Mike (admin)

If you’ve read the text underneath the fare finder results then you’ll know that I put quite a lot of effort into improving the useability of the tool compared to the single fare finder on the TfL website. Most of the improvements involve additional data (zonal coverage and time allowed) or tweaks to the station … Read more

UPDATE 4th September: The issue is now fixed and NRE no longer suggests contactless fares are available. The National Rail Enquiries journey planner has started suggesting that contactless PAYG will be available for travel to Stansted Airport from this Sunday (September 7th). The fares appear for stations on the line between Liverpool Street and Stansted … Read more

In February this year c2c became the first National Rail operator (not including TfL) to accept contactless payments throughout it’s entire network. Shortly after being taken back into public ownership the company announced that there had been over 1 million taps (touches in or out) at their new stations in just under 6 months of … Read more

This is a followup article to https://oysterfares.com/walthamstow-central-overcharging-from-some-stations/.  It turns out that asking questions about complicated issues in August is a bad idea, as key people go on holiday at different times. I did eventually get a response from the Rail Delivery Group: “In the TfL PAYG system, all flows need a “no intermediate clicks” route … Read more

I’ve recently come across a video on Youtube by creator Nick Badley where he attempted to visit every station in zones 7-9 on the rail and tube map, plus a couple of other weird ones.  The weird ones are, of course, Cuffley and Epsom, and Nick correctly explains that the reason they’re not shown officially … Read more

*** Note: This article only refers to fares from certain stations beyond zones 1-9. Oyster is NOT affected *** Thanks to a visitor to the Rail Forums website, a quite serious problem with fares to and from Walthamstow Central has been uncovered. Until last year the fares from anywhere accepting PAYG to Walthamstow Central were … Read more

TfL have just announced that the price of Oyster photocards is rising from this Tuesday, July 22nd. This is the first increase in price for ten years, and in most cases it’s just £1. Zip card for 5-10 year olds: was £10, will now be £11. Zip card for 11-15 year olds: was £15, will … Read more

As almost everyone must now know, the Silvertown Tunnel opened on Monday. I’m not going to comment on the charges for road users for both it and the adjacent Blackwall Tunnel, but I do want to clarify the options for free travel using Oyster or contactless PAYG. Buses: Routes 108, 129 and SL4 run through … Read more

Three months on from the re-opening of Kentish Town Underground station, the walkway within the paid area between the Underground and National Rail platforms is still not available. The latest estimates suggest early May for completion. Until then you have to exit through the gates from the Underground station, walk down the street a few … Read more

Ten days ago, forum user ‘colcestrian’ enquired why he was being charged 20p more than the fare finder suggested when travelling between Stratford and Canary Wharf via Whitechapel on the Elizabeth line. I reported the issue to TfL and then went to try it out with my railcard discounted Oyster card. I was charged the … Read more