If you want to travel from St Pancras International to Bat & Ball, one option that National Rail Enquiries suggests is that you change trains at London Blackfriars. However, the following are typically suggested itineraries: – St Pancras International dep19352005Blackfriars … Continue reading
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Our Bat & Ball correspondent, Keith Alderman, has now retired. However, when Thameslink allow him, he’s making good use of his Senior Railcard!
Delay Repay Claims: total 1 January 2019 to 30 September 2019 inclusive = £53.20
(Southeastern £25.10, Southern £2.00, South Western Railway £6.62, Thameslink £9.10, Virgin £10.38).
Three claims outstanding.
This month’s delays: total 81 minutes, Southeastern 74, Thameslink 7
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Our Bat & Ball correspondent, Keith Alderman, has now retired. However, when Thameslink allow him, he’s making good use of his Senior Railcard!
Delay Repay Claims: total 1 January 2019 to 31 August 2019 inclusive = £53.20
(Southeastern £25.10, Southern £2.00, South Western Railway £6.62, Thameslink £9.10, Virgin £10.38).
This month’s delays: total 120 minutes, Southeastern 74, Thameslink 46.
Continue readingI want to travel from Bat & Ball to York next month. The best fares I was quoted were £92.05 to York and £40.70 for the return journey, a total of £132.75. However Advance Singles using Grand Central’s services from … Continue reading
Our Bat & Ball correspondent, Keith Alderman, has now retired. However, when Thameslink allow him, he’s making good use of his Senior Railcard!
Delay Repay Claims: total 1 January 2019 to 31 July 2019 inclusive = £47.60
(Southeastern £23.70, Southern £2.00, South Western Railway £6.62, Thameslink £4.90, Virgin £10.38). One claim outstanding.
This month’s delays: total 89 minutes, Southeastern 52, Thameslink 37
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If you’re going from the Sevenoaks area via London to somewhere else in the London & South East Network Area between 0900 and 1000 a through ticket may not be your best option. For instance from Bat & Ball to Egham via Waterloo on the 0921 the train company websites quote you an “Anytime Return” for £40.40. But two off-peak returns (Sevenoaks to Waterloo, Waterloo to Egham) are valid and would cost a total of £17.05. Even better, an off-peak Travelcard and a return from Feltham to Egham would cost a total of only £15.15 – before any railcard discounts are applied.
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