London Banter - View Single Post - Oyster incomplete journeys

[email protected] · October 30th 06, 07:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:
I know I asked this before but there was confusion about the answer. I
still don't understand what happens if you have a Travelcard (on
Oyster), touch in within your zones of validity but are unable to touch
out at the destination.

Specifically, I am referring to the large number of people (myself
inc.) who have to touch in at Ealing Broadway (Z3), take the overground
to Paddington but cannot touch out there. How would the system know
that I didn't take the tube outside my zones of validity and failed to
touch out at the arrival station (and should therefore have a fare
deducted from my PAYG)?

Its been answered somewhere around about here. If you touch in within
your valid zones, but fail to touch out, the system will assume you
stay within zones, you will not be charged.

If you fail to touch in, and touch out outside of your zones, you'll
pay £1 or £1.50 (the higher amount if its zone 1 you touch out).

If you touch in outside of zones, it will charge £1 or £1.50 as well.

So you're fine within zones, but if you touch in OR out outside of the
zones on your season ticket, you'll have this small charge.