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The Whitechapel Problem

05/05/202305/05/2023

Over the years since Oyster was rolled out there have been a number of new interchanges added to the system. Notable among those have been Warren Street to Euston Square,…

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Overcharging at Farringdon

24/04/2023

Further to earlier posts about Farringdon and the initial lack of validators to start/end a PAYG journey on the Elizabeth line when using a ticket on Thameslink services, a new…

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Most Used OSIs March 2023

17/04/2023

We last looked at OSI usage in 2019, before Covid. Thus four years later I’ve asked TfL for updated data showing how many journeys made use of each OSI in…

Lame and Late April Fool?

13/04/2023

On Monday morning the i website published an article suggesting that TfL could soon reclassify Fridays as off-peak all day. Now I know that Avanti West Coast already do this,…

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- Watford Junction fares (fare finder is bugged out)
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- Bus fare capping
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- Age change to Oyster 60+ ?
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- Incomplete Journeys due to MJT
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- Oyster card registration
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- Virginia Water – London query
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- Zone 1 peak fare charge in the evening peak
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- Fares, caps, services during 08/05/2023 coronation bank holiday
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- Using Oyster/Contactless on Trams
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- What will I cap at?
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- Yellow is the new pink?
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- Same station exits
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- 12-digit number on back of oyster card
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- Touching out on pink readers?
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- Capping query: High zone only in morning peak
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- 60+ travel card plus boundary extension questions
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- What did I cap?
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- Contactless fare to Gatwick- missing charge?
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- West Drayton to Wembley Stadium
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Martin Phillp 15/05/2023 at 03:16 on The Whitechapel ProblemI wonder if one of the reasons is to stop passengers from South London using it as another way to
Simon 11/05/2023 at 09:19 on Trams and BusesThe other day I changed from NR to the Tram at Mitcham Jn. When looking at my journey history subsequently
Bill Barnes 01/05/2023 at 16:14 on Same Station and Continuation Exits/EntriesHi - thanks for the prompt reply. We touched our cards on a card reader at the bottom of the
Bill Barnes 30/04/2023 at 23:08 on Same Station and Continuation Exits/EntriesHi - thank you for all the great work. I have a query for you! I travelled from Oakwood (Piccadilly
Feathers 29/04/2023 at 10:05 on Overcharging at FarringdonI’d be interested in the response. There’s really no excuse for treating different payment card types in different ways so
Feathers 29/04/2023 at 09:17 on Contactless vs OysterThere are about to be a whole load more of them so I’m not sure that worrying too much about
Catherine Wood 18/04/2023 at 19:07 on Interchanging at Custom HouseI don’t know if the problem has FINALLY been addressed yet but the tap out issue between dlr from Beckton
Feathers 13/04/2023 at 23:16 on Lame and Late April Fool?Worse still, doing this would conceivably convince people to switch their “office days” from earlier in the week to the
Mike 05/04/2023 at 23:05 on Interchanging at Custom HouseThat's interesting. I wonder whether those validators will get a lot of attention from RPIs, like the ones at Stratford
Sacha Zarb 05/04/2023 at 18:25 on Interchanging at Custom HouseJust to come back to this, looks like the validators are going in this month at Abbey Wood, looks like
Alan Yearsley 04/04/2023 at 18:46 on Contactless vs OysterI believe that there are some routes just outside Greater London where you can use contactless but not Oyster. How
Mike 23/03/2023 at 15:07 on Elizabeth Line Updates: Interchanging and Farringdon, Custom HouseHi Harry, The readers in the hallway between EL and TL are for exactly that reason. There's no need to
Harry Small 23/03/2023 at 13:48 on Elizabeth Line Updates: Interchanging and Farringdon, Custom HouseJust resurrecting this thread with apologies. I have a visitor who is coming to see me from outside greater london
Mike 21/03/2023 at 12:56 on Special Short Hop Fares in Zones 1-2I doubt this will happen. The fares outside zone 1 are much cheaper.
Mike 21/03/2023 at 12:47 on New Fares from March 5th – Full-ish DetailsHi Alan, It is still available, but it costs £6.
Alan Yearsley 20/03/2023 at 18:27 on Special Short Hop Fares in Zones 1-2We could do with similar special short hop fares for some journeys that straddle other zone boundaries, e.g. Putney Bridge
Alan Yearsley 20/03/2023 at 14:07 on New Fares from March 5th – Full-ish DetailsIs the paper One Day Bus and Tram Pass still available (albeit AFAIK only available from the ticket offices at
Matthew Williams 18/03/2023 at 03:58 on Peak, Off-peak and CapsHi Mike, I appreciate this page is ridiculously old now but I'm a little confused with how the system treats
Cass G 14/03/2023 at 07:55 on Mixing Oyster and Paper TicketsHi Mike, Would greatly appreciate your assistance. Currently travelling between Potters Bar to Gunnersbury 6 times a week (peak times
PRADIPAN DEY 01/03/2023 at 17:25 on FAQs and Tipshello, mike, needed help can you please suggest, which card option will be cheaper to travel from tottenham hale to