London Banter - View Single Post - Oyster PAYG on National Rail from 02.01.10 : A fare question.

[email protected] · November 16th 09, 09:19 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Uncle-C) wrote:

On 16 Nov, 17:14, Tom Barry wrote:

I'm frankly bemused by all this, but at present I'll look to use PAYG
on NR for journeys not including Z1, where it makes sense (I don't
usually have a travelcard, so OEP idiocies don't apply).

I've looked at the preliminary fares tables which are in the "Mayoral
Document" and it seems that Off Peak travel from Zones 4/3/2 to Zone 1
on NR is going to be cheaper than the equivalent parallel journey if
it were undertaken on TFL.

e.g Stratford (Zone 3) - Liverpool Street (Zone1)

PAYG Off Peak Single NR : £2.00
PAYG Off Peak Single TFL: £2.40

So it will be cheaper to travel on National Rail, a fact that would
surprise a lot of the average punters who, unless explicitly told,
will remain blissfully unaware !

I'd settle for fares to Putney not being at a premium over fares to East
Putney. They are the same if my amount of London travelling is enough to
justify a Day Travelcard from Cambridge but not otherwise, including when,
like tonight, I'm staying in Putney. With the new FCC fares I expect that
Day Travelcards from Cambridge will become even less likely to be
justified.

Although there was a national announcement about NR fares today it didn't
seem to have reached the FCC web site.

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Colin Rosenstiel