asdf wrote:
On 28 Jan 2007 14:22:39 -0800, wrote:
What happens if you travel from Chorleywood to Richmond via Marylebone
- off-peak Chorleywood to Richmond on Oyster PAYG is £2 as I imagine
the fare has been set to reflect changing at Harrow-on-the-Hill /
Rayners Lane / Acton Town / Turnham Green
Yes, according to the TfL Fare Finder (assuming by off-peak you mean
before 7am or after 7pm on weekdays or all weekend).
but you could conceivably
expect to travel via Zone 1, either Marylebone / Piccadilly Circus /
Hammersmith or using the Metropolitan to Finchley Road / Westminster.
If you avoid touching anywhere en route (e.g. taking the latter
route), you'll still be charged £2, and AFAICS doing so is perfectly
legal and valid.
If you touch in at Marylebone en route, is an adjustment made to
reduce the fare into London, i.e. you would still pay £2 or do you end
up paying £3 or £5 in total?
I don't think we're going to know the answer to this until someone
actually tries it. If you do, could you please report back to the
group?
I have not tested that particular route but a couple of months ago I
tested serveral different ways of getting from Tottenham Hale to Canary
Wharf with Oyster PAYG but found none of them charged as via Z1. My
usual route, 'one' to Stratford and then DLR is of course not via Z1.
Then, when tested to touch in to the tube system at T. Hale and used
Victoria Line - Jubilee Line it still was not charged as via Z1 although
there is virtually no way of getting by tube between those without going
through Z1. Next test was to just for fun taking 'one' to Liverpool
Street, Circle Line from there and then DLR from Tower Hill it was still
not charged as via Z1, although I had in this case of course actually
touched several validators within Z1...
No problem with this route but I suspect it is not quite as popular for
the opposit, journeys always charged as via Z1 regardless of the actual
route taken, where Oyster makes it impossible to get a lower fare by
using a slightly longer route but avoiding Z1.
That said, I don't know if this applies to other parts of the system.
Might be something special for this route.
I have a couple of more tests I would like to do some time but haven't
been to London for a long while now... But it looks like more contract
work is coming up so as I say, I will be back and will report when I
find out of more interesting things with Oyster. :-)
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