On 13/05/2011 15:55, hayley.moorey wrote:
Also, what are your thoughts on the way this new scheme was publicised?
Do you think it was publicised enough? Do people know enough about it?

I wasn't aware that it had been publicised anywhere - I learned about it
from this newsgroup and have told a few friends who were all totally
unaware of the facility.

Despite a number of stories reporting difficulties, my wife and I have
both managed to get our Senior Railcards loaded on our Oyster cards - at
Farringdon Station I think. Since I've seen nothing official about the
rules I had no idea that I had to carry my Senior Railcard with me to
make this valid, thought that seems reasonable enough (and I always do
carry it, since generally starting my journey on National Rail).

It has, unexpectedly, made tube travel a good bit cheaper, since most
zone 1 trips now cost us only £1-25 instead of £1-90 provided we avoid
the peak hours.

There are still lots of things I don't know about the scheme - e.g. does
the Oyster Card discount automatically end when the Railcard expires, or
do I need to visit a TfL station to get a new one re-registered. It
would be good if TfL had more information available. Indeed the whole
Oyster Card system is so complicated that it needs a whole book of rules
and explanations before one can make use of it sensibly (though as far
as I know nothing like this is available).

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