Contactless PAYG in the Thames Valley

[Jamiescott1]

There was someone on the marlow train this morning going through his contactless account with the guard. He was explaining that he always takes the same trains but gets charged different amount daily

 

[DailyCommuter]

With Contactless it's the time of the tap in, rather than which service is used which determines the cost, so wonder if that passenger is tapping in on the cusp of peak/off-peak threshold?

Also if they've used the tube with the same card prior to the return from Paddington, it's the time of the Underground tap in which makes the whole journey peak or off-peak.

 

[plugwash]

It's also worth noting that OSI times for transferring from tube to NR at London terminals are much longer than the OSI times for transferring from NR to tube.

Paddington LU to paddington NR is a 40 minuite OSI while the reverse is a 20 minute OSI.

I presume this is because they expect passengers to wait for their trains outside the gateline, but I suspect a side effect is unintentional joining up of separate journeys.

 

[CyrusWuff]

It's also worth noting that OSI times for transferring from tube to NR at London terminals are much longer than the OSI times for transferring from NR to tube.

Paddington LU to paddington NR is a 40 minuite OSI while the reverse is a 20 minute OSI.

I presume this is because they expect passengers to wait for their trains outside the gateline, but I suspect a side effect is unintentional joining up of separate journeys.

It's most likely because (with a few exceptions) LU services are more frequent than NR ones.

 

[plugwash]

Yes, rail services are less frequent than tube ones, but that doesn't matter if the waiting area is inside the gateline.

The tube->rail OSIs outside central london tend to have much shorter times.