On 15 Dec, 18:55, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:32:12 -0000, "Paul Scott"





wrote:
stan5001 wrote:
Yes, but being pedantic, it does say underneath "Alternative Oyster
single fares, which may be cheaper, are available for this journey"

And, if you click on "Plan this journey" it suggests SWT to Waterloo
and thence Jubilee line.

So it is perfectly feasible for those not in the know to pay more than
they expected.

If you are suggesting that the fare finder should default to the most likely
journey that will be made, such as the fastest or most direct, I agree
entirely.

Following the default that the journey planner comes up with would seem most
sensible.

Except that what the journey planner advises in a great many cases has
no relationship at all to what the fare finder may tell you in terms of
routes. *You have to manipulate the journey planner options to replicate
what the fares finder tells you. In some cases the fare finder options
(for alternative fares) are so wide ranging in the lists of "valid"
stations for a given route that a number are, to my mind, mind boggling
and utterly illogical.
--
Paul C

One confusing issue with the farefinder is that the alternative routes
use groups of OSIs or purple validators where not all are sensible.
For example, Willesden Junction to Holland Park gives the interchanges
as "Kensington Olympia, Shepherds Bush or West Brompton". This
grouping always appears even where only one of these would be sensible
(Shepherds Bush in this case.)