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Major c2c Fares Issue

11/06/2025

C2c have admitted that a data error is causing customers using contactless PAYG to travel from any station east of Upminster or Grays (ie anywhere that doesn’t accept Oyster) to…

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Fare Finder Upgrade

10/06/2025

After waiting over 3 months for updated zonal data, TfL have finally supplied the latest file. Sadly there is no movement on providing the correct data for journeys involving the…

Misbehaving validator(s) at Highbury & Islington

30/04/2025

So, forum user Michael Tsang reported an issue with a journey from Willesden Green to Highbury & Islington. The route he took was Jubilee line to West Hampstead, Mildmay line…

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Updated Journey Time Allowances

25/04/2025

A year ago today I was first able to publish the time allowed for any PAYG journey using Oyster or contactless. Annoyingly when I sought updated information following the extensions…

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Latest Forum Topics

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- Ealing Broadway pink reader location
  Started by: Michael Tsang in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
  Mike (admin)
- Heathrow Elizabeth Line fare
  Started by: railer in: Fare and Capping Queries
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  Adam
- Offline Fare Finder App
  Started by: greenfrogs in: Fare and Capping Queries
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  greenfrogs
- Charged z1 fare for using the suffragette
  Started by: Adam in: Fare and Capping Queries
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  Mike
- 60+ Oyster – Travel To Tunbridge Wells
  Started by: Kate Miscampbell in: Using Oyster
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  Mike
- Travelling from Vauxhall train station to Box Hill and Westhumble
  Started by: Talster in: Using Contactless
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  Talster
- West Hampstead Station
  Started by: Stephen Godfrey in: General Transport Discussion
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  Stephen Godfrey
- Querying Travel Fares (London Northwestern and TFL)
  Started by: RYLB in: Fare and Capping Queries
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  Mike (admin)
- OSIs for Project Oval
  Started by: etr221 in: Using Contactless
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- 4 weeks, 1 day ago
  Mike (admin)
- 60+ London Oyster – extension beyond Zone 6 boundary
  Started by: Alan Simpson in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- 1 month ago
  Mike (admin)
- CRS code for London Underground stations
  Started by: Michael Tsang in: Forum News
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- 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  Michael Tsang
- Platform Validators for transfers
  Started by: western in: Using Contactless
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- 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  Mike (admin)
- Unable to touch out
  Started by: Adam in: Using Oyster
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- 1 month, 4 weeks ago
  Mike (admin)
- Oyster and Railcard caps
  Started by: Joana Dionisio in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- 2 months ago
  Mike (admin)
- Fare Query – Tooting Bec to Turnham Green (avoiding zone 1)
  Started by: Hugo Monae in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- 2 months ago
  Mike (admin)
- Over 60s extension
  Started by: Vincent Stops in: Using Oyster
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  Vincent Stops
- Travelling via Z1 when fare finder expects you to avoid Z1
  Started by: Ealinger in: Using Oyster
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  Mike (admin)
- Fare discrepency
  Started by: K E in: Fare and Capping Queries
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  Mike (admin)
- Travelcard-on-ITSO limitation
  Started by: Alan White in: Using Oyster
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- 60+ Oyster card no longer listed alongside contactless cards
  Started by: OutOfTime in: Using Oyster
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  Mike (admin)
- NR+PAYG/season tickets/travelcard
  Started by: aip45 in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- Red light at attempted station re-entry
  Started by: OutOfTime in: Using Oyster
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  Mike (admin)
- Oyster charges calculated incorrectly
  Started by: YearOfTheBusOyster in: Fare and Capping Queries
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- PPAYG – Do I need to tap at Farringdon?
  Started by: Jikus in: Using Contactless
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- 3 months, 3 weeks ago
  Mike (admin)
- Oyster overcharge – HHY standalone validator started a new journey
  Started by: Michael Tsang in: Using Oyster
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- 4 months ago
  Mike

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Latest Comments

Mike (admin) 05/07/2025 at 01:45 on Major c2c Fares IssueIt was kind of about both, Si. The inflated fares to/from Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street have been fixed now.
Si Hollett 04/07/2025 at 09:24 on Major c2c Fares IssueThis wasn't about mixed-mode TfL/NR fares, but about the lack of London Terminals fares. Such things can be put into
Si Hollett 04/07/2025 at 09:11 on Major c2c Fares IssueCertainly a fair fare system would want to keep something similar to preserve the London Terminals ticket idea for those
Feathers 19/06/2025 at 08:50 on Major c2c Fares IssueThe only other way that’d achieve that is by separating TfL services out from National Rail entirely and charging separately
Chris D. 18/06/2025 at 18:08 on Major c2c Fares IssueGiven these problems, and how unintuitive it is to typical commuters, scrapping the mixed fare scale should really be a
Mike 04/06/2025 at 23:18 on Peak, Off-peak and CapsHi Bram, I think there may be a little confusion here between fares and caps. When you touch in at
Bram 04/06/2025 at 18:15 on Peak, Off-peak and CapsHello Mike, Thank you for your efforts here! A quick question: Let's say I am having an oyster card with
Adam 23/05/2025 at 15:21 on Same Station and Continuation Exits/EntriesCan touching in and straight back out at a station you’ve just arrived at be used to break an OSI?
Neil P 08/05/2025 at 22:47 on Kentish Town Underground to re-open on MondayI've now rung back and received the refund in my bank account, however the Oyster card has not been refunded
Mike 03/05/2025 at 16:51 on Kentish Town Internal NR-LU Link UpdateGood news! Thanks Edvid.
Edvid 03/05/2025 at 11:52 on Kentish Town Internal NR-LU Link UpdateJust heard the internal link reopened a few days ago. Hurrah!
Mike (admin) 30/04/2025 at 16:18 on Misbehaving validator(s) at Highbury & IslingtonHi Adam, Thanks for reminding me of that case. It's clearly a much bigger problem than just involving an OSI.
Adam 30/04/2025 at 15:59 on Misbehaving validator(s) at Highbury & IslingtonThis is probably what happened to me travelling Camden Town to HHY on a previous post: https://oysterfares.com/topic/camden-town-to-highbury-islington/
Neil P 29/04/2025 at 20:25 on Kentish Town Underground to re-open on MondayHi Mike, I spoke to a very helpful lady on the helpdesk this afternoon, the refund for the missing touch
Neil P 28/04/2025 at 21:14 on Kentish Town Underground to re-open on MondayHi Mike, So apparently I can't register the card because it doesn't have a security question - I did buy
Mike (admin) 27/04/2025 at 21:12 on Updated Journey Time AllowancesI don't think that the TOCs are particularly thinking about this, it's a feature of the PAYG system that they're
Alan White 26/04/2025 at 12:01 on Updated Journey Time AllowancesI don't see that "the ability to break a journey at an unbarriered station and resume later on while still
Chris D. 26/04/2025 at 00:51 on Updated Journey Time AllowancesAlthough I wouldn’t like the argument, the PAYG T&Cs don’t seem 100% watertight on tapping out. It states that you
Edvid 25/04/2025 at 09:05 on Silvertown Tunnel Free TransportWorked for me as a contactless user. Crossed the Thames (both lines) on the 12th, same-day issue refund credited on
Neil P 24/04/2025 at 17:57 on Kentish Town Underground to re-open on MondayMike, I took photos of the ticket machine when I checked - there doesn't seem to be a way to