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
It’s not often that something to do with Oyster stops me in my tracks, but this week it has happened. Thanks to my friend Geoff who spotted this sign at East Croydon. I went down to have a look and asked some questions. From what I can gather it is linked to a fire alarm … Read more
TfL have announced that Kentish Town, on the Northern line, will re-open to passengers on Monday 23rd December. The work on the escalators is complete, along with a comprehensive deep clean and a new floor and ceiling in the ticket hall. They have also increased the number of gates to 7. There is still some … Read more
The Rail Delivery Group made a change to the way discounted fares are calculated earlier this year. See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpw8j4d1v2do for more details. As a result of this some railcard single fares on Oyster now cost slightly more (5p, or possibly 10p) than they did at the last fares change in March. The somewhat disturbing side … Read more
After what seems like a lifetime, but in reality is just over 3 months, all public facing systems are now back online after the cyber security incident. There are likely to be some delays while the backlog of refund requests is worked through. Oyster journey history has been kept live to enable refunds to be … Read more
Thanks to forum user Feathers we’ve spotted that another rounding amonaly has crept in for late adopting National Rail services in zones 2-6. These are Southeastern, Southern, Southwestern Railway, and Thameslink (outside the middle). If you commute at peak times on a two zone journey outside zone 1 (so 2-3, 3-4, 4-5 or 5-6) then … Read more