New flexible season tickets on sale from today

[greenboy]

New flexible season tickets go on sale from Monday aimed at commuters who only travel to work two or three days a week.

The new tickets can be used for eight days in any month-long period.

The National Rail website will allow passengers to calculate savings and book the new tickets.

It is part of the government's planned shake-up of rail services, but is being introduced immediately to cater to the trend for more home-working.

From 2023 a new state-owned body, Great British Railways (GBR), will set rail timetables and prices, sell tickets in England and manage rail infrastructure.

The flexible season tickets are being introduced separately, ahead of the structural changes, and can be used from 28 June.

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[wirewiper]

It's worth noting however that Flexi Season tickets are not available with London Underground or London Travelcard add-ons, or for journeys wholly within the London Zonal Fare Area (zones 1-8).

The Southeastern Railway website does helpfully point out that pay-as-you-go can be used for Underground and bus journeys within London.

[redbus]

Very sadly this is another good idea that has resulted in a poorly executed scheme.

• As pointed out above why not include TfL buses and trains as an option
• Why must all 8 journeys be completed in a month? Why not allow a 'carnet' of say 10 journeys which can be used at any time over a year.
• Discount on these tickets is very poor limiting their usage

Change the scheme to include the above and dare I say it you might getting something quite useful!