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Caution – Hokey-Cokey Issues

26/08/202106/01/2016 by Mike

So today I’ve been out and about experimenting and encountered a problem with trying to break an OSI. The OSI was broken alright, but the fare charged for the first leg was not what I expected to see. I’m trying to track back through my journey history to see where I’ve tested this before but … Read more

5-10 Zip card holders with credit

26/08/202126/12/2015 by Mike

From next Saturday, 2nd January 2016, holders of 5-10 zip cards will no longer need to pay for any National Rail journeys within the zones. This is good news, but what if you already have some credit on your card. The helpdesk can arrange a refund, but a side-effect is that the card will be cancelled. As you need the card to benefit from the free travel that is obviously no good. There appear to be two options available at the moment:

New fares available on TfL website

26/08/202118/12/2015 by Mike

Over the last few days the details of the new fares have been gradually added to the fares section of the TfL website. They seem to have taken my lead in some respects because there is now a page listing just caps and travelcards, although there is still too much duplication in my opinion. The … Read more

Absolutely bonkers fares from Dartford

26/08/202110/12/2015 by Mike

As anyone who reads this site regularly already knows, the Oyster fares system is ridiculously complicated. There are odd scenarios, particularly in the afternoon peak, where it can be cheaper to finish a journey in zone 1 than at the zone 2 station beforehand. However, this evening I’ve found a case where the cheapest route varies depending on the time of day you travel.

Stratford moves to zone 2/3

26/08/202112/11/2015 by Mike

Today’s announcement on 2016 fares has also confirmed the news that Stratford will move to the zone 2/3 boundary from Jan 2nd 2016. In fact, the whole of the DLR/Jubilee line between Stratford International and Canning Town will move so that all direct journeys from Central London to Stratford can be made without using zone … Read more

Oyster to Hertford East

26/08/202119/10/2015 by Mike

Another extension of the Oyster system has come onstream today with the stations between Broxbourne and Hertford East added into the same zone as Broxbourne. This time the fares have been added to the single fare finder and the National Rail fares pages on the TfL site, although at the time of writing the adult fares page seems to have been replaced by the railcard fares version.

Dartford finally appears on the SFF.

26/08/202129/09/2015 by Mike

It’s only taken 23 days, but finally you can look up Oyster fares from Dartford on the single fare finder. The zonal map will sadly not be changed until later in the year.

Geographical Rail Map

03/10/202117/09/2015 by Mike

A new geographical map of London’s railways has been released by TfL in response to a freedom of information request. The request strangely appears to be from last September, hence the map is a little out of date in terms of who runs what. It does include future plans, some of which are yet to materialise, so it’s still useful. The map is a large PDF file

Dartford in zone 8 from Sunday

26/08/202104/09/2015 by Mike

TfL have now confirmed that Dartford will be in zone 8 from Sunday 6th September. The previously predicted fares have been confirmed apart from the through fare to Underground in zone 1 (the zone 2 fare was wrong but has been corrected). The PAYG fares offer considerable savings over paper tickets for a single fare … Read more

Oyster at Dartford

26/08/202129/08/2015 by Mike

The Southeastern website confirms that Oyster will be accepted at Dartford from Sunday September 6th. It doesn’t list any fares, and customer services can’t confirm them either, but a little digging through the new fares database reveals that these are likely to be the adult fares: