Elizabeth line Oyster fare to Heathrow

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    duthq
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    Hello everyone,

    My mother and myself will be going from Catford to Heathrow (at evening peak time) and because of the Elizabeth line our journey can be much easier than it used to be but I have a couple of questions.

    My mother recently got her 60+ Oyster card so will her entire journey from Catford to Heathrow via the Elizabeth line be free? Wasn’t sure if the Heathrow surcharge will still be applied.

    The plan is to get a Thameslink train from Catford to Farringdon and then Elizabeth line to Heathrow so will I be touching in at Catford and touching out at Heathrow or will I have to touch out and back in at Farringdon?

    The TFL journey planner page says that the price of the journey (evening peak using Elizabeth line) will be £14.90 so just wanted to confirm if this is accurate.

    Thanks for reading!

    #4752
    Mike
    Moderator

    Hi duthq,

    As long as morning peak restrictions are observed the 60+ Oyster is a free travelcard within all of zones 1-6 (excluding Heathrow Express and Southeastern High Speed between St Pancras and Stratford). It can be used on the Elizabeth line to/from Heathrow.

    #4754
    duthq
    Participant

    Thanks for the reply.

    What about touching a reader at Farringdon?

    In this video https://youtu.be/vfUzLVTDuig?t=461 the person is going from Gatwick to Heathrow using Thameslink and Elizabeth line but at 7:41 they say that you need to touch the Oyster reader to pay the right fare, why is that?

    What would happen if this person touched in at Gatwick and touched out at Heathrow without doing anything at Farringdon?

    #4755
    Mike
    Moderator

    Hi duthq,

    They are wrong. The validator being used at Farringdon is intended to start/end an Oyster journey when paper tickets are held for Thameslink. If the whole journey is being made with Oyster then there is no need to touch at Farringdon.

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