Recent content by joshdavey

It’s a bit of a get-out, but anywhere within 35 minutes of Heathrow would qualify as long as you turned around and went back again. And of course, any station on the network in the early hours of January 1st, each year.

Interesting responses. I guess the strongest defence is the fact that the system has the intelligence to review for a further touch-out after an RPI check. I guess at that point it depends entirely on the route and the frequency of RPI checks (if they’re infrequent, I can still see a commuter...

Hi, I was reading about Continuation Exits, and it really, really surprised me that they even exist. It seems to me that this must lead to rampant levels of fare evasion, since it (uniquely) leaves an Oyster/Contactless Card in a truly odd situation where it is considered both touched-in and...

How fascinating, I've learnt two things now from this inquiry (I had no idea the electronic restrictions were viewable to all, especially, all I needed to do was scroll down!). Thanks very much for the insights, all!

Interesting. So am I right in assuming the spirit of the restriction is "No Paddington departures calling directly at Oxford between 4PM and 7PM", which is how it has been programmed into the ticket sales sites (or wherever they get their data from[?]), but it's actually worded as a list of...

Hi, I'm trying to buy an off peak open return, departing 5th January, from London Terminals to Oxford. This has a restriction code of 5K. This, specifically, is the following fare: http://www.brfares.com/#faredetail?orig=1072&dest=OXF&tkt=SVR This is listed as disallowing the following...