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Solving Finsbury Park

15/10/2021

Regular visitors to this site will be aware of the long standing problems for Oyster and contactless users at Finsbury Park. Initially the Underground station was partly gated and partly…

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Testing The New Oyster Capping

12/10/202113/10/2021

First published on 30th September, updated on 6th and 12th October. With the new system of capping starting this week I decided that now was a good time to dust…

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Site Updates and Capping Changes

27/09/202109/10/2021

Over the weekend the comments attached to the information pages from the old site have been migrated over to this site. This means that the links at the bottom of…

Full Weekly Capping Starts 27/09/2021 on Oyster Cards

24/09/202101/10/2021

Weekly capping on Oyster for adult pay as you go customers will go live on Monday 27 September 2021, meaning that anyone travelling on Tube and rail services across London…

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- Gatwick Caps and Zone 1/2 Caps
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- Charged £6.50 for new Oyster card
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- New Oyster Capping
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- Incomplete journey
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- Reminder on Oyster/Travelcard Usage and Capping limit
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- Double top ups?
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- Slade Green to Epping – has the OSI changed?
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- Websites new OSI list
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- Future Nine Elms Station OSI?
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- (Happily) not charged for missing touch
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- Automatic Refund for Same Station Exit
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- Can I use PAYG credit to pay for multiple journeys simultaneously?
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Latest Comments

Mary Lowe 19/10/2021 at 08:28 on Solving Finsbury ParkValidators will still be needed, as many passengers need to switch from Oyster / Contactless to paper tickets or rail
Kien Tan 17/10/2021 at 20:54 on Testing The New Oyster CappingHi, weekly bus capping often doesn't work on Contactless. It's fine if you ONLY make bus journeys, but if you
Alan Yearsley 14/10/2021 at 14:45 on Full Weekly Capping Starts 27/09/2021 on Oyster CardsI have noticed that although the weekly cap is supposed to be five times the daily cap, according to the
Len Maull 08/10/2021 at 11:23 on Testing The New Oyster CappingI travelled yesterday at 13.41 with my oyster PAYG [Senior Railcard added to Oyster Card] from Kensal Rise to Dartford
Martin Phillp 05/10/2021 at 17:51 on Testing The New Oyster CappingIt's a weekly pass. I didn't realise weekly capping was already in effect. I don't use my Oyster for rail
Martin Phillp 04/10/2021 at 18:22 on Testing The New Oyster CappingI've certainly also been refunded twice on Oyster through the helpline and automated before the weekly capping came into effect.
Alan (28481k) 01/10/2021 at 19:00 on Testing The New Oyster CappingAnd as I recalled, the unresolved journey was due to the same card mishmash reason…
Alan (28481k) 01/10/2021 at 18:56 on Testing The New Oyster CappingI know from personal experience that TfL is quite generous with refunds, years ago I had an unresolved journey that
Simon 01/10/2021 at 09:47 on Testing The New Oyster CappingI'm not convinced that the mechanism by which your double refund came about is as you describe. It is, as
Chris D. 17/09/2021 at 03:08 on Tube and Rail & Tube Maps including Northern Line ExtensionIn geography errors I didn’t foresee, Kennington now being depicted north of Elephant and Castle is very hard to get
Chris D. 11/09/2021 at 00:11 on Battersea Power Station Opening 20/09/2021Sorry for the hasty follow-up, but interestingly / annoyingly it doesn’t appear to be offered on Zone 1 LU fares
Chris D. 10/09/2021 at 23:59 on Battersea Power Station Opening 20/09/2021I just noticed a lot of fares with routes listed as via Battersea Power Station have been populated. I’ve only
Si Hollett 10/09/2021 at 14:18 on Battersea Power Station Opening 20/09/2021The only reason I can see Vauxhall moving to only be in zone 1 is if this issue if this
Chris D. 09/09/2021 at 00:04 on Battersea Power Station Opening 20/09/2021Residents of Vauxhall and Elephant & Castle will be able to enjoy the novelty of travelling on a journey in
Chris D. 02/07/2021 at 10:11 on Can You Use a Contactless Card/Device in the Middle of a Journey?It also asserts that: “You cannot use a Santander Cycle to go between the two” Which is also false (regardless
Matthew Hayes 29/06/2021 at 17:06 on No More Oyster at Ticket OfficesHi Mike, Hopefully that is the case, I was able to add the discount at Shepherds Bush Overground who bizarrely
Matthew Hayes 29/06/2021 at 11:20 on No More Oyster at Ticket OfficesHi Mike, that is what I thought. Headstone Lane have told me the same thing and said to use an
Matthew Hayes 28/06/2021 at 13:33 on No More Oyster at Ticket OfficesI tried to put my Rail Staff Leisure Card (PRV) on my Oyster at Watford High Street yesterday and was
Dave Banks 26/06/2021 at 10:35 on TfL Website Sign-in IssuesYes me also, gave up after 4 attempts. The pictures are abysmal quality and you have to get far to
Elizabeth Howard 25/06/2021 at 10:31 on No More Oyster at Ticket OfficesI had my NR railcard added by the staff at Victoria Underground, they knew exactly what was needed and once