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*** 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

The site has been updated as fully as possible with fares and cap information for the new fares. There are some issues with the Southeastern caps in the Sevenoaks area and also some of the C2C caps in the Tilbury area. Indeed, the page on National Rail has not got updated caps at all fron … Read more

My friend Geoff has just posted a useful explainer about contactless payments at 47 new stations earlier this month. Video on Youtube

Whilst adding the data for the new PAYG stations I’ve noticed several issues relating to the Southeastern extension to Sevenoaks. Most concerning is that the caps from all the new stations (inc Dunton Green, Bat & Ball, Otford, Shoreham and Eynsford) are more expensive than the relevant one day travelcards.  This means that you may … Read more

After a four-and-a-bit month delay caused by the cyber security incident, phase 1b of project oval has gone live today. This extends contactless PAYG (but not Oyster) to Bletchley, St Albans Abbey, Shoeburyness, Sevenoaks, Shepperton, Virginia Water and Windsor & Eton Riverside. The new stations are all included in the fare finder, but the time … Read more