Reading & Reading West

[ess]

What's the reason many Reading tickets are REA for Reading and Reading West? What's the history? Why aren't RDG Reading only tickets from London cheaper? And why doesn't REA include Reading Green Park?

 

[Fawkes Cat]

What's the reason many Reading tickets are REA for Reading and Reading West? What's the history? Why aren't RDG Reading only tickets from London cheaper?

I can guess at a couple of these:

Why aren't RDG Reading only tickets from London cheaper?

I strongly suspect that the overwhelming majority of journeys to Reading are to the general station rather than to West. So it's probably not worth the hassle of setting up separate prices to West when they will be used very little.

And why doesn't REA include Reading Green Park?

It's only been open a few weeks. So even if there's an intention to include it, give them a chance.

 

[miami]

Many years ago I wanted to travel Twyford -> Reading, break journey, then Reading -> Reading West, then return

Reading barriers ate my ticket. With these "group" destinations is it legitimate to BoJ (or indeed simply pass through a barrier to get some food from station facilities).

(Same would apply to tickets to "Manchester" station being valid from Stockport to Piccadilly then onto Oxford Road)

 

[swt_passenger]

I strongly suspect that the overwhelming majority of journeys to Reading are to the general station rather than to West. So it's probably not worth the hassle of setting up separate prices to West when they will be used very little.

It's only been open a few weeks. So even if there's an intention to include it, give them a chance.

A reply in a thread about the Green Park issues a few weeks ago suggested it won’t be included. The same poster also suggests that the Reading Stations group is to be removed.

Couldn't buy ticket I wanted to

Hiya - travelled from Reading to Reading Green Park today, but I couldn't buy the Reading - Reading Green Park off peak day return that I had intended to. At the TVM, when I selected Reading Green Park, it just terminated the vending process. When I tried to buy it on the GWR app, it just...

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[Watershed]

Many years ago I wanted to travel Twyford -> Reading, break journey, then Reading -> Reading West, then return

Reading barriers ate my ticket. With these "group" destinations is it legitimate to BoJ (or indeed simply pass through a barrier to get some food from station facilities).

(Same would apply to tickets to "Manchester" station being valid from Stockport to Piccadilly then onto Oxford Road)

For 95% of walk-up tickets, it's perfectly legitimate to break your journey in this manner. Changing trains or using station facilities doesn't count as a break of journey, and is therefore permitted on all walk-up tickets (even if they have a BoJ restriction), as well as those Advance tickets where the booked itinerary involves changing trains at that station.

Ticket barriers shouldn't be swallowing tickets in such circumstances, although it's probably difficult for the barrier programming to know whether the ticket has expired. For example, a Bolton to Manchester Stations ticket expires at Piccadilly and so could legitimately be retained there, but one issued from Wilmslow is valid to continue on to Oxford Road, Deansgate or Victoria and so shouldn't be swallowed.