Keighley to London

[Deerfold]

Good evening,

Would anyone be able to help me with what the restrictions are on a Keighley - London Off Peak Return (the £145.30 ticket) on a weekday.

Thanks

 

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Keighley-London Terminals Off Peak Return £145.30.

The Bolded times apply to travel into/out of London Kings Cross.

The first train you can take off Leeds is the 0805, which departs Stevenage at 0957 (+ 0721 Keighley to Leeds)

Restriction : 1U
OFF PEAK JOURNEYS TO/VIA
LONDON (including Stevenage,
Watford Junction, Milton
Keynes, Bedford & Luton)

Available as listed below
MONDAYS-FRIDAYS (By any train
on Bank Holidays and other
days).
For journeys on Cross Country
to/via Birmingham, use
restriction code 2V.

Outward Travel SOUTHBOUND_-
by any train scheduled to
ARRIVE at or after:

LONDON TERMINALS (except as
shown below) 1005

LONDON LIVERPOOL STREET 1000

LONDON ST PANCRAS 1005

LONDON EUSTON Before 0720 or
at or after 1130

STEVENAGE 0957

Return Travel - by any train
scheduled to DEPART:

LONDON TERMINALS (except as
shown below)_At any time.

LONDON LIVERPOOL STREET
At or after 0930.

LONDON ST PANCRAS
Between 0901 and 1629
inclusive & at or after 1859.

LONDON EUSTON
Between 0930 and 1500
inclusive & at or after 1845.

 

[Deerfold]

Thanks.

I was particularly interested in how the restrictions applied to the connecting train to Leeds.

Edited as I misunderstood the restrictions originally

 

[323235]

You may be able to travel on the 0705 Keighley - London Kings Cross as far as Leeds to give you a longer connection time??? I am not 100% sure though

(you wouldn't be permitted to take that service to London Kings Cross though with an Off Peak ticket)

 

[Deerfold]

You may be able to travel on the 0705 Keighley - London Kings Cross as far as Leeds to give you a longer connection time??? I am not 100% sure though

(you wouldn't be permitted to take that service to London Kings Cross though with an Off Peak ticket)

I think the most likely train my wife will take is the 0721. I'm just a little worried as "local" off peak is usually 0930. I'm assuming she can't get the 0705 as it is advertised to arrive in London before 1005, even if she doesn't catch it that far.

 

[yorkie]

I think the most likely train my wife will take is the 0721. I'm just a little worried as "local" off peak is usually 0930. I'm assuming she can't get the 0705 as it is advertised to arrive in London before 1005, even if she doesn't catch it that far.

Common sense would say it's fine, but strictly speaking the ticket terms bar the train because it gets to London before 1005. Obviously a Northern train that does not go to London has no such restriction so is fine.

The off peak restriction for local tickets is not relevant for this ticket. The only restrictions that are applicable are for the ticket held. If anyone questions the validity simply ask them to look it up on their Avantix machine.

A way round it is simple:

Keighley - Peterborough Off Peak £57.50 (any train)
Peterborough - London Off Peak £62.50 (valid into London at or after 1005)
Total = £120. But the train must call at Peterborough. This allows an earlier train into Peterborough but from Peterborough you have to get one that gets into KGX at or after 1005

 

[Deerfold]

Thank you. We'll give it a miss this time as her employer is picking up the tab and it'd probably be too tricky explaining to her HR dept (when she knows plans in advance she often gets advance tickets and it's hard enough explaining the odd cheap 1st class one even though she's allowed them so long as they're no more than a standard single. Most of her colleagues just buy open returns anyway so she's already saving them 80-odd quid on this one, not that they'll appreciate it).