Banbury - Boundary Zone 6 CDR

[bnm]

Is a Banbury - BZ6 CDR plus a 1 Day Zones 1-6 Travelcard a valid combination to avoid the evening bar for off peak fares on fast services out of Paddington?

I'm right to think that Travelcard plus Boundary Zone tickets do not require services to call at a station in said zone, aren't I?

Banbury - BZ6 CDR has the restriction code B1 which says Return: By Any Train.

For me as a railcard holder this combination is £17.70 which gives a small saving over the BAN - Zones 1-6 ODT which is £18.95.

 

[mathmo]

In short, I think the answer is no. The barred trains list ( http://www.railforums.co.uk/showpost.php?p=522628&postcount=7 , though it may have changed since) applies to all Off-Peak Day tickets, irrespective of stated restrictions. I know this is at odds with every other ticketing restriction but apparently they can do that. So I don't think it's possible to find an easy way round the restrictions.

 

[yorkie]

In short, I think the answer is no. The barred trains list ( http://www.railforums.co.uk/showpost.php?p=522628&postcount=7 , though it may have changed since) applies to all Off-Peak Day tickets, irrespective of stated restrictions. I know this is at odds with every other ticketing restriction but apparently they can do that. So I don't think it's possible to find an easy way round the restrictions.

Isn't that being abolished? Anyone know the latest?

 

[mathmo]

Isn't that being abolished? Anyone know the latest?

My information is old so I wouldn't know of any changes. There still seem to be quite a few unavailable evening peak trains on a Reading - London CDR searching for dates in January though.

 

[yorkie]

They have changed the restrictions of tickets like London - Reading, finally no longer being underhand and sneaky about the restrictions and providing a full list of barred trains.

 

[swt_passenger]

Hasn't it been established previously that BZ extensions are only valid outbound where the zones are the origin, despite fares from origins TO the BZs appearing in Avantix?

 

[LexyBoy]

Hasn't it been established previously that BZ extensions are only valid outbound where the zones are the origin, despite fares from origins TO the BZs appearing in Avantix?

I was surprised recently going to St Albans for the weekend that my wife was issued two singles - BZ6-SAC and SAC-BZ6 - for the journey (since we were coming back the next day). So they obviously can be issued, though perhaps are not supposed to be?