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Mizter T · September 23rd 13, 02:05 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

[x-posted to utl]

On 23/09/2013 14:29, wrote:
Hi,

Sorry if this has been done to death, i've tried Googling,
but only seem to turn up out of date posts.

Is it possible to to use a season ticket valid from A-B to
Travel into and beyond C (a London terminus) without having
to get out at B, exit the ticket line and clock back in using
the Oyster?

No, not using Oyster Pay-as-you-go (PAYG). (I'm assuming the "season
ticket valid from A-B" is a rail-only season ticket.)

If one had a season Travelcard issued on Oyster for say zones 3-6, one
could use it to travel from Surbiton (zone 6) to Waterloo (zone 1) and
onwards on the Tube without having to validate it midway (station B in
your example) - the 'extension' (or excess, if you prefer) would be
taken from the PAYG credit on the Oyster card.

If so, is it possible to do this without incurring any kind of
penalty (other than getting charged the equivalent cost of a
1 day travelcard).

No - see above (not quite sure I follow your comment in brackets above,
but regardless the answer of 'no' stands!).

Alternatively would it be possible to load a travelcard onto the
oyster and use it like this? (ie not touching in at B on the way
to London, not touching out at B on the way back.

You cannot load a one-day Travelcard onto Oyster, no (season Travelcards
can however be loaded on Oyster).

However you could just buy a paper Day Travelcard which would mean you
wouldn't need to get off the train and validate an Oyster card at a
midway point (station B in your example).

And for a final question, would this be any cheaper than just
buying a 1 day paper travelcard from B to the relevant (all)
zones?

See above. The option you've pondered of somehow using Oyster but not
validating it at station B isn't possible, so buying a (paper) Day
Travelcard is one of the ways of being able to travel from station C to
station A (and onwards) without getting off at station B.

If any of that's not clear, reply and I'll try again with my plain
English hat on.