Trivia: cheapest fares on the network

[Saperstein]

Hi,

The post by @mm333 in the thread “buying tickets from a station other then the journey start point” got me thinking.

https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...on-other-than-the-journey-start-point.184407/

If I only have a £20 and need change for the local bus, I often get a Golf Street-Barry Links child single. 60p is a small price to pay to skew the station figure

Is that the cheapest regular fare on the network? Any other examples?

 

[Mag_seven]

Heathrow Terminals 2&3 to Heathrow Terminal 4 or Heathrow Terminal 5 - £0

 

[yorkie]

Lichfield Trent Valley to Lichfield City I believe (without looking it up).

See:

• What is the cheapest train ticket
• Cheapest Fare

Heathrow Terminals 2&3 to Heathrow Terminal 4 or Heathrow Terminal 5 - £0

You will be issued a paper ticket for this free journey, but whether or not it is a fare depends on how you define 'fare' . I don't really think of this as a fare; it's not in the fares database.

Retailers make a loss on a transaction consisting of only a very low value ticket.

 

[ForTheLoveOf]

Lichfield Trent Valley to Lichfield City I believe (without looking it up).

Yes, that's correct. Child single is 40p.