Paddington to Stratford with BoJ

[Argyle 1980]

An Oyster card costs £7 to obtain, though. And Network Railcard discounts can't be applied to it so it would depend what Railcard the OP has.

Crikey they've gone up again then? Think i paid £5 the last time I went out without one so got it refunded after I'd finished with it for day. I've got a few laying around at home with nominal amounts of credit on them so really should return them for refunds.
I haven't used my main oyster in over a year that has £40+ on it and is linked to my railcard. Glad it the credit doesn't expire after a year like it did on the Gautrain Goldcards.

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Not sure on which RC the poster had but assumed it wasn't a network card as they'd been subject to minimum fare a it sounded like it was a weekday with the peak being mentioned.

 

[stq123]

Sorry of I'm wrong here but won't two separate peak Oyster journeys with railcard, Paddington to Liverpool £1.80 and Liverpool St to Stratford £2.20 still be cheaper than a paper ticket and no hassle about the boj?

no railcard discount on peak oyster travel, even w my 16-25 railcard during July/August! so it’s £2.80 + £3.40 - and a paper ticket is more fun anyways

 

[redreni]

Crikey they've gone up again then? Think i paid £5 the last time I went out without one so got it refunded after I'd finished with it for day. I've got a few laying around at home with nominal amounts of credit on them so really should return them for refunds.
I haven't used my main oyster in over a year that has £40+ on it and is linked to my railcard. Glad it the credit doesn't expire after a year like it did on the Gautrain Goldcards.

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Not sure on which RC the poster had but assumed it wasn't a network card as they'd been subject to minimum fare a it sounded like it was a weekday with the peak being mentioned.

Not merely have they gone up, it's now a charge rather than a deposit. You can't get it back (but you can still get back any deposit paid on a card issued before this change was made, of course).

I'd therefore suggest keeping hold of any you think you might need. Or sell them - they're worth £7 (apparently) plus whatever returnable deposit and/or credit they may have on them!

 

[Doctor Fegg]

These are the inter-available routes where Underground and National Rail tickets are valid on each other services.

Service	Between
Chiltern Railway	Amersham and Marylebone
Chiltern Railway	West Ruislip and South Ruislip
Great Northern	Finsbury Park and King's Cross and Moorgate
Thameslink	West Hampstead Thameslink, Elephant & Castle and London Bridge
London Northwestern Railway	Harrow & Wealdstone and Euston
Greater Anglia	Stratford and Liverpool Street
c2c	Upminster and Fenchurch Street

Thank you - you have just inadvertently explained how a particularly good value ticket I commuted on 25+ years ago actually comes to be valid.