"Mizter T" wrote:

"tim...." wrote:

"Mizter T" wrote:

"SamB" wrote:

Hi all

In the near future, I am intending to make a journey from Brockley to
East Croydon, to meet a friend coming from Gatwick Airport, and then
bringing him back to Brockley. How do I do this with Oyster?

Do I just exit at East Croydon, then immediately enter again? Will
this give me two separate journeys, or will I confuse it with an OOSI?

There's no OSI at East Croydon, so no possibility of that coming into
play - just exit at East Croydon and then re-enter.

(Also worth noting that OSIs don't generally apply when exiting and then
re-entering the same station/ gateline - e.g. if one were to exit Euston
tube, then re-enter, that would start a new journey - though I'm not
sure how things are configured at say Victoria, London Bridge, Liverpool
Street or other NR termini stations, where one could concievably exit,
circulate and then re-enter as part of an overall rail journey.)

And what would happen if I touched in at Brockley, then did nothing
else before touching out at Brockley an hour later?

If one was to enter Brockley then exit it before the journey timed out,
it'd be charged as a Brockley to Brockley (z2 to z2) journey,

why wouldn't in be two unresolved journeys?

Because entering and then exiting a station results in a journey from that
station, to that station.

Though as Jack has just explained, it's actually more complicated than that.

However in this instance the OP shouldn't have any problems exiting and then
re-entering at East Croydon - that would end the first journey (from
Brockley), and start a new second journey.