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Walter Briscoe · July 4th 11, 04:48 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message of Sun, 3 Jul
2011 19:11:31 in uk.transport.london,
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Thinking of my travel plans this week I realise I don't know the
maximum journey times on Oyster, especially for Zones 1-2 and 1-3.
Can anyone point me to the information by the morning, please?

To amplify my question, I'm thinking of Kings Cross St Pancras to
Whitechapel, Whitechapel to Highbury and Islington, Highbury and Islington
to Clapham Junction via Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction to Putney.
The TfL journey planner reckons that takes just under two hours.

Will an Oyster timeout cause me a problem?

Do I need to find a pink validator somewhere and if so where would be
best? Highbury and Islington?

Maximum journey times is at http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14872.aspx.
It looks to me as if your peregrination is Within zones 1 - 2 100.
It seems you need to break your journey into two.
A simple touch out, followed by an immediate touch in, is USUALLY
effective. Occasionally, the equivalent of an OSI is applied and all
bets are off. It always happens at King's Cross St Pancras aka King's
Cross St.Pancras and I have seen it sometimes happen at London Bridge.
(I failed to get a satisfactory explanation from the Oyster Helpline for
inconsistent behaviour at London Bridge.)
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Walter Briscoe