R15 Championship 2012/13: Round 2

[Going Underground]

Tangy
snudge27
greatkingrat
tractakid
palkanetoijala31
going underground

[nozzacook]

Hope to attend but won't know until Friday.

[Going Underground]

I was hopeful for exactly the opposite, as its my first R15 I was hoping to have plenty of time to think! haha

Just get on and then plan the rest of the route at Earls Court

[Going Underground]

To get to KO on time people need to be on one of the following trains
1231 from Clapham J/1238 from West Brompton (arr 1241)

If you miss those you'll have to run from West Kensington

That's my train from Clapham

If I miss that then will be Vauxhall Victoria West Ken and as Peter says RUN

[palkanetoijala31]

To get to KO on time people need to be on one of the following trains
1231 from Clapham J/1238 from West Brompton (arr 1241)

If you miss those you'll have to run from West Kensington

That's my train from Clapham

If I miss that then will be Vauxhall Victoria West Ken and as Peter says RUN

that be interesting if some delay on the rail some knackered people at the start. i have no such problem

[tractakid]

Think I will get the 11:13 from MKC Its cheaper to split the ticket at Bletchley, what's the best way to go about purchasing tickets like this? Will I be able to buy the travelcard from Bletchley at Milton Keynes Central? Can I buy it in advance and print it there? Or will I need to get an earlier train to Bletchley and buy it there? I don't imagine NR will make it easy to split tickets.

[greatkingrat]

Is it cheaper? It looks like a Milton Keynes and a Bletchley travelcard both cost the same, £20.00.

In general, you should be able to buy a ticket from Bletchley at Milton Keynes, although it may be quicker to order the ticket online and pick it up from the machines. You would also have to make sure you caught a train that stopped at Bletchley.

[tractakid]

I want to get the Southern service directly to Olympia, which is a £27 travelcard. From Bletchley it is a £20 travelcard, and as the return journey MKC to BLY is £3.60 it is cheaper to split it. I know it is cheaper to go via Euston, but I want to try the direct service because i'm sad.

[Sam]

Pete, the £20 travelcard from Milton Keynes is only valid for virgin services, the £27 is for any permitted, so it is best to split at Bletchley!!

[tractakid]

That's not strictly true Sam, you can get a £20 travelcard to use either Virgin OR London Midland (I presume not Southern...), mixing requires the £27 ticket.

[greatkingrat]

I suppose the cheapest way would be to get a LM service from Milton Keynes to Harrow & Wealdstone and then change onto the Southern service there as you can use any TOC within the travelcard area.

[tractakid]

None of the LM trains from Milton Keynes stop at Harrow and Wealdstone, go I'd need to change at Watford Junction too. haha. I think i'll just split the ticket, since discovering it I've always wanted to catch a Southern from MK.

[nozzacook]

Tangy
snudge27
greatkingrat
tractakid
palkanetoijala31
going underground

Nozza Will be there.

[tractakid]

I FINALLY invested in a young person's railcard, so I start to get cheaper fares now! I got a 3 year card, so I have a great excuse to continue challenging for the next 3 years. It arrived today, so tomorrow's tickets will be the first ones I buy.

[Going Underground]

As the BERC I'd like to pre-empt all your thoughts and categorically deny I rigged the draw for tomorrow. Yep, those stations really did come out. Have fun everyone

Excellent sounds like a couple of interchanges and then to the pub

Either that or it's the biggest bluff and worst set of R15 stations ever