In article ,
(Clive Page)
wrote:
On 09/10/2015 18:42, Paul Corfield wrote:
Please check your journey in the TfL Single Fare Finder. That
specifies the default route - first one on the list and usually via
Zone 1 - and then will list alternatives.
You must ONLY touch your Oyster Card / Contactless Card at the points
specified by TfL to benefit from a lower fare.
https://tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payment...From=Worcester
+Park+Rail+Station&FromId=910GWRCSTRP&To=Canary+Wh arf+Underground+Station&ToI
d=940GZZLUCYF&PassengerType=Adult
Thanks for telling us about the mobile version of the single fare
finder. SO I've just tried it on a sample journey and I'm not impressed.
My sample journey was one I actually do from time to time: King's
Cross St Pancras to Richmond (Surrey). It tells me the three options
a
Oyster
peak £3.90 off-peak £2-80
(But no route is specified, does that mean using London Underground
all the way? I've no idea. And does "Oyster" imply London
Underground only, that implication is not spelled out, and does not
seem very logical now that Oyster cards are valid on a much greater
variety of trains).
Oyster is valid all over Greater London. I guess that allows use of the most
direct route which will be on the Underground and/or Overground.
Changing at Waterloo or Victoria and Clapham Junction:
Peak £5.40, off-peak £4.20
Changing at Vauxhall
Peak £5.00 off-peak £4.20
So if my assumptions are right it costs more to mix NR and TfL
trains, but why are the two off-peak fares the same but peak fares
different? Baffling.
That's the way the TOCs were persuaded to accept Oyster. It makes train
travel more expensive Sarf of the River.
Then the route I might well take is Thameslink to West Hampstead and
then West Hampstead Overground to Richmond. That route isn't likely
to take any longer than using the District Line to Richmond but it
isn't listed at all, so I have no idea what fare would be charged.
Not only that I don't know how to find out.
It wouldn't be because you're starting in Zone 1. So there can't be a fare
avoiding Zone 1. You could try combining Kings Cross to West Hampstead and
West Hampstead to Richmond but you will have difficulty persuading the
Oyster system not to continue your journey from King's Cross when you
re-enter at West Hampstead. Maybe use 2 different cards though if you have a
railcard registered on Oyster that won't work as you can only register 1
card AIUI.
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Colin Rosenstiel