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| From | tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> |
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| Newsgroups | cam.misc |
| Subject | Re: Cambridge North car parking |
| Date | 2024-03-11 20:18 +0000 |
| Organization | Bancom Comms |
| Message-ID | <rIE5MiAEc27lFwT6@bancom.co.uk> (permalink) |
| References | (11 earlier) <nqDRv4vWC36lFA4p@perry.uk> <0Q91Bv1t076lFA4S@perry.uk> <ush6ud$27tk2$1@dont-email.me> <sV$o7gDrrb7lFwjD@bancom.co.uk> <cE0$UJCMly7lFAEn@perry.uk> |
In article <cE0$UJCMly7lFAEn@perry.uk>, Roland Perry
<roland@perry.co.uk> scribeth thus
>In message <sV$o7gDrrb7lFwjD@bancom.co.uk>, at 13:51:39 on Sun, 10 Mar
>2024, tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> remarked:
>>>>>>> The ticket you wanted, is it cheaper if restricted to Kings Cross,
>>>>>>> rather than any permitted terminal (which would be Liverpool St,
>>>>>>> Kings Cross and St Pancras)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hadn't a clue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's just faster.
>>>>>
>>>>> The train goes the same speed whether you have the London Terminals or
>>>>> London Kings Cross ticket.
>>>>
>>>> So I looked up the fares: and Cambridge North to Kings Cross return is
>>>> £61, and to London Terminals is err.. £61, so I don't see any point in
>>>> going to the extra effort of restricting one's choice by saving zero.
>>>>
>>>> For the greatest flexibility (it includes stations past St Pancras all
>>>> the way to London Bridge or Elephant and Castle) pick London Thameslink
>>>> [code 4452 for the increasingly rare OJPs which accept them], which is £63.
>>>>
>>>> The short-code for London Terminals is 1072, and London Kings Cross 6121.
>>> I paid 30 something squids
>>
>>Course time of day and day of week do have a bearing on it.
>>
>>There is, it seems to me, a sort of fascination with train tickets that
>>isn't there with Air fares?...
>
>Air fares have even more complicated structures, off-peak periods, surge
>pricing, split ticketing etc than train tickets.
>
>So much so that the general public usually just gives up and asks for a
>price, then decides if that's what they are prepared to pay.
>
>I would go much further than that and explore all the parameters (which
>includes multiple airlines of course).
>
I don't fly anywhere apart from the Cambridge gliding club so suppose
I'm not aware!...
--
Tony Sayer
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.
Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself.
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Re: Cambridge North car parking Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-03-14 11:51 +0000
Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 13:11 +0000
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Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 14:17 +0000
Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 14:40 +0000
Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 16:25 +0000
Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 17:01 +0000
Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-17 07:46 +0000
Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 16:22 +0000
Re: Cambridge North car parking Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-03-13 16:41 +0000
Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 19:59 +0000
Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-08 17:18 +0000
Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-08 17:16 +0000
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