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I got an answer today (almost two months after lodging my appeal) and thought I'd share it for general interest. Begin quoted letter: The travelcard scheme is a through ticketing system, which allows travel on the services of the transport operators participating in the scheme, within the...

Yes that is also correct and is probably a perfectly good reason for the tram operator to reject my appeal. (Dodgy defence coming up!): I thought the Oyster card readers would be on board like a bus. Of course afterwards the readers appeared to be everywhere and it was obvious where to touch...

I did of course mean ditched the word "deliberately"!

Yeah you guys are right. I've ditched the word "misleading" Thanks.

Thanks for the assistance everybody. I've drafted a letter and shown it below. Any comments or suggestions will be gratefully received. Dear Sirs, This letter is an appeal against the penalty fare notice, reference number xxx-xxxxxx-xxxx, I received on Saturday 13 February 2016 (copy...

Hi, I have a Zone 1 - 2 annual travel card for London. Last week my partner dragged me off to Ikea in Croydon. We took the Overground to West Croydon (and paid for that section of out of zone travel with the pay as you go funds on my oyster card) and then took the tram from there to Ikea...

Hi again! Sorry to come back and disturb an old thread but... All the answers given to me previously related to a boundary ticket from Zone 3. This could be priced online by inserting the boundary of Zone 3 as Manor Park. Hopefully this is a simple question: if I move house so that I only...

Ahem... I thought kids travelled free on TfL services but whilst investigating all this I discovered that isn't correct. Since she was 11 four months ago it appears we've been fare dodging for the last four months! (This isn't quite as bad as it sounds because we usually use the bus in...

Thank you to everybody who contributed and extra special thanks to those people who actually helped to cost the journey and work out the various permutations. I am going to purchase an annual travel card when I get back from holiday in August. In the meantime though I am already going to take...

This sounds like a great idea but it doesn't seem to work. Checking on Greater Anglia's website gives the following: LST to IPS (return): 17/07/15, Anytime Return, £50.65 (with Annual Goldcard) Compared to: LST to MNG (return): 17/07/15, Off Peak Day Return, £23.35 (with Network...

My Oyster Card is loaded with a Zone 1-3 travelcard once a month. However, if an annual card issued with a Goldcard (no idea what that even is!) would make a significant difference to the annual outlay then that would be something I'd consider. Thanks, Chris

Hi, I previously posted in another thread about the journeys I make at a weekend and several people there were kind enough to help. On that thread it was suggested that "there are people on here who will happily tell you every possible permutation and saving possible on any journey you...

Thanks 34D that was really helpful. The journey described doesn't quite match what I would want. However, what you've described is such a money saver that I want to ask people if they could help refine it. I don't really want to take this thread over if this isn't the right place. Would it...

Okay - thanks. I felt sure that the documentary did say that you were supposed to be offered a split fare but I'm prepared to admit I was only half watching it. Chris

I have a network railcard which I use to purchase tickets from London to Manningtree and I then purchase separate tickets from Manningtree to Ipswich. I must further investigate the split ticketing thing now that Shenfield has been brought into TfL. Perhaps in future an additional split might...