please empty your brain below
But DG, we want to know which one was your favourite!

Karen | Homepage | 28.08.12 - 7:46 a.m. | #

Great promotion, strange that it's not more popular since it's much cheaper than eg a return to Bognor Regis. Why don't they just give you a normal ticket though to get through barriers (buy online, collect at station) and require that you show ID to staff on trains when they check your tickets? Did staff at ticket barriers actually check your ID when you waved your paper at them? I was travelling with some friends that had interrail tickets recently and they were never asked for ID, not once in over 20 journeys.

Anna | 28.08.12 - 11:03 a.m. | #

@ Anna - geeky answer re the ticket. I would think that it is impossible to create a magnetic ticket that could be read properly by the gates within the validity of the Downlander ticket. The stripe on the back is not designed to cater for these sorts of National Rail tickets. It was designed to cope with LT's Travelcard zones.

I have had All Line Rover tickets which were printed on mag stripe stock but never put them in a ticket gate for fear of it being swallowed.

PC | 28.08.12 - 11:13 a.m. | #

Hm, interesting. Thanks.

Anna | 28.08.12 - 11:19 a.m. | #

It's a brilliant offer; I used one last year although always had some quizzical looks from the barrier staff. Was never asked for the accompanying ID either.

@PC - Southern's DaySave ticket (which is 50p cheaper than the all-network Downlander) covers the same area and does come on the traditional ticket stock (although has to be bought 7 days in advance). Not sure if it works the barriers though.

I think the advantage of the DaySave (aside from the 50p saving) is the better rates on groups travelling. (There's also a peak time variant).

andy c | 28.08.12 - 12:51 p.m. | #

Hmmm. If I had to rank them...

» Bexhill, Brighton
» Hastings, Littlehampton
» Eastbourne
» Shoreham
» St Leonard's, Newhaven, Worthing

diamond geezer | Homepage | 28.08.12 - 5:03 p.m. | #

Good to know about the All Network Downlander. Thanks.

CornishCockney | 28.08.12 - 5:10 p.m. | #

I've used daysave's many times - very useful for someone down portsmouth way, you can get all the way to Milton Keynes on it! I dont think it works ticket barriers, i havent tried for a long time though.

Chris | 30.08.12 - 9:28 p.m. | #

I was at Bexhill on Bank Holiday Sunday, from deepest darkest Poplar, with my Austin Mini Cooper MkII for the De La Warr Pavaillion Lions Club photoshoot. The Bus was a recreation of the final scene of The Italian Job. Lots of classic and non-classic cars and a good day was had by all.

Mary Fowler | 31.08.12 - 3:33 p.m. | #

It's also worth mentioning that the extra 50p cost for a Network Downlander, compared to the Daysave, is that it gets you onto lots of buses in the South Downs area as well as the trains.

Bryn Davies | 06.09.12 - 4:52 p.m. | #











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