Arlesey to Reading

[Bill Badger]

A friend is planning a day return from Arlesey to Reading, leaving approx 15.00 and returning at 22.00.

Are they any restrictions on trains out of Paddington in the evening peak using the outward portion of a day return or is it only with the return portion?

Cheers

 

[yorkie]

NFM05 (which is out of date but is the best I have) says:

OUTWARD TRAVEL
Valid on the train shown and
all later services:
Kings Lynn 0827
Watlington 0834
Downham Market 0840
Littleport 0849
Ely 0857
Waterbeach 0907
Cambridge 0854
Foxton 0904
Shepreth 0906
Meldreth 0909
Royston (Herts) 0915
Ashwell & Morden 0920
Baldock 0925
Letchworth Gn City 0929
Peterborough 0845
Huntingdon 0900
St Neots 0907
Sandy 0915
Biggleswade 0918
Arlesey 0923
Hitchin 0929
Stevenage 0934
Knebworth 0943
Welwyn North 0947
Welwyn Gdn City 0923
Hatfield (Herts) 0927
Welham Green 0931
Brookmans Park 0933
Potters Bar 0936
Hadley Wood 0940
New Barnet 0942
Oakleigh Park 0944
New Southgate 0947
Watton At Stone 0911
Hertford North 0917
Bayford 0921
Cuffley 0926
Crews Hill 0929
Gordon Hill 0932
Enfield Chase 0934
Grange Park 0936
Winchmore Hill 0938
Palmers Green 0941
Bowes Park 0943
Alexandra Palace 0930
Hornsey 0932
Harringay 0930
Finsbury Park 0933
Drayton Park 0935
Highbury & Islington 0936
Essex Road 0930

RETURN TRAVEL
By any train.

 

[sonic2009]

Save £5.50 pound off price of a day return from Arlesey to Reading by doing this ..

Example Journey Time

Split Tickets at Potters Bar...

Arlesey to Potters Bar £8.50 Off Peak Day Return....
Potters Bar to Reading £20.00 Off Peak Day Return...

Example Journey Times..

Arlesey leave 1457 arr London Kings Cross arr 1550.

This train stops at Potters Bar, So your Fine to Split your Tickets...

Give your self 45mins to get from London Kings Cross to London Paddington...

London Paddington leave 1636 arr Reading 1701.

Your Ticket from Potters Bar to Reading allows you to travel on this train..

Return Journey...

2145 Reading to London Paddington arr 2214.

Underground to Kings Cross.

2306 London Kings Cross to Stevanage arr 2342. ( Train Stop's at Potter's Bar )

2346 Stevange to Arlesey arr 2359....

Hope this helps...

 

[yorkie]

Or even split at WGC to save a further £2. Every train that calls at PBR calls at WGC, and a few more in the peaks.

It seems there is a huge premium, not to cross the viaduct, but to go 3 miles through the tunnels between Welwyn North and Knebworth of £9 on the Reading ticket, which is insane and illogical, and therefore quite normal for UK railway ticketing.

 

[Bill Badger]

Thanks Sonic2009 and Yorkie, I would never have thought of that!

Saving will be slightly less as he has a Network Card but will suggest this to my friend

Cheers

 

[yorkie]

No problem

As I often say, it is rare that I buy a ticket from my origin to my destination, as it is usually cheaper to either split the journey into a combination of tickets to lower the price, or to buy for a longer journey in order to get a ticket priced by a more reasonable company with less draconian restrictions or more generous routeings available.

If you buy a ticket from A to B, then unless you are doing a very simple local journey, the chances are you'll be ripped off and effectively defrauded by the TOCs sadly