"Paul Corfield" wrote in message

On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:27:00 -0800 (PST), elyob
wrote:

On Dec 8, 4:08 pm, Paul Terry wrote:
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elyob writes

According to the TfL website, it'll cost me £3.20 to get from
Surbiton [National Rail] to Brixton [London Underground] ...

However, won't I be exiting at Vauxhall National Rail before
having to get back on again at Vauxhall Underground?

Yes - why's that a problem? (Vauxhall, like Brixton, is zone 2, so
it's basically a zone 6 to zone 2 ticket).


I thought that touching out of national rail could make the tube
journey a new journey?

As Mr Scott has said not after 2/1/10. PAYG will be valid both "sides"
of the interchange and as it is entirely valid to make an interchange
at Vauxhall the NR and LU Vauxhall Stations will become a paired OSI.
This happened at Balham recently when Southern began accepting PAYG
on the NR tariff between Victoria and Balham.

I haven't attempted to work out the numbers but there will be a
considerable increase in OSIs and their complexity come 2/1/10. As an
example just think about Waterloo NR, Waterloo W&C, Waterloo LUL,
Waterloo East and Southwark. Potentially all one complex! - whether it
ends up as one I can't say.

I was agreeably surprised to discover yesterday that the Kings Cross St
Pancras LU station remain an OSI, even though it's no longer necessary.
I went to have a look at the new northern ticket office, exiting from
one of the old LU gatelines and re-entering a few minutes later via the
new northern gateline. My Oyster fare to the station was zeroed out as
it's treated as an OSI, even though I could have changed LU lines
without passing any gatelines.