Off-peak hours on Oyster?
 

According to TfL's Single Fare Finder, I can get a railcard discount only
outside peak hours, quoted as from 0630 to 0930 and from 1600 to 1900.

Yet my journey history for yesterday clearly shows journey details as: 16:02
- 16:19 Waterloo [London Underground / National Rail] to Liverpool Street
[London Underground] charged at £1.40.

Anyone here understand why?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Off-peak hours on Oyster?
 

wrote:
According to TfL's Single Fare Finder, I can get a railcard discount only
outside peak hours, quoted as from 0630 to 0930 and from 1600 to 1900.

Yet my journey history for yesterday clearly shows journey details as: 16:02
- 16:19 Waterloo [London Underground / National Rail] to Liverpool Street
[London Underground] charged at £1.40.

Anyone here understand why?

Just an idea, but I think it sometimes gives you off-peak rates slightly
into peak times, presumably to allow for small errors in the system clock.

Off-peak hours on Oyster?
 

On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:39:46 -0600, Recliner
wrote:

wrote:
According to TfL's Single Fare Finder, I can get a railcard discount only
outside peak hours, quoted as from 0630 to 0930 and from 1600 to 1900.

Yet my journey history for yesterday clearly shows journey details as: 16:02
- 16:19 Waterloo [London Underground / National Rail] to Liverpool Street
[London Underground] charged at £1.40.

Anyone here understand why?

Just an idea, but I think it sometimes gives you off-peak rates slightly
into peak times, presumably to allow for small errors in the system clock.

Is it to allow for walking time from the barrier to the platform
train, and waiting time for the train to arrive?

Off-peak hours on Oyster?
 

Scott wrote:
On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:39:46 -0600, Recliner
wrote:

wrote:
According to TfL's Single Fare Finder, I can get a railcard discount only
outside peak hours, quoted as from 0630 to 0930 and from 1600 to 1900.

Yet my journey history for yesterday clearly shows journey details as: 16:02
- 16:19 Waterloo [London Underground / National Rail] to Liverpool Street
[London Underground] charged at £1.40.

Anyone here understand why?

Just an idea, but I think it sometimes gives you off-peak rates slightly
into peak times, presumably to allow for small errors in the system clock.

Is it to allow for walking time from the barrier to the platform
train, and waiting time for the train to arrive?

That would (and should) apply at the end of peak time, but not at the
beginning.

Off-peak hours on Oyster?
 

On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:22:19 -0600, Recliner
wrote:

Scott wrote:
On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:39:46 -0600, Recliner
wrote:

wrote:
According to TfL's Single Fare Finder, I can get a railcard discount only
outside peak hours, quoted as from 0630 to 0930 and from 1600 to 1900.

Yet my journey history for yesterday clearly shows journey details as: 16:02
- 16:19 Waterloo [London Underground / National Rail] to Liverpool Street
[London Underground] charged at £1.40.

Anyone here understand why?

Just an idea, but I think it sometimes gives you off-peak rates slightly
into peak times, presumably to allow for small errors in the system clock.

Is it to allow for walking time from the barrier to the platform
train, and waiting time for the train to arrive?

That would (and should) apply at the end of peak time, but not at the
beginning.

Very true. I wasn't thinking straight !

Off-peak hours on Oyster?
 

In article
,
(Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
According to TfL's Single Fare Finder, I can get a railcard
discount only outside peak hours, quoted as from 0630 to 0930 and
from 1600 to 1900.

Yet my journey history for yesterday clearly shows journey details
as: 16:02 - 16:19 Waterloo [London Underground / National Rail] to
Liverpool Street [London Underground] charged at £1.40.

Anyone here understand why?

Just an idea, but I think it sometimes gives you off-peak rates slightly
into peak times, presumably to allow for small errors in the system clock.

That was the only rational explanation I could think of. I thought as I came
out of my meeting in Smith Square that there was no way I could get into the
tube before 4 so got a 507 bus (free to me) to Waterloo. I touched in
somewhere in the bowels of Waterloo on my way to the W&C platform.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Off-peak hours on Oyster?
 

wrote:
In article
,
(Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
According to TfL's Single Fare Finder, I can get a railcard
discount only outside peak hours, quoted as from 0630 to 0930 and
from 1600 to 1900.

Yet my journey history for yesterday clearly shows journey details
as: 16:02 - 16:19 Waterloo [London Underground / National Rail] to
Liverpool Street [London Underground] charged at £1.40.

Anyone here understand why?

Just an idea, but I think it sometimes gives you off-peak rates slightly
into peak times, presumably to allow for small errors in the system clock.

That was the only rational explanation I could think of. I thought as I came
out of my meeting in Smith Square that there was no way I could get into the
tube before 4 so got a 507 bus (free to me) to Waterloo. I touched in
somewhere in the bowels of Waterloo on my way to the W&C platform.

I imagine that they've found that being slightly generous like this saves a
lot of complaints and calls to the Oyster helpline.

Off-peak hours on Oyster?
 

In article
,
(Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
In article
,
(Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
According to TfL's Single Fare Finder, I can get a railcard
discount only outside peak hours, quoted as from 0630 to 0930 and
from 1600 to 1900.

Yet my journey history for yesterday clearly shows journey details
as: 16:02 - 16:19 Waterloo [London Underground / National Rail] to
Liverpool Street [London Underground] charged at £1.40.

Anyone here understand why?

Just an idea, but I think it sometimes gives you off-peak rates
slightly into peak times, presumably to allow for small errors in the
system clock.

That was the only rational explanation I could think of. I thought
as I came out of my meeting in Smith Square that there was no way I
could get into the tube before 4 so got a 507 bus (free to me) to
Waterloo. I touched in somewhere in the bowels of Waterloo on my
way to the W&C platform.

I imagine that they've found that being slightly generous like this saves
a lot of complaints and calls to the Oyster helpline.

So it would appear. Something to consider next time a meeting ends close to
4.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Off-peak hours on Oyster?
 

On 06/03/13 07:03, wrote:
In article
,
(Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
According to TfL's Single Fare Finder, I can get a railcard
discount only outside peak hours, quoted as from 0630 to 0930 and
from 1600 to 1900.

Yet my journey history for yesterday clearly shows journey details
as: 16:02 - 16:19 Waterloo [London Underground / National Rail] to
Liverpool Street [London Underground] charged at £1.40.

Anyone here understand why?

Just an idea, but I think it sometimes gives you off-peak rates slightly
into peak times, presumably to allow for small errors in the system clock.

That was the only rational explanation I could think of. I thought as I came
out of my meeting in Smith Square that there was no way I could get into the
tube before 4 so got a 507 bus (free to me) to Waterloo. I touched in
somewhere in the bowels of Waterloo on my way to the W&C platform.

I was also once touched somewhere in the bowels on just such a transport...