Doctor Fegg
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I travelled from Charlbury to Guildford yesterday. I changed at Reading (obviously), on an SDR routed "NOT VIA LONDON" for £36.70.
But I was startled to see on the ticket machine that there was an "ANY PERMITTED" available at £109.70 - just short of 3x the not-London price.
The discrepancy is even starker starting from Oxford: £28.20 not London, £97.50 any permitted, so 3.45x the price. (From Didcot the only fares available require changing at Reading.)
Are there any pairs of stations where the same A–B journey, on the same ticket type, has a greater difference in fares between two different routes?
But I was startled to see on the ticket machine that there was an "ANY PERMITTED" available at £109.70 - just short of 3x the not-London price.
The discrepancy is even starker starting from Oxford: £28.20 not London, £97.50 any permitted, so 3.45x the price. (From Didcot the only fares available require changing at Reading.)
Are there any pairs of stations where the same A–B journey, on the same ticket type, has a greater difference in fares between two different routes?