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£55.10 is the new single fare, as LNER are removing most of their return tickets from the 11th June.
A return journey will be £110.20 as against £105.90 currently.
TfL have wanted to decommission the magnetic card reader on gates for a long time.
After they have stopped issuing their own tickets, and at least some gates on each gateline were fitted with barcode readers, they would be able to stop accepting National Rail magnetic tickets.
TfL are to scrap paper tickets by 2024, according to a MyLondon report.
It's unclear whether its magnetic tickets that will stop being issued, with barcoded tickets issued instead, or paper tickets entirely abolished and the remaining tickets replaced by app based products.
It also states that...
I believe the eventual plan for intercity journeys is that a contactless credit or debit card would be linked to a pre-booked journey and optionally a seat reservation, so that the card would replace the need for e-tickets or paper tickets.
This is model 3 in the link...
The Thames Valley branches haven't been added. I could envisage that map shrinking to cover the numbered zones and the lines to Reading and Shenfield only.
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