Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Thameslink Pricing- Work This One Out
So, tomorrow I have to be in Huntington. I look up the price of tickets from Finsbury Park, remembering that yesterday they were (if I remember right) in the £38 region for a flexible ticket. Tonight they are £33.60. (Maybe i remembered yesterday's pricing incorrectly?)
I cannot be fagged to walk to Finsbury in the morning, and might be a bit rushed so I thought, ooow, what if I add in the Harringay to Finsbury leg too, I wonder if it will be much more. £29.90. 10% cheaper.
Work that one out, priceless.
I had a similar issue a few weeks ago trying to get trains to Gatwick. I have no idea how this happened but they started out at around £100 for the family (to which I thought bugger it, I will drive) and then after fiddling with a few elements, and going back to my original times and route etc I ultimately got them for the four of us around £50.
Is pricing on trains really like a lucky dip or what?
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Permalink Reply by Dave W on
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Well, the ticketing system can’t know that’s more convenient for you, and Harringay is closer to Huntingdon than FP, so you’d expect it to be a bit cheaper, but probably not 10%... Oyster zoning might also factor in, and the fact that FP-Huntingdon is direct on Thameslink (who may have a higher premium than a combined GN-TL route)
The ticketing system is one of the things that is under review in the Williams Report which is due out in the Autumn.
This is from the Rail Delivery Group: https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/media-centre/press-releases/2019/...
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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We flew from Gatwick a few months back and I was horrified by the standard price for a Harringay to Gatwick journey returned by a search on the major ticketing sites. Then I came across split-ticketing at Raileasy and found tickets for almost half the price.
I guess rail tickets are now supplied by companies which are private businesses operating often with minimal competition. It's not in their interest to help us find a cheap ticket. But your experience does sound particularly daft.
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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I used the National Rail Enquirers Journey Planner- I thought they were supposed to offer the best fair...
I have just checked the Raileasy site and guess what, £25.12 for the same journey
I just checked the original site to see what happened to the price today, first time it had me changing three times via Wellyn Garden City and when I specifically asked for it to go via Finsbury park it was going to cost £56 for 2 singles as no return was available.
I am glad I don't have to do this every day.
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FYI, Loco2 - who are really good for tickets across Europe - now also sell UK tickets, including split ticketing: https://loco2.com
- they also have an app
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Permalink Reply by Jacqui O'Beirne on
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Go to gatwick from zone 3 on oyster or contactlessness avoiding the gatwick express and its £10.20 one way off peak ( £14 peak i think), takes about 10/ 15mins longer but much cheaper than buying a ticket....
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Permalink Reply by JoeW on
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Do you mean Huntingdon, Cambs? I went to Ely last week, I was thinking of first cycling to King's Cross to get a direct train but actually it was a few quid cheaper to start at Harringay provided the route avoided Kings Cross altogether (Harringay-Finsbury Park-Cambridge-Ely).
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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This happens all the time - National Rail is definitely not the best place to get tickets. My son had to get a return form Manchester to Glasgow and it was going to be around £90 and tied to specific trains. On Trainline there was an open return ticet available for £55 +£1.50 commission.
Last summer I went to the IOW and by splitting the journey at Portsmouth (which I discovered by accident as wanted to stop off for lunch with a friend) I almost halved the cost.
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The journey that comes up from Harringay is different - it does not go via Finsbury Park . It also takes 1h30 instead of 54 min and includes 2 changes.
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From St Pancras Int'l the off peak fare to LGW or LTN tends to be around £11 pounds. Do not include the first part of your tube/overground journey in the ticketing.
It has been like that for some time now. I believe you can use your oyster card. See here for much more. Simples...
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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I think the replies to this thread prove one thing - the pricing system is chaotic and not fit for purpose
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