"Rupert Candy" wrote

None in SouthEastern-land yet, more's the pity... SouthEastern appear
to be the only TOC who haven't made any sort of firm commitment to
accepting Oyster, so I have no great hopes of anything happening soon.

Southeastern do accept Oyster PAYG, but only between Elephant & Castle,
Blackfriars, and City Thameslink. But they say this on their website ( and
the information seems to be about a year old):

"We do already accept season tickets on Oyster on our network ( within the
valid zones) and while we do not yet accept Oyster Pre-Pay, Southeastern
announced its commitment to work with Transport for London (TfL) to
introduce Oyster Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) on Southeastern within two years. The
implementation of PAYG will require significant investment and Southeastern
is working with TfL on issues such as the need for additional validators at
stations; the ability to sell and top-up Oyster; and the possibility of
installing automatic ticket gates at some stations. There are still a number
of issues to resolve but we hope to implement Oyster PAYG on Southeastern in
2009. Oyster PAYG will not be cheaper than our usual rail fares."

AIUI this is in line with their franchise obligation.

Peter