On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:11:04 -0000, Paul Scott wrote:

Just to add fuel to the flames, Southern have provided some clear and
unambiguous guidance (!) on this page:

http://www.southernrailway.com/ticke...s/oyster-card/

"If you already have a Travelcard but want to use your Oyster card
outside the zones covered by the Travelcard you might need to get an
Oyster Extension Permit before you travel.

'Might' is correct in that context really,

Not very useful advice though...

...If you travel with an
Oyster extension Permit you might be liable to a Penalty fare or even
prosecution."

Shocking error that bit...

But by the same logic, it's correct. For example, you could have an
OEP but travel out of the Travelcard zones.

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 01:34:46PM -0800, Rupert Candy wrote:
On Dec 1, 9:57=A0am, MIG wrote:
It may have the potential to make things convenient for everyone if
properly thought through and with the advantages and disadvantages
openly and honestly discussed and with no coercion.
Just to add fuel to the flames, Southern have provided some clear and
unambiguous guidance (!) on this page:
http://www.southernrailway.com/ticke...s/oyster-card/
"If you already have a Travelcard but want to use your Oyster card
outside the zones covered by the Travelcard you might need to get an
Oyster Extension Permit before you travel. If you travel with an
Oyster extension Permit you might be liable to a Penalty fare or even
prosecution."

Could they possibly mean 'If you travel *without* an Oyster extension
Permit'? And don't you just love that 'you *might* need to get...'

It gets better. On the ticket machine at Thornton Heath it says that
Oyster PAYG is accepted. On the poster next to the front door it says
that it isn't.

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