I have just started a new job in St Pauls. I live in Beckenham and have found that the quickest way to complete my daily journey is to go from Kent House to City Thameslink in the morning (direct train), and from Cannon Street to Elmers End in the evening (direct train). I am working a 9 day fortnight, so am only travelling 9 working days in every 10. I would rather not buy daily single tickets for obvious cost reasons. Is it possible to have a weekly/monthly/annual ticket that allows this round journey? Both Kent House and Elmers End are in Zone 4, and both Cannon St and Thameslink are classed as London Terminals. Both trains are run by South Eastern. Thank so much for any guidance!
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Annual ticket for a commuter Route starting and ending at different stations
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City Thameslink - Beckenham Junction? You would have to buy a New Beckenham- Elmers End season and Cannon St - London Bridge I think as well.
I don't know the area and this is just a rough guess using the SE Network map.
Sorry I can't help more
I don't know the area and this is just a rough guess using the SE Network map.
Sorry I can't help more
Although both routes are run by South Eastern, I don't think that there is a point to point ticket that would cover both journeys. Therefore I think your best bet is to get a zone 1-4 travelcard season.
Southeastern (and/or their predecessors) do, or did, offer "dual availabilty" season tickets to certain destinations to cover for this sort of thing, but the national rail enquiries "season ticket calculator" doesn't offer any for journeys to the London Terminals from any of Kent House, Elmers End or Beckenham Junction.
One combination that SHOULD be valid (the very limited number of trains that run on the line between Beckenham Junction and New Beckenham notwithstanding)
is: (all prices are for monthly, standard class)
London Terminals (valid for your journeys to both City Thameslink & Cannon Street) - Beckenham Junction is £108.30
Elmers End - New Beckenham monthly std is £45
Total = £153.30
However a monthly Zones 1-4 travelcard is £151.30. So (quite apart from the great extra flexibilty that gives you, buses, the whole of the zones 1-4, etc), I'd be inclined to go for that, at least unless anyone can come up with some cheaper way of doing this not immediately evident to me.
One combination that SHOULD be valid (the very limited number of trains that run on the line between Beckenham Junction and New Beckenham notwithstanding)
is: (all prices are for monthly, standard class)
London Terminals (valid for your journeys to both City Thameslink & Cannon Street) - Beckenham Junction is £108.30
Elmers End - New Beckenham monthly std is £45
Total = £153.30
However a monthly Zones 1-4 travelcard is £151.30. So (quite apart from the great extra flexibilty that gives you, buses, the whole of the zones 1-4, etc), I'd be inclined to go for that, at least unless anyone can come up with some cheaper way of doing this not immediately evident to me.
How about just using Oyster PAYG? Each journey is £3.30, so that's £6.60 a day or £59.40 a fortnight as the OP only travels nine times. That roughly converts to £128.70 a month plus you save money if you take a day off/travel off-peak. Obviously you lose the unlimited travel of a Travelcard but you can use Auto Top-Up to avoid going to the machine/ticket office if that's the main attraction.
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