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My mind-reading skills need polishing, obviously!

That's not true, I'm afraid. Guildford - London Waterloo costs £24.80 for a single each way and an Off-Peak (Period) Return from Farncombe or Godalming costs £29.00.

To answer your question on which ticket would legitimately allow travel via London Waterloo - you would need to purchase a ticket from London Terminals (rather than Vauxhall) to Surbiton. London Area fares single & return fares were made zonal in 2007 and as Vauxhall in on the boundary of Zone 1...

The spin on this report is truly breathtaking. The story that the press picked up on was the Government's "commitment" to curb the ability of the Train Operating Companies to load higher increases on individual journeys. But that "commitment" didn't go as far as a ruling that fares rise by less...

I missed the original posting when it first appeared, but would like to return to this, if possible. The pricing policy of the London Area TOCs was to offer SVR fares where the journey was 35 miles or more each way. London to Shalford, Chilworth & Gomshall all fall below this. Peckham Rye to any...

I can't find an Off-Peak Day Single for this journey - the Anytime Day Single is the ruling fare for a single journey throughout weekdays and weekends.

OK - my apologies for misunderstanding the original posting, but you have to admit, it leaves alot of area for mis-interpretation. I thought that the "Zones 1-6" reference was to Travelcard Seasons, rather than the geographical area it covers. I stand corrected. What about the following...

@Johnnycache It also seems a bit bizarre to me that you're posting on here to ask if you have your pricing policy for season tickets correctly applied. Could you not ask Southern's Pricing Manager? I smell a whiff of advertising, rather than consultation. Consultation means asking before...

@Indigo2 Your point being? I was trying to use (as near to) lay terms (as possible) in my earlier comment.

@Island The gates at Waterloo do accept out-boundary Travelcards routed "Southern Only", but reject rail only tickets carrying this route. One could argue that it is inappropriate for Southern to use a "Southern Only" routeing on tickets that are valid on other operators services, however...

Sounds to me like you didn't follow the instructions on the machine and touch your card again to pick up the top-up once paid for. I wouldn't worry too much about it, because the transaction will reverse and your bank account will be re-credited.

You're not going to like this, but here goes; My first piece of advice would be to stick to the point in the letter(s) you write. Your posting has all sorts of extraneous & irrelevant information about your "nightmare" day. If, as you claim, the ticket you put in the LUL gate at Waterloo...

Southern do have a number of these on their patch - here are a few examples that I've discovered: Brighton - Gatwick Airport - Std Class Single -£9.10, Std Class Anytime Day Rtn - £18.30 Brighton - Boundary Zone 6 - Std Class Single -£17.10, Std Class Anytime Day Rtn - £35.80. Brighton to...

It has been possible to change National Rail fares 3 times a year (Jan, May & Sep) for about 25 years. The January update is traditionally the time at which all fares change (which usually means rise), but the TOCs have 2 further opportunities in the year to either put right errors, introduce...

A Maidenhead Day Travelcard is not valid for travel via Windsor Ctl/Riverside. Even a Windsor Ctl - London Zones 1-6 ticket can't be used via Riverside. The same principle applies to a Windsor Riverside - London Zones 1-6 ticket not being valid via Central. If you want to travel this way...

@SolaTom, It sounds like your original ticket was issued incorrectly, I'm afraid. As you know, a Zones 2-4 Travelcard is not valid for travel to/from Waterloo, which is in Zone 1. If you only make the occasional journey to Waterloo, I'd suggest that you use PAYG for these journeys, rather that...

ES3 & ES4 tickets are not available for sale to Joe Public, I'm afraid. They are a form of Inclusive Tour ticket, available for those making an package booking. They appear with a notional value against them in ticket issuing systems to make it possible for authorised issue points to issue them...

I'm afraid that this is not the case - Oyster in London covers only Travelcards and PAYG - rail-only season tickets cannot be loaded onto a card and are issued in paper form.

I can't claim to have an overview of this on a national basis, but the whole story does rather smack of a BBC journalist being personally found on a train that was previously deemed off-peak that has now been re-designated. The South West Trains changes that they make such a big thing of in...

I'm a bit shocked that Celia feels it's OK to recommend that the original poster deliberately defraud South West Trains by buying a combination of tickets to get through the gates at each end of the journey.