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Some changes have recently been made to settings at a few stations. Kentish Town: from 8th October the continuation exit setting has been removed while the Underground station is closed. This means that the OSI with Kentish Town West now works again without leaving passengers with an incomplete journey. Euston LU, Euston Square and Blackfriars … Read more

I’ve tried to write this post several times over the last 3 months, but each time the complexity of the implications floors me.  However, my friend Geoff Marshall has just posted a video which makes a good job of explaining how things could change.  His co-presenter, Roger, has also written a blog post which goes … Read more

The contactless PAYG system will shortly (early December?) be expanding to cover over 50 new National Rail stations.  In preparation for this expansion I have been working behind the scenes on aspects of this website to better cater for people who are new to the concept of PAYG in the South East. I’m delighted to … Read more

Update 17/10: Coninuation exit was apparently removed from the Kentish Town validators on 8th October. As reported yesterday on the forum, there is a problem if you try to change trains between Kentish Town and Kentish Town West.  Because the Underground station is closed, Kentish Town currently has no gates.  Unfortunately the validators have the … Read more

The iconic Oyster card started being used on London Buses and the Underground on 30th June 2003.  To start with you could only pay as you go, but daily capping was introduced 20 months later on 27th February 2005.  London Overground was launched on 11th November 2007 which bought Oyster to the first rail services.  … Read more

The government have decreed that no details of new fares should be available on any public facing website until the morning of March 5th. In my view this is a ridiculous situation. Fortunately the fares charged by TfL have to be directed by the Mayor, and his decision has to be published on the GLA … Read more

Today sees the start of through running from the wider National Rail network into the EL core section. In the vast majority of cases this means that you will no longer need to change at Paddington or Liverpool Street. Services from Reading and Heathrow Airport will run through to Abbey Wood, while services from Shenfield … Read more

Beyond zones 1-9 the daily and weekly caps for contactless PAYG are usually set at the same rates as the outboundary travelcards (Anytime, Off-peak and Weekly) to zones 1-6.  This is because using contactless is marketed as a convenience rather than value for money. Note that there are exceptions where Oyster is also available because … Read more

Not much usually changes in either the May or September fare revisions, at least as far as Oyster and contactless is concerned. This year has been very different. Some of the changes have been mentioned in earlier posts, but I’ll repeat them here along with other details which weren’t publicised in advance. Oyster card fee … Read more