YP Oyster card

[RJ]

I made two bus journeys round about 5am. In the late afternoon, I made a Z1 - Z1 LUL journey, a further bus journey then a Z1 - Z4 LUL journey. All in all, this cost me £6.55 and eventually went into the red by 35p (I had £6.20 to begin with.) I ended up in Morden where all the ticket machines had been disabled and the ticket office shut making it impossible to top up.

The card is supposed to cap at £5. As long as I've lived in London I've understood that Off Peak Travelcards are valid on buses 24 hours a day and not just after 09:30. So why did my card not cap at £5, or even £6.30?

 

[First class]

The YP discount is still time restricted, even if the ticket is not - AFAIK.

 

[A60K]

I made two bus journeys round about 5am. In the late afternoon, I made a Z1 - Z1 LUL journey, a further bus journey then a Z1 - Z4 LUL journey. All in all, this cost me £6.55 and eventually went into the red by 35p (I had £6.20 to begin with.) I ended up in Morden where all the ticket machines had been disabled and the ticket office shut making it impossible to top up.

The card is supposed to cap at £5. As long as I've lived in London I've understood that Off Peak Travelcards are valid on buses 24 hours a day and not just after 09:30. So why did my card not cap at £5, or even £6.30?

I don't think you can use an Off Peak Travelcard in the peak at all, even on a bus, and the Oyster cap will reflect that. There are however no peak *single* fares on buses, just a flat rate throughout the day, although on the tube peak rates apply to single fares, and the One Day Bus and Tram Pass is the same cost all day - might that be what you were thinking of?

 

[philjo]

Your 2 bus journeys were in peak times, so it is likely that the peak daily cap applies. The Railcard discounted cap only applies to off-peak journeys.

peak is 04:30-09:29 on weekdays.

If you catch a bus in peak hours, then other types of transport in off-peak hours, you'll be charged a peak cap.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14837.aspx

 

[RJ]

Ok fair enough, that would explain it. I haven't bought a paper TC, or paid to catch a bus for several years. Even before then I got the green £4 weekly bus passes so peak/off peak was something I've never needed to consider where buses are concerned. Thank you.