Contactless is here
From today, anyone can use a contactless payment card instead of a normal adult Oyster. It charges the same as Oyster and introduces Monday to Sunday capping as well as daily capping. If you choose to...
View ArticleGipsy Hill – Another Success
Edwin, a visitor to this site, found out the hard way that there is no avoiding zone 1 fare from Gipsy Hill to Notting Hill Gate. Research on the single fare finder showed that such a fare exists from...
View ArticleBoris clobbers off-peak travel
TfL has announced their fares for 2015 and there is a big surprise. Adult anytime and off-peak caps are being combined into a new all-day cap. This is good news for people travelling in zones 1-3 and...
View ArticleEpsom – Off-peak travelcard loophole
Now that the National Rail booking systems have the 2015 fares loaded it appears that there is a good way to undercut the price of a paper zone 1-6 travelcard. As we know, off-peak in boundary...
View ArticleDisabled Railcard Discount
As announced in the TfL fares changes decision, from Jan 2nd next year holders of the NR Disabled Railcard will be entitled to discounts at any time when using PAYG on Oyster. This will require a new...
View ArticleSingle fare finder issues
Something seems to have gone wrong with the switching between 2014 and 2015 fares this morning. Both results pages display fares for 2014. Hopefully it’s just a minor glitch.
View ArticleFares changes for 2015
The new fares take effect today and thus many of the pages on this site need updating. I have made some changes already and will be expanding others when I am sure of the detail. I will not be...
View ArticleCheaper fares to zone 1 in PM peak
One of the changes introduced this month concerns journeys starting outside zone 1 and ending in zone 1 during the afternoon peak. Where TfL set the fare it has been off-peak for a couple of years...
View ArticleBus cap discounted by railcards
An eagle eyed site visitor (thanks Thomas) has noticed that the bus/tram cap can be discounted by adding a railcard to your Oyster. The reason is that the discounted zone 1-2 off-peak cap (£4.25) is...
View ArticleU-turn on Off-Peak Caps
There has been considerable unrest over the abolition of the cheaper adult off-peak cap, particularly in zones 4-6 where the increases are quite significant. Of course this was part of the package...
View ArticleOyster at LM ticket offices
It’s been brought to my attention that London Midland are to cease allowing Oyster transactions at their ticket offices at both Euston and Watford Junction from April this year. This is yet another...
View ArticleContactless charging less than Oyster
I’ve recently had several queries where people were charged less than they expected using a CPC, or even less than they were charged making the same journeys with Oyster at a different time. The...
View ArticleOff-Peak Cap Refunds Due Today
I have found out more about the automatic refunds for people regularly travelling after 0930 (or any time at weekends) from zones 4-6. The good news is that the first refunds should be available...
View ArticleOdd period seasons available online
Quite by chance I noticed that odd period travelcard season tickets can now be ordered online for collection by an Oyster card. Previously you could only order weekly, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly...
View ArticleBrentwood moves to zone 9
Information is slowly trickling through about the transfer of various Greater Anglia services to TfL. It seems that Brentwood is due to move from its own zone to zone 9 from next month. It’ll be quite...
View ArticleNew fares for Greater Anglia services
Details have been announced about the new Oyster fares from Liverpool Street starting on May 31st. TfL zonal fares will apply to all services between Liverpool Street and Cheshunt or Harold Wood except...
View ArticleNew Hackney Interchange
Thanks in part to Noel and PC for spotting this. I visited the stations at Hackney Central and Downs last night and spoke with staff. The new link is due to open in the summer and will provide a direct...
View ArticleMissing Contactless touches
Time for another update on my personal adventures. On Monday evening I decided to visit some of the new Overground lines and stations in North East London. I also took along my son with his zip card...
View ArticleGatwick Simplification
I’ve just discovered that a partial simplification occured back in May with fares on the Merstham to Gatwick section. Originally Govia (backed by the DfT) had mandated that fares avoiding zone 1 should...
View ArticleAutumn Fare Changes
This Sunday (3rd September) will see a number of changes to Oyster fares. They affect people travelling via Stratford and Highbury & Islington, from Watford Junction and in the Charing Cross and...
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