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Oyster travel cap (z2-6 ) if travel is within 2-6 but fare is via
On 16 Feb, 13:17, Mizter T wrote: [*massive* snip] I have one last solution for you, by the way - and I think you might like it! Because Oyster PAYG fares are currently charged based on the origin and destination stations and disregard any intermediate touch-ins on standalone Oyster *interchange* validators (i.e. ones *within* stations that exist for interchange passengers - they are actually really for people swapping between Oyster PAYG and paper tickets), then what you could do is go from Shepherd's Bush/ Willesden Jn to Stratford, touch-in on a standalone Oyster validator *within* the station (e.g. next to the NLL platforms) but *don't* exit the station's main gates. You could then meet your friend within Stratford station and continue back along the NLL to Camden Road (or wherever) - I'm pretty sure the Oyster system would then charge you for a Shepherd's Bush/ Willesden Jn to Camden Road journey and would disregard the Stratford touch-in. And it would be completely legit because you would have touched-in at Stratford - indeed, you can touch-in as many times you want on all the different interchange validators there and it wouldn;t make a difference! And *all* the standalone Oyster validators at Stratford are set up as interchange validators (apart from the one next to the manual gate to get in and out of the station) - and yes I have tested this very recently! Of course this 'solution' will only work until the PAYG system is upgraded, likely later on this year - when this happens, interchanging between the Central line and WLL Shepherd's Bush should ensure you pay the cheaper non-z1 fare but it would also mean that touching-in at Stratford is likely to mean you pay for a journey out to zone 3. In your case this wouldn't matter though, as you'd be in line for the z2-6 cap anyway. But it will be interesting to see whether a journey from Greenford (z4) to Camden Rd (z2) with an intermediate touch-in at Stratford (z3) would count as one continuous journey, or two separate journeys (Greenford - Stratford, then Stratford - Camden Rd). Just to be crystal clear about this last point. At present, a Shepherd's Bush (LO/ WLL) to Stratford journey is charged as being via z1 regardless of the fact that the passenger might have travelled via the WLL and NLL - that's daft, but that's the way it is at the moment. However a Shepherd's Bush (LO/ WLL) to Camden Road journey is charged as a cheaper zone 2 journey. My contention is that if a passenger was to go from Shepherd's Bush (LO/ WLL) to Stratford, touch-in on an Oyster interchange validator *within the station* and *stay within the station* - i.e. did not exit and then re-enter the station through the main gates - then backtrack on the NLL to Camden Road and exit, the system would only charge them for a Shepherd's Bush (LO/ WLL) to Stratford journey. This would mean they would be eligible for the z2-6 cap. If however the passenger exited Stratford station out through the main gates, they would be charged for a via z1 journey and would then only be eligible for a z1-4 cap. As I state above, the situation whereby a Shepherd's Bush (LO/ WLL) to Stratford journey gets charged for a via z1 journey despite taking the zone 2 route should hopefully be cleared up with the upcoming PAYG system upgrade. Probably best to reply to my previous post rather than this one to avoid confusion, unless there's a specific point in this one that anyone wants to raise. |
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