"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:36:59 +0100, Josie

wrote:

I think what I was trying to work out was whether Oyster would be
clever
enough to treat the rail journey as separate - if all my journeys are
Z1
apart from that first journey from Grays to Fenchurch St, would it
charge me the Z1 cap plus the £3.90 fare in? Or would it keep going
for
the Z1-Grays cap?

I doubt it but I'm not 100% certain. Journeys are typically held
separate if they are in a different time band (e.g. peak) or where you
have a lower cap (e.g. bus pass) and say only one tube journey which
is
less than the equivalent ODTC cap. Having looked at the numbers there
is a big difference in price between the Z16G cap and the Z12 cap plus
£3.90. I suppose if Oyster is supposed to give you the lowest price
then assuming you touch in and out correctly then you should only be
charged £7.60 (£3.90 +£3.70) rather than £9.40.

Just to confuse things even more you could argue the cheapest fare
should be a Z12 cap plus a Z2-Grays single. I don't know if the c2c
trains stop at Limehouse long enough to jump off, touch out and in
again, and get back on the train!

Peter Smyth