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Old January 4th 10, 05:02 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Rupert Candy[_2_] Rupert Candy[_2_] is offline
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Default Oyster Extension Permits (OEPs)

"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote:
Rupert Candy wrote:

Just a quick live update from this morning:


From a short journey today:

Forest Gate - poster up telling us we can now use PAYG on national
rail. No
Oyster pad has been added to the one ticket machine at the station
(even
though it has a circle that is clearly intended for one) or at the
ticket
office window and there were no posters or leaflets about Oyster
either in
the ticket office or in the hallway down to the platforms. Absolutely
nothing whatsoever about OEPs.

(Oh and the station was closed last week for cable repairs so this is
the
first operating day with PAYG.)

Stratford - continues to be chaotic because the TfL and National
Express
delineation isn't always clear to Joe Public. The NX machines in the
ticket
hall don't have Oyster pads so the queues for the TfL machines and
window
will just get even longer. I looked hard but couldn't find any leaflet
about
Oyster on National Rail on either the TfL or NX racks.

So far two stations, including one of the main ones in East London,
and zero
information.


Shepherds Bush (Central) had a Using Oyster on National Rail
Tfl-produced leaflet dated 2nd Jan. It has the same wording as the
website plus a fold-out of the new Oyster Rail Services map (+ zones).
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