February 2017 – Oyster Fares Central

New Improved Oyster Fare Finder

26/08/202120/02/2017 by Mike

I am delighted to announce the arrival of a new version of our Oyster Fare Finder. There have been some cosmetic tweaks to make the adult fares stand out more, plus a major new addition.

Alongside each route description is a statement describing the zonal coverage of that route. This may help when deciding what route is used by the default fare. It also clarifies which route is assumed when there are two completely different routes using different zone combinations. It can also help decide whether a travelcard will cover a journey, or which cap may be applied as a result of making the journey.

New Expanded Fares Guide

26/08/202110/02/2017 by Mike

I’m delighted to announce that the fares guide section of this website has been enhanced significantly. There are now pages summarising all types of fares (adult, child, etc) within zones 1-9. This is the first of a number of improvements which will be happening over the coming months.

Missing route in SW London

26/08/202105/02/2017 by Mike

A site visitor queried why they had been charged the zone 1-3 cap instead of the expected zone 1-2 cap recently, and it has thrown up a missing route option between a number of stations in SW London. The system thinks you’ve gone via zone 3 even when you haven’t. The problem