{"id":2983,"date":"2018-04-02T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2018-04-01T18:46:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T17:46:43","slug":"sevenoaks-fares-comparison-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/posts\/2983","title":{"rendered":"Sevenoaks Fares Comparison 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In the February edition of \u201cLive Rail\u201d magazine there is an interesting article comparing rail only season ticket prices around the country for similar distances. The following extract will be of interest to Sevenoaks commuters: –<\/p>\n

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Journey of about 20 miles<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sevenoaks \u2013 London Terminals<\/td>\n\u00a33,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Egham \u2013 London Terminals<\/td>\n\u00a32,760<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redhill \u2013 London Terminals<\/td>\n\u00a32,744<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weston-Super-Mare \u2013 Bristol<\/td>\n\u00a31,940<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harrogate \u2013 York<\/td>\n\u00a31,640<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helensburgh \u2013 Glasgow<\/td>\n\u00a31,576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southport \u2013 Liverpool<\/td>\n\u00a31,133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coventry \u2013 Birmingham<\/td>\n\u00a3845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Over longer distances Southeastern has particularly high fares. That has resulted in some Hastings line commuters switching to the Uckfield line where fares are much lower: –<\/p>\n

Tunbridge Wells \u2013 London terminals:\u00a34,644
\nEridge \u2013 London terminals: \u00a33,000<\/p>\n

Southeastern have told us in the past that fares are no longer, as in the days of British Rail, determined just by distance. But it’s hard to believe that Southeastern’s operational costs per mile are four times as much as some other operators, and with commuter trains full and standing where is the money going?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the February edition of \u201cLive Rail\u201d magazine there is an interesting article comparing rail only season ticket prices around the country for similar distances. The following extract will be of interest to Sevenoaks commuters: –<\/p>\n Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Sevenoaks Fares Comparison 2018 @se_railway","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fares"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Keith Alderman","author_link":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/posts\/author\/keith"},"featured_img":null,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Fares<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Fares<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"3","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 8 years ago","modified":"Updated 8 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 2 April 2018","modified":"Updated on 1 April 2018"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 2 April 2018 08:00","modified":"Updated on 1 April 2018 18:46"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3QBJ4-M7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 23:36:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3000,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions\/3000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}