General News – Page 21 – Oyster Fares Central

Bus cap discounted by railcards

26/08/202113/01/2015 by Mike

An eagle eyed site visitor (thanks Thomas) has noticed that the bus/tram cap can be discounted by adding a railcard to your Oyster. The reason is that the discounted zone 1-2 off-peak cap (£4.25) is now less than the bus cap (£4.40). Unless you have a disabled railcard, this only applies if all the bus … Read more

Cheaper fares to zone 1 in PM peak

26/08/202103/01/2015 by Mike

One of the changes introduced this month concerns journeys starting outside zone 1 and ending in zone 1 during the afternoon peak. Where TfL set the fare it has been off-peak for a couple of years now, but from this month it is extended to all rail journeys. Unlike TfL fares, with the NR set … Read more

Fares changes for 2015

26/08/202102/01/2015 by Mike

The new fares take effect today and thus many of the pages on this site need updating. I have made some changes already and will be expanding others when I am sure of the detail. I will not be amending any comments or replies prior to 2015.

Single fare finder issues

26/08/202102/01/2015 by Mike

Something seems to have gone wrong with the switching between 2014 and 2015 fares this morning. Both results pages display fares for 2014. Hopefully it’s just a minor glitch.

Disabled Railcard Discount

26/08/202123/12/2014 by Mike

As announced in the TfL fares changes decision, from Jan 2nd next year holders of the NR Disabled Railcard will be entitled to discounts at any time when using PAYG on Oyster. This will require a new discount code to be added to the Oyster. ATOC are supposed to be writing to all holders of … Read more

Epsom – Off-peak travelcard loophole

26/08/202105/12/2014 by Mike

Now that the National Rail booking systems have the 2015 fares loaded it appears that there is a good way to undercut the price of a paper zone 1-6 travelcard. As we know, off-peak in boundary travelcards are being withdrawn from Jan 2nd, but out boundary ones will still exist. Epsom has long been one … Read more

Boris clobbers off-peak travel

26/08/202111/11/2014 by Mike

TfL has announced their fares for 2015 and there is a big surprise. Adult anytime and off-peak caps are being combined into a new all-day cap. This is good news for people travelling in zones 1-3 and anyone travelling a lot and starting before 0930. But if you live in zones 4-6 and travel off-peak you are going to be clobbered for making a lot of journeys.

Gipsy Hill – Another Success

26/08/202106/11/2014 by Mike

Edwin, a visitor to this site, found out the hard way that there is no avoiding zone 1 fare from Gipsy Hill to Notting Hill Gate. Research on the single fare finder showed that such a fare exists from both West Norwood and Crystal Palace, the stations either side of Gipsy Hill. Frustratingly, the train … Read more

Contactless is here

26/08/202116/09/2014 by Mike

From today, anyone can use a contactless payment card instead of a normal adult Oyster. It charges the same as Oyster and introduces Monday to Sunday capping as well as daily capping. If you choose to register the card on the TfL website you will get access to journey history for a whole year and … Read more

Southwark and Blackfriars

26/08/202108/09/2014 by Mike

On Saturday afternoon I went walking around the City in search of book benches with my son. When we had finished we made our way to the north bank entrance to Blackfriars and only then did we realise that FCC trains weren’t serving London Bridge this weekend. The advertised diversion via Elephant and Castle seemed a bit of a detour so we decided to walk a bit more by crossing the river through Blackfriars, along to Southwark and through there to Waterloo East. This gave me a chance to check out a report that walking through Southwark is always free.