Mike (admin)

Considering that we are in the middle of a general election campaign and that this project (Oval) is being sponsored by the Department for Transport, I was quite surprised to see that six new stations joined the contactless PAYG system yesterday. The six stations are: Beaconsfield, Denham, Denham Golf Club, Gerrards Cross, High Wycombe and … Read more

I’d like to apologise to subscribers who will have receieved several notifications of new posts in recent weeks which were not genuine posts. The unusual method of signing up, requiring a response to an email, has been enough to keep the forum pretty much spam free for several years. However, it is clear that some … Read more

This update has been quite rushed thanks to the very delayed availability of some of the information. I believe that all the site pages with live fares have now been updated. If you spot something which doesn’t look right, please do let me know by commenting on this post. Headline changes are: No change to … Read more

The Mayor has today confirmed that a 12-Friday trial of off-peak PAYG fares and caps will begin next Friday, 8th March, and run until Friday 31st May (note 29th March was already off-peak being Good Friday).  All PAYG fares will be off-peak all-day, including National Rail contactless fares out to Reading, Luton Airport Parkway and … Read more

Many of you will have seen the news that TfL are to allocate separate names to each of the different lines operated by London Overground. This is good news.  No longer will a problem between Romford and Upminster give the potential impression that it will be difficult to travel from Richmond to Willesden Junction. The … Read more

A new station has opened today on the Thameslink line to Bedford.  Brent Cross West is in zone 3, between Cricklewood and Hendon.  All trains that already call at both Cricklewood and Hendon will also call at Brent Cross West.  Fares will be the same as from Cricklewood as they are both in zone 3. … Read more

The Rail Delivery Group has today announced that following in depth negotiation with TfL and the Department for Transport the day travelcard will not now be discontinued in January. The agreement gives TfL a more reasonable share of the revenue generated by the travelcard and enables it to fulfill it’s funding agreement with the DfT. … Read more

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