I know it's unlikely that these fares will be sold before Lumo Officially set a start date for their West Coast services, but maybe a brief should be sent warning all Staff regarding this being the case.
There was one sent out to us that was a National Rail update.
Thanks. I haven't seen it.
and it warns systems will sell Priv rate tickets for Lumo services in error !!
"in error" meaning noone can be bothered to do the bare minimum and add one new restriction to prevent it in the data.
Exactly. I know myself (being an enthusiast, hence a member of this Forum!) that Lumo won't be accepting Priv Tickets, but other colleagues may not be aware and could happily issue Off Peak/Anytime Lumo Only tickets in advance without seat reservations.
I wonder how long that will last, especially as you can use Priv discounts on Lumo East Coast.
Can't imagine it will be too long. Almost think it might be a paperwork issue! I think the only OAO that held out for any appreciable period of time on staff travel was Grand Central where it wasn't permitted for a number of years when they began operating (I want to say ten years or so?) as their staff didn't get Priv at that point. Once they got Priv sorted then staff travel was accepted.
That may only be temporary so I'm not sure I'd read much into that:I've long wondered why Lumo East Coast and Lumo West Coast have different TOC codes as I can't otherwise see why this would be. This is probably one explanation
Motherwell to Stirling, may pick up a few doing that journey.
Indeed. Awkward connections to do that journey at present.
| Route | Direct Fare | Optimal Split Route | Split Cost | Total Savings |
| London Euston to Nuneaton | £60.00 | London Euston → Milton Keynes (£25.00) Milton Keynes → Nuneaton (£17.50) | £42.50 | £17.50 (29%) |
| Milton Keynes to Crewe | £45.00 | Milton Keynes → Nuneaton (£17.50) Nuneaton → Crewe (£25.00) | £42.50 | £2.50 (5.5%) |
| Greenfaulds to Stirling | £10.00 | Greenfaulds → Larbert (£5.00) Larbert → Stirling (£3.00) | £8.00 | £2.00 (20%) |
| Motherwell to Greenfaulds | £5.00 | Motherwell → Whifflet (£1.50) Whifflet → Greenfaulds (£2.00) | £3.50 |
| Journey | Direct Fare | Optimal Cascading Split Route | Split Cost | Total Savings |
| London Euston to Preston | £92.00 | London Euston → Milton Keynes (£25.00) Milton Keynes → Nuneaton (£17.50) Nuneaton → Preston (£42.00) | £84.50 | £7.50 |
| Milton Keynes to Preston | £68.00 | Milton Keynes → Nuneaton (£17.50) Nuneaton → Preston (£42.00) | £59.50 | £8.50 |
| London Euston to Crewe | £69.00 | London Euston → Milton Keynes (£25.00) Milton Keynes → Nuneaton (£17.50) Nuneaton → Crewe (£25.00) | £67.50 | £1.50 |
I am wondering if no free/reduced rate travel on this Open Access Operator is really such a problem for Staff with Safeguarded Facilities .. There are other alternatives using established operators. (Avanti, LNER, Scotrail etc)
What dates? I've had a look on Journey Planner for Preston to Euston on Lumo in July and can't see any. Thanks.
Yes I was wondering how many cheaper Advance tickets they'll be offering on their 6 car trains. Having said that, I guess with them being 100% Standard Class there could in theory be a good chance of them being offered when booking say at least a week or two in advance.
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£29.90 is the absolute cheapest tier of standard class Advance Single with Lumo. A walk up Anytime Day Single from London Euston to Stirling with Lumo is £96.00. Still undercuts the £97.50 (route Any Permitted) Super Off Peak Single by some £1.50.
The cheapest walk up fares (non-advances) are a:
