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[email protected] · July 4th 11, 02:53 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Tim Roll-Pickering) wrote:

wrote:

Thanks. I was wrong. I thought the route included zone 3. ISTR an
artifice to keep fare levels up on the NLL. Wasn't Hampstead Heath in
zone 3 at one time?

Yes and also Wilesden Junction. IIRC both were moved by London
Overground.

But the ******* system charged me £1.90 at Putney from Highbury &
Islington via Willesden Junction (touched pink Oyster pad)and Clapham
Junction. That's all in Zone 2 so should have been £0.85 with Railcard
discount. The SWT man at Putney was completely confused. The Oyster
Helpline was helpless until tomorrow.

£1.90 is the direct fare. I thought the point of pink Oyster pads was to
avoid that?

While we're at it, why is the pink Oyster pad at Willesden Junction so far
from the NLL platforms? A right pain to go almost all the way to platforms
1-3.Luckily I had 10 minutes. If I had waited at Highbury for the through
train it would have been impossible. Not that Oyster took any notice
anyway. When I asked the TfL Overground assistance people at Willesden
Junction why there was no pad on that platform he said it was up to "the
Oyster people".

Oh, and the first two trains got terminated short of their destinations
due to faults. The H&C at Moorgate (driver advised everyone to tip out at
Barbican for same platform interchange) and the ELL at Dalston Junction.
There was another train waiting across the platform there, though it did
say "Out of service" until after it had set off.

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Colin Rosenstiel