more expensive than Ely->Cambridge. All the other returns, including the GA-only ones, are the same price for either. I'm not sure if that is indicative of anything.
 
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MikeWM said:
An (Any Permitted Off-Peak Day Return) Ely to Cambridge South ticket doesn't seem to currently work the barriers at Cambridge North, which is a bit of a pain. Haven't tried at Cambridge itself yet.

Ely-Cambridge has always worked fine at Cambridge North (indeed, I don't think I've ever bought a ticket explicitly to Cambridge North).
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Finally got around to trying this yesterday, and indeed a Ely <-> Cambridge South return doesn't open the barriers at Cambridge either. Which is pretty poor.
 
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