General News – Page 26 – Oyster Fares Central

New OSI list from Jan 2012

26/08/202121/03/2012 by Mike

I have received a new list of OSIs which is dated January 2012. Not much has changed, but there are new OSIs between Aldgate and Tower Gateway, the two Edgware Road stations and different gatelines at Farringdon and Oxford Circus. The temporary ones between Blackfriars NR and alternate District line stations are still active at … Read more

Journey history – 2nd update

26/08/202102/03/2012 by Mike

The next stage of the journey history modifications has just gone live. The old, very difficult to understand, version has been discontinued in favour of an option to expand details for every journey. You no longer need to have bought online credit to access journey history and you can also see touches on pink validators … Read more

Hackney/Dalston to Northern Line

26/08/202109/02/2012 by Mike

A visitor to this site has highlighted some missing fares between stations on the North London Line and the northern branches of the Northern line. I have sent the following email

Wimbledon Improvements

26/08/202129/01/2012 by Mike

I visited Wimbledon again briefly yesterday. While sitting on the tram waiting for it to leave I noticed that they’ve stuck additional signage on the sides of the validators facing the steps. One says only to be used for National Rail journeys while the other says only to be used for tram journeys. Credit where … Read more

Afternoon Peak and Zone 6

26/08/202119/01/2012 by Mike

I’ve recently discovered a potential saving when making return journeys on National Rail in the afternoon peak where the journey starts or finishes in zone 6. Full details are on the When not to use Oyster page. It turns out that I’ve been overpaying for my regular trip from Crayford to Sidcup for the kids’ … Read more

1,000 Comments

26/08/202118/12/2011 by Mike

Last night the number of comments on the site passed the 1000 mark. Many of them are my replies, but it’s still a significant milestone. I’d like to thank all my visitors for their support and comments and I hope everyone has a good Christmas. Don’t forget that the fares go up on January 2nd, … Read more

New fares live – and wrong?

26/08/202108/12/2011 by Mike

TfL have added the new fares to their website, but they’ve made a couple of errors. The first one is a useability issue; rather than have the new fares on special pages linked to from the current live pages, they have instead copied the current fares onto special pages and made the new fares live. I guess it’s not too bad given that you’ll think you’ve got a bargain when you’re charged less, but they really ought to keep the current fares in the default place.

The other error is far more serious.

Helpdesk/Online Closure

26/08/202101/12/2011 by Mike

The Oyster website will be unavailable between 2100 on Friday 2nd December and 1300 on Sunday 4th December for essential maintenance work. During this time the helpdesk will not have access to customer data either.

Tottenham Court Road Reopen

26/08/202129/11/2011 by Mike

Now that Tottenham Court Road has re-opened on the Northern line, and interchange is once more possible with the Central line, the temporary OSIs between Goodge Street, Leicester Square and Tottenham Court Road have been removed.

Ken to restore Z2-6 travelcards?

26/08/202123/11/2011 by Mike

I tend to avoid getting too involved in the politics and the fare changes on this site, but earlier this week Ken Livingstone dangled a frankly huge carrot in front of potential voters in the suburbs, promising to resurrect the much missed “avoiding zone 1” travelcard if he is elected Mayor next year. The story can be read