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
I’ve just been through Abbey Wood and noticed that there are 6 new validators on platforms 3 and 4. They’re all covered with a dark blue canvas cover at present, but presumably they will be activated soon. Staff on the platform say that it’s due to happen by the end of the summer, so I … 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
Over the years since Oyster was rolled out there have been a number of new interchanges added to the system. Notable among those have been Warren Street to Euston Square, Bayswater to Queensway, Aldgate to Aldgate East and Cannon Street NR to Bank. More recently a tranche of new interchanges appeared to service the Elizabeth … Read more
Further to earlier posts about Farringdon and the initial lack of validators to start/end a PAYG journey on the Elizabeth line when using a ticket on Thameslink services, a new issue has cropped up which results in some users being charged for an incomplete journey. Between the southern (back) end of the northbound Thameslink platform … Read more
We last looked at OSI usage in 2019, before Covid. Thus four years later I’ve asked TfL for updated data showing how many journeys made use of each OSI in the system. The data provided was recorded over a four week period in February/March 2023. Most OSIs are showing a drop in usage compared to … Read more