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
Following a tip off from a forum user I’ve discovered a number of anomalies where the fare from Epsom to stations in zones 4-6 is cheaper that the fare from Ewell (East or West as appropriate) to the same station. In part this comes down to different people setting the fares; South Western Railway/Southern are … Read more
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
Also known as the maximum journey time, this is an area where TfL have been reluctant to publish details in the recent past. However, after a referral and discussion with the Information Commissioner, TfL have now supplied a spreadsheet containing all the information. This is a significant step towards a more transparent attitude to PAYG … 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