Recent content by Matt E Raffles

Well, although we have some detail of the technical aspects of Oyster weekly capping, we don't yet know what TfL's launch strategy will be. It would clearly be questionable to suggest that Oyster would always be 'best value' for a week's travel. As you say, there are some clear disadvantages of...

The possibility of weekly capping on the Oyster card itself would not have been determined at the time of the Contactless rollout; both the functionality relating to Contactless and that available with Oyster have continued to be developed since then. Weekly capping on Oyster will behave as...

Weekly capping on Oyster will not require the Contactless Payment Card back-office processes but will actually be handled in the first instance on the card itself in a similar way to daily capping. The reader software will be changed to update the Oyster card format to allow for a new...

There is an OSI list at the following location: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/out-of-station-interchanges The list can also be found by typing 'OSI' or 'out of station interchange' into the search function on the site.

The 'commercial position' of the TSGN franchise will be of particular interest to the DfT/Secretary of State as fares revenue for TSGN passes to the government rather than the Train Operating Company. It is likely that the DfT will be scrutinising TSGN's business case to ensure that revenue risk...

The Hertfordshire Mercury website has an article about this today, with a quote from AGA's Commercial Director: http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Oyster-use-extended-Hertford-East-Ware-St/story-27471416-detail/story.html

The MP for Dartford has had confirmation from Southeastern that Oyster will be extended there by the end of September: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/dartford-set-for-oyster-cards-37903/

Shoreditch High Street to Surrey Quays is priced the same as New Cross but there are anomalies in neighbouring journeys. Shoreditch High Street to Whitechapel/Shadwell/Wapping are priced at £2.20 off-peak in comparison to Rotherhithe which is £2.00. Looks like there are definitely anomalies...

If the fact that the fare from Shoreditch High Street to New Cross is less than the fare to New Cross Gate is seen as an anomaly then, yes, the fares are anomalous. Perhaps the fact that TfL attempts to portray its fares as zonal is the problem here. However, if the policy is to ensure that a...

All of the journeys wholly on the London Overground are configured for Oyster as TfL local fares, even when the actual price charged appears to be on the NR local tariff. In this way TfL is able to maintain its policy of not charging 5-10 year olds for travel on its services, for example. The...

The validators in this area are indeed the Oyster Route Validators. They are currently in testing. They will have pink stickers and accompanying signage applied soon.

Yes, Stourbridge Junction is definitely available. It would be interesting to know what staff at New Street would make of an Underground-issued ticket :wink: West Brompton, another LU-operated facility, sells tickets to New Street, Coventry and Wolverhampton via the West London Line so there...

Unfortunately, the range of TOC destinations available from the London Underground ticket machines at that station does not include any that involve travel via Birmingham New Street, so it would definitely be best to buy your ticket in advance elsewhere.

In fact, in cases where a Zones U*** ticket has been wrongly issued with a 'maltese cross', the cross-London coding on the ticket overrides the Zones U*** coding meaning that the ticket will not work the gates at an Underground station that is not set up as a cross-London interchange. The...

The Mayor stated in an answer to questions about Crossrail fares that he would be responsible for setting fares on Crossrail routes and they would be priced on the LU/DLR basis. The London Overground routes have also adopted LU/DLR Oyster fares so it would be reasonable to expect that TfL will...