I talked directly to SWT and TFL and the mayors office today and both
TFL and the mayors office say Oyster will be valid. SWT are adamant
they will be refusing them except on the advertised routes and said
they were expecting numerous complaints but that the agreement was as
described in newsrail express and Southeastern agree. I'm waiting for
SWT to try to penalty fare someone for using Oyster as per the
incorrect National Rail and TFL instructions!!!
Other point of humour was that the TFL info line was swithced off
today saying that they were expecting call volumes that were too high
to deal with and so they were unable to answer any! How can something
so simple be so complex.