On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:57 -0800 (PST),
MIG wrote:
On 16 Nov, 11:05, John B wrote:
On Nov 15, 11:36*am, MIG wrote:


And presumably the cheaper fares will not be the ones where you can
validate at an interchange.

I don't understand your point here. If you get the direct Central Line
train, you'll be charged the Tube fare; if you touch out of Chiltern
and into LU at Marylebone, then you'll be charged the Tube+NR fare.
That's straightforward, simple, and doesn't require any effort on your
part to be charged the right fare.

Just that a system has just been introduced whereby you are assumed to
have gone the more expensive way unless you touch on the cheaper
route. This is going to be reversed in some situations, such as the
Ruislip one.


Travelling via London Euston NR/LU OSI has always attracted a premium
over avoiding the explicit Z1 touch. (Up until recently, when travelling
in the middle of the day it was cheaper to walk to KX to join the
underground than to continue your journey at Euston as going to KX
forced two separate journeys)

I'm not sure what happens now - theres a route validator at Willseden
Junction but there are routes from say Harrow and Wealdstone to not Z1
via the Bakerloo line that didn't require a touch in Z1 so were charged
not Z1.

Tim.


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