Prices rising next year as well for some reason. They haven’t been able to justify increases for years now, the service has largely been atrocious.
Not that I disagree with the ticket office stance here.
But to me there is an issue in its own right that boundary fares are only available at ticket offices. They should be shown in online journey planners. At the moment they’re like a secret fare you just have to know about and then you have to actually visit a ticket office during opening hours to buy one.
The same is true of regional rover tickets. On the weekend the cheapest way of getting from London to Eastbourne and back is by buying a Southern DaySave ticket (£23.50). But if you plug it into a journey planner the cheapest non-Advance fare is an Off Peak Return (£39.90). If you’re in a group, you can have 4 adults travel on a DaySave for just £47, which is cheaper than the cheapest Advance fares. But find it on an online journey planner? No chance. Not even on the Southern website.
I think ticket retailers, including the train operating companies, should be required to show *all* tickets which could complete their journey, including boundary fares and rover tickets.
The government have spent ages trying to convince commuters that our interests are opposed to those of rail workers.
It was always a lie. It was always in our best interest to show unity with the workers.
That’s true in public transport and it’s true when it comes to every other public service worker that you give a shit about. If you want good railways, good schools and a good health service, you should stand alongside railway workers, teachers and NHS staff when they ask for decent pay, better conditions and proper funding for their services!
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Prices rising next year as well for some reason. They haven’t been able to justify increases for years now, the service has largely been atrocious.
Not that I disagree with the ticket office stance here.
But to me there is an issue in its own right that boundary fares are only available at ticket offices. They should be shown in online journey planners. At the moment they’re like a secret fare you just have to know about and then you have to actually visit a ticket office during opening hours to buy one.
The same is true of regional rover tickets. On the weekend the cheapest way of getting from London to Eastbourne and back is by buying a Southern DaySave ticket (£23.50). But if you plug it into a journey planner the cheapest non-Advance fare is an Off Peak Return (£39.90). If you’re in a group, you can have 4 adults travel on a DaySave for just £47, which is cheaper than the cheapest Advance fares. But find it on an online journey planner? No chance. Not even on the Southern website.
I think ticket retailers, including the train operating companies, should be required to show *all* tickets which could complete their journey, including boundary fares and rover tickets.
The government have spent ages trying to convince commuters that our interests are opposed to those of rail workers.
It was always a lie. It was always in our best interest to show unity with the workers.
That’s true in public transport and it’s true when it comes to every other public service worker that you give a shit about. If you want good railways, good schools and a good health service, you should stand alongside railway workers, teachers and NHS staff when they ask for decent pay, better conditions and proper funding for their services!