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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

So, tomorrow I have to be in Huntington. I look up the price of tickets from Finsbury Park, remembering that yesterday they were (if I remember right) in the £38 region for a flexible ticket. Tonight they are £33.60. (Maybe i remembered yesterday's pricing incorrectly?)

I cannot be fagged to walk to Finsbury in the morning, and might be a bit rushed so I thought, ooow, what if I add in the Harringay to Finsbury leg too, I wonder if it will be much more. £29.90. 10% cheaper.

Work that one out, priceless.

I had a similar issue a few weeks ago trying to get trains to Gatwick. I have no idea how this happened but they started out at around £100 for the family (to which I thought bugger it, I will drive) and then after fiddling with a few elements, and going back to my original times and route etc I ultimately got them for the four of us around £50.

Is pricing on trains really like a lucky dip or what?

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Well, the ticketing system can’t know that’s more convenient for you, and Harringay is closer to Huntingdon than FP, so you’d expect it to be a bit cheaper, but probably not 10%... Oyster zoning might also factor in, and the fact that FP-Huntingdon is direct on Thameslink (who may have a higher premium than a combined GN-TL route)

The ticketing system is one of the things that is under review in the Williams Report which is due out in the Autumn.

This is from the Rail Delivery Group: https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/media-centre/press-releases/2019/...

We flew from Gatwick a few months back and I was horrified by the standard price for a Harringay to Gatwick journey returned by a search on the major ticketing sites. Then I came across split-ticketing at Raileasy and found tickets for almost half the price. 

I guess rail tickets are now supplied by companies which are private businesses operating often with minimal competition. It's not in their interest to help us find a cheap ticket. But your experience does sound particularly daft.

Ah thanks for the tip about Raileasy!

I used the National Rail Enquirers Journey Planner- I thought they were supposed to offer the best fair...

I have just checked the Raileasy site and guess what, £25.12 for the same journey

I just checked the original site to see what happened to the price today, first time it had me changing three times via Wellyn Garden City and when I specifically asked for it to go via Finsbury park it was going to cost £56 for 2 singles as no return was available.

I am glad I don't have to do this every day.

FYI, Loco2 - who are really good for tickets across Europe - now also sell UK tickets, including split ticketing: https://loco2.com 

- they also have an app

Go to gatwick from zone 3 on oyster or contactlessness avoiding the gatwick express and its £10.20 one way off peak ( £14 peak i think),  takes about 10/ 15mins longer but much cheaper than buying a ticket.... 

Do you mean Huntingdon, Cambs? I went to Ely last week, I was thinking of first cycling to King's Cross to get a direct train but actually it was a few quid cheaper to start at Harringay provided the route avoided Kings Cross altogether (Harringay-Finsbury Park-Cambridge-Ely).

This happens all the time - National Rail is definitely not the best place to get tickets. My son had to get a return form Manchester to Glasgow and it was going to be around £90 and tied to specific trains. On Trainline there was an open return ticet available for £55 +£1.50 commission.

Last summer I went to the IOW and by splitting the journey at Portsmouth (which I discovered by accident as wanted to stop off for lunch with a friend) I almost halved the cost.

The journey that comes up from Harringay is different - it does not go via Finsbury Park . It also takes 1h30 instead of 54 min and includes 2 changes.

From St Pancras Int'l the off peak fare to LGW or LTN tends to be around £11 pounds. Do not include the first part of your tube/overground journey in the ticketing.

It has been like that for some time now. I believe you can use your oyster card. See here for much more. Simples...

https://www.londontoolkit.com/travel/gatwick_thameslink.htm

I think the replies to this thread prove one thing - the pricing system is chaotic and not fit for purpose 

Train ticket pricing in the UK is terribly confusing and inconsistent, that's even before addressing how it compares to the rest of the developed world (not including the US) in terms of £ per mile and reliability.

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