Re: off peak goulburn return

["Erk" <erk@erkV69.au.com>]

Neil

There is a barely publicized list of trains that leave stations before 0900
that qualify as off-peak ticketing wise and I THINK that this train would be
one of them.

A City Hopper allows unlimited travel on regular State Transit and CityRail
services in the city area bounded by Kings Cross, North Sydney and Redfern
for the day of purchase. If you are not in the city, it also provides return
travel from your origin station to the city.

Hope this helps.

--
Eric
www.erk.au.com


Neil Crellin wrote in message <39A9EB06.4F7EFD13@iprimus.com.au>...
|Weekdays a Goulburn train leaves Sydney Central at 8.57am just outside
|the 9.00am start of off-peak returns. However, if you buy a peak return
|to Glenfield, catch the 8.40am Campbelltown service arriving Glenfield
|9.14am, you have 13 minutes to buy a Glenfield - Goulburn off peak
|return.  Goulburn train leaves Glenfield at 9.27am. This saves $17 off
|the full return Goulburn fare of $48 and is only $3 dearer than the off
|peak fare of $28. Is this necessary or do CityRail stretch the off peak
|area by three minutes for this train?
|As a Queenslander, I would also like to know what exactly a city hopper
|fare entails as I can't find full information on the CityRail site
|