From:  Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk>
Date:  17 Mar 2024 15:46:27 Hong Kong Time
Newsgroup:  news.alt119.net/cam.misc
Subject:  

Re: Cambridge North car parking

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In message , at 17:01:15 on Thu, 14 Mar 
2024, Michael Kilpatrick  remarked:
>On 14/03/2024 16:25, Roland Perry wrote:
>> In message , at 14:40:37 on Thu, 14 Mar 
>>2024, Michael Kilpatrick  remarked:
>>> On 14/03/2024 14:17, Michael Kilpatrick wrote:
>
>>> On Off-Peak Open Return from Baldock is £21.15 because it's also 
>>>long  enough a trip to qualify for a Network Railcard discount. 
>>>That's £3.65  less than the two Royston singles.
>>>
>>> The station between Royston and Baldock, Ashwell & Morden, doesn't 
>>>qualify for an Open Return either.

>>  I agree that Greater Anglia in particular doesn't offer the full 
>>range  of fares, sometimes it's "No returns" others "Anytime only"
>
>It's a universal thing, not a Greater Anglia thing. Royston isn't on 
>the GA network anyway,

All TOCs do it to some extent, but in my experience GA is one of the 
worst. GN serving Royston exhibits the same phenomenon, but not to such 
a great extent.

I'll be getting a GN train in about an hour, for a one-way trip, and the 
Super-Off-Peak (because it's the weekend) single is only 10p cheaper 
than the day return.

If I was travelling from Tottenham Hale to Stansted Airport, the *only* 
ticket for a one-way trip is an Anytime Single. Which is a whole £1.40 
cheaper than an Off-Peak Day Return.

>but if you try thetrainline or other means,

http://www.brfares.com is far easier

>you have the same problem. No open return.
>
>Hmm, I wonder if, rather than trying Baldock-WLF, there's an open 
>return possible for Audley End from Royston...
>
>Ha! No.
>
>You can't do it from Newport either, but you CAN have an open return 
>between Elsenham and Royston. I estimate that Newport is slightly 
>shorter a journey from Cambridge than Baldock is, and so Elsenham is 
>the 'Baldock equivalent' on the WAML.
>
>Surprisingly, an EMS-RYS open return costs exactly the same as the 
>WLF-BDK. I'm shocked!
>
>Michael
>
>

-- 
Roland Perry