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Michael R N Dolbear · January 6th 10, 11:52 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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No, that's just expensive. A rip-off would be something like a
return
journey Local--KX, a 13 min turnaround and return KX-Local. Rip-off,
because I got charged £4 on (return) entry at KX and again at Local
station. Then spend 20min on hold + 10m in conversation at 5p/min to

And where can I find out about the time-out or whatever at KX that
deliberately and unfairly overcharged me (twice!) for a completely
unremarkable journey. where I touched in/out just fine? Nowhere that
I can see.

Surely you read this NG as well as posting to it (VBG) ?

Kings Cross has always been a OSI (Out of station interchange), as
discussed here, with from 15 to 40 minutes allowed to pass another
gateline as part of the same journey. So with a "13 min turnaround" it
seems likely that you were trapped by the maximum journey time rule and
charged for two incomplete journeys

To check needs the zone of "Local" since this changed from the old
fixed 2.5 hours to formulas like (M-F) 70 minutes plus 10 minutes per
zone and IIRC this has just been amended a bit.

One poster showed that touching in on a bus would terminate a journey !

Too much for one booklet ?

$$ there will be a series of "Oyster customer guides" (4 in total) to
$$ replace the traditional fares booklet (deemed to be too complicated
for
$$ passengers to understand). The guides should be available at LU
stations
$$ from (4/Jan/10).

Given the vastly increased OSIs (with the extension of Oyster PAYG to
National Rail) and the changes in the maximum journey time rule more
people are going to be caught and charged £8 /OR/, if lucky, charged
half price.

ps, there are several Oyster Helpline numbers, another leaflet is
needed to select the cheapest for your circumstances, time of day etc.
but 0845 could be 2p/min or less from a BT landline when I last checked
http://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/

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Mike D