Super off peak travel card

[Garage_Doors]

I know this is a one days travel (to London) and use or buses & underground included , but are you tied to specific trains times or can you use any train there and back so long as its the same day?

 

[Notters]

Anything but trains to and from London during rush hour I believe.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I know this is a one days travel (to London) and use or buses & underground included , but are you tied to specific trains times or can you use any train there and back so long as its the same day?

Pretty certain there are restrictions early morning and late afternoon-early evening.

 

[joeywortho]

after 10am then as long as you are not returning from 4pm to 7pm you are golden

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Also check which train company it entitles you to use. Most super off peak ones exclude the Gatwick Express, and some will be restricted to either Southern or First Crapital Connect.

 

[scooter1]

You're not allowed into London before 10.55, handily there is a train that arrives in to Victoria at 10.58. And as above, you cannot leave London between 4 and 7 pm

 

[joeywortho]

re the gatwick express, what kind of wally would ever use it?

ooooo its 5 mins faster than the other trains, score!

 

[Philzo-93]

I know this is a one days travel (to London) and use or buses & underground included , but are you tied to specific trains times or can you use any train there and back so long as its the same day?

You cannot leave london before 7 I believe.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

re the gatwick express, what kind of wally would ever use it?

ooooo its 5 mins faster than the other trains, score!

Well, I suppose if it was the train that happened to be waiting at the platform when I arrived, and it didn't cost any extra, then, why not?

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

re the gatwick express, what kind of wally would ever use it?

ooooo its 5 mins faster than the other trains, score!

It doesn't stop at East Croydon. Nuff said really.

 

[joeywortho]

would also add that much prefer the 'good' carriages in southern trains to any on the gatwick express. You know the ones I mean yes?

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

would also add that much prefer the 'good' carriages in southern trains to any on the gatwick express. You know the ones I mean yes?

I actually prefer the Gatwick Express carriages to even the nice Southern ones. Only exception to that is getting off them at Victoria. Very slow.

 

[joeywortho]

I actually prefer the Gatwick Express carriages to even the nice Southern ones. Only exception to that is getting off them at Victoria. Very slow.

what is this fresh madness! LOVE getting nicely ensconced in the outside one of a 2 with the arm rest down, beer on the fold down table. Gatwick the pull down tables make a stupid fcking noise if they work at all and the arm rests are a joke. And yes as you say the shambolic system with the doors that means if you are sitting in middle of carriage you can wait for..oooo.. 90 precious seconds!

 

[Garage_Doors]

Thanks everyone.

 

[Cars]

I would say don't try and come back at 7 though, it's a really stupid time like 19:14 that your ticket let's you through the barrier at Victoria. There's also a huge surge of people all having super off peak travel cards and it can get quite chaotic.

 

[Frampler]

re the gatwick express, what kind of wally would ever use it?

ooooo its 5 mins faster than the other trains, score!

If work is paying, it's a no-brainer - less crowded, table to put your laptop on, plenty of space for luggage. Also, if you have a season ticket to a station beyond Gatwick, you can use the express and then change. This can be a godsend at night, as you conveniently sidestep all the vomit-soaked filth making its way to Croydon.