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Limehouse Gate Confusion

05/11/2021

Limehouse has two stations adjacent to each other. One is a DLR station and the other is on the c2c line from Fenchurch Street. Both stations have stairs/lifts down to…

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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…

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- Visitor Oyster Card Vs Regular Oyster Card
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  Mike
- Tooting Broadway to White City fare differences (avoiding zone 1)
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  Mike
- Crystal Palace to St Pancras Int
  Started by: Michael in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- Being charged for Not swiping In&Out
  Started by: ben dawson in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- OVChipkaart card blocked
  Started by: Chris D. in: General Transport Discussion
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- City Thameslink-St Pauls and Manor House-Harringay Green Lanes
  Started by: Si Hollett in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- Platform tap in
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- Maximum Journey Times Applied When Avoiding Zone 1
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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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  Mike
- New Oyster Capping
  Started by: Nick in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- Incomplete journey
  Started by: Alan Yearsley in: Using Oyster
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- Reminder on Oyster/Travelcard Usage and Capping limit
  Started by: Michael Smith in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- Double top ups?
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- Greenwich to St Pancras
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- Epping to Chesham
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- Slade Green to Epping – has the OSI changed?
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- Websites new OSI list
  Started by: Neil Smith in: General Transport Discussion
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- Future Nine Elms Station OSI?
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- Fare between Farringdon and Heathrow Rail
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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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- Can I change my account information?
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- How to find out what an automated refund was for?
  Started by: Chris D. in: Using Oyster
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Mike 19/11/2021 at 08:02 on Capping ExamplesHi Emily, Yes, that's right. The daily cap resets at 0430 each morning.
Emily Walsh 19/11/2021 at 07:53 on Capping ExamplesHey Mike, I hope you can help. I am visiting London Wednesday 24th - Friday 26th and will be using
Feathers 16/11/2021 at 07:36 on When Not to use OysterSWR or TfL pricing, that is, not journeys.
Feathers 16/11/2021 at 07:34 on When Not to use OysterIn this particular case, I’m now hoping the SWR ‘Touch’ card might be the answer since it suggests you’ll be
Mike 16/11/2021 at 03:32 on When Not to use OysterThanks. Afternoon peak can be tricky at times, especially when not going into zone 1.
Feathers 15/11/2021 at 19:37 on When Not to use OysterOK, it turns out not to be the simple case I remember it as. In terms of like for like
Mike 15/11/2021 at 18:07 on When Not to use OysterHi Feathers, Can you elaborate with some examples. I've checked a couple of flows and Oyster seems cheaper, unless my
Mike 15/11/2021 at 18:01 on Peak, Off-peak and CapsAmen to that!
Feathers 15/11/2021 at 12:06 on When Not to use OysterEpsom is another relatively recent addition outside the zonal system that costs more on Oyster than paper, at least on
Feathers 15/11/2021 at 12:02 on Peak, Off-peak and CapsIgnoring the grace period for a moment, 9:30 itself is simply an instant of time with no length so acting
Mike 14/11/2021 at 13:18 on Peak, Off-peak and CapsHi Dave, It's a good point. The TfL data feed for the fares quotes 0630-0930 and 1600-1900 so I can't
Talldave 14/11/2021 at 09:15 on Peak, Off-peak and CapsApologies if this has been asked before -1220+ comments a lot to read! Should the time periods listed at the
Chris D. 05/11/2021 at 10:00 on Limehouse Gate ConfusionRe Oyster/Contactless users going from C2C -> DLR, I was wondering whether Continuation Exit on the link bridge gates could
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…