On 6 Mar, 16:00, "John B" wrote:
On Mar 6, 1:37 pm, "Bob Wood" wrote:

[1] I did get my Oyster card swiped by someone on board a DLR train to
Custom House last Fri. If I hadn't touched in my annual Oystercard,
would I have been liable for a penalty fare? The reason I ask, is
that the station tannoy always reminds PAYG customers to always touch
in and touch out, but it doesn't mention annual Oysters.

Annual Oystercard holders do not need to Touch-In on the DLR.

...or on the Tube, or on bendy buses, or on trams, or on National
Rail. The only occasions where you need to touch in with a period
Oyster card are when you physically need to open barriers, and when
boarding a non-bendy bus.



OR when you're travelling outside the zonal validity of your
Travelcard, and thus are using Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) to cover the
ticket extension (i.e. excess fare) from where your Travelcard
validity finishes.

This is obviously only available when travelling on routes where
Oyster PAYG is accepted for the whole journey - i.e. on the
Underground, the DLR and the very limited number of National Rail
routes that accept PAYG.

On other National Rail journeys when you are travelling outside the
zonal validity of your Travelcard then you'll need to buy a ticket
extension before you travel from the ticket office.