On 19 Nov, 20:13, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Graham Harrison wrote:
"Jim Brittin" [wake up to reply] wrote in
rnet.com...
In article , edward.harrison1
@remove.btinternet.com says...

"peter" wrote in message
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What does OEP stand for?

Oh good, glad I'm not the only one.

Same here.

I had assumed Oyster Extension Permit but ready to be educated.

I assumed this after a quick google.

What's one of them? * (I don't live in London these days).

AIUI, basically, if you want to use pre-pay to travel beyond your
travelcard validity, as you can freely do on TfL trains, but you want to
do it on NR trains, you need to get a special permit loaded onto your
Oyster beforehand. It's free, but you need to find an Oyster outlet to do
it. If you don't have one, then when you try to touch out, NR grippers
will PF you to death.

I don't think so. If you touch out ungripped, you should be charged
correctly, from what I understood of the previous discussion.

The OEP is for when you get gripped on the train, unable to prove that
you intend to touch out. It's to do with the guilty-till-proven-
innocent principle that applies to Oyster but not to paper travelcards.