On 7 Nov, 18:48, "Paul Scott" wrote:
"CNS" wrote in message



Spent a day visiting London last week, so decided to try using the Oyster
Card. I sent a topup of £5 to be credited when getting the Tube at
Waterloo. The day's journeys are now showing on the website & I notice
that there are a number of £4 charges when entering Waterloo, Arsenal &
Baker ST tubes. Can anyone let me know why? may it have been down to me
not
touching in & out correctly? After topping up do I need to touch in twice?
as the £4 charges seem to be after a topup?

16:31 Waterloo (Jubilee Line Entrance) Exit £2.80 £2.91
16:14 Baker Street Entry £4.00 £0.11
16:14 Baker Street Top-up £2.00 £4.11
16:00 Bus 274 Entry £0.90 £2.11
13:26 Regents Park Exit £2.00 £3.01
13:01 Arsenal Entry £4.00 £1.01
12:59 Arsenal Top-up £2.00 £5.01
10:12 Arsenal Exit £2.00 £3.01
09:54 Holborn Entry £2.50 £1.01
09:19 Holborn Exit £2.50 £3.51
08:50 Waterloo (Bkloo, Nthn, W&C Lines) Entry £4.00 £1.01
08:50 Waterloo (Bkloo, Nthn, W&C Lines) Top-up £5.00 £5.01

Basically, every time you commence a PAYG journey on the tube (Entry), they
deduct a sort of deposit of £4.00, (its called a 'maximum cash fare' in the
leaflets), and then when you exit they pay it back less the journey cost.
Its to make sure you remember to touch in and out correctly. When Oyster
first started people discovered they could touch in in zone 1, then if they
left the system without touching out, they would have an unresolved journey,
which they would then explain to a ticket office was all in zone 1...

Or not deal with a ticket office at all - despite the on-screen
messages on the Oyster ticket machines nothing happened if an
unresolved journey was left unresolved (a fact discovered by the
failure of myself and a friend to touch-out after an evening of
magnificent alcoholic excess - they got it 'resolved' at a ticket
office the next day, but when I tried to do the same later on the
ticket office clerk said not to worry about it, as the unresolved
journey would disappear after a while). Of course things have now
changed and this potential loophole has been closed with the
introduction of the £4 'penalty' for failing to touch-in or touch-out.