London Banter - View Single Post - Off-peak hours on Oyster?

[email protected] · March 5th 13, 10:21 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article
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(Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
In article
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(Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
According to TfL's Single Fare Finder, I can get a railcard
discount only outside peak hours, quoted as from 0630 to 0930 and
from 1600 to 1900.

Yet my journey history for yesterday clearly shows journey details
as: 16:02 - 16:19 Waterloo [London Underground / National Rail] to
Liverpool Street [London Underground] charged at £1.40.

Anyone here understand why?

Just an idea, but I think it sometimes gives you off-peak rates
slightly into peak times, presumably to allow for small errors in the
system clock.

That was the only rational explanation I could think of. I thought
as I came out of my meeting in Smith Square that there was no way I
could get into the tube before 4 so got a 507 bus (free to me) to
Waterloo. I touched in somewhere in the bowels of Waterloo on my
way to the W&C platform.

I imagine that they've found that being slightly generous like this saves
a lot of complaints and calls to the Oyster helpline.

So it would appear. Something to consider next time a meeting ends close to
4.

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Colin Rosenstiel