On 10 Nov, 17:57, Mizter T wrote:
On 10 Nov, 17:12, W14_Fishbourne wrote:
On Nov 10, 5:01 pm, "Peter Masson" wrote:
"W14_Fishbourne" wrote in:
On Nov 10, 3:48 pm, asdf wrote:
Are you saying that PAYG is not valid on Southern between these
stations? Where is the National Rail information that says this?
See foot of page at:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_...oysterservices
Oyster PAYG is not valid from Watford Junction, full stop, according
to this. Where does it say different?
The question was about Harrow & Wealdstone to Wembley Central. That page
asserts that Oyster is accepted on Silverlink between Harrow & Wealdstone
and Euston (presumably including Silverlink County services) except at
Kilburn High Road and South Hampstead. Admittedly the page is silent about
Southern trains between H&W and Wembley Central, but the average passenger
isn't too clued up about which TOC operates which train, and a passenger who
had touched in at H&W, intending to travel to Wembley Central, and who then
found that there was a disruption on the DC line, but a Southern train which
would call at Wembley Central was just pulling in would expect to be allowed
to travel on it and touch out at Wembley.
Peter
I've travelled from these platforms at Wembley Central, they are not
contained within the gateline (which only encompasses the DC line
platforms) and I can't recall there being an Oyster card reader there
for this purpose. It's a very good point though, one that I had failed
to consider in an earlier thread despite considering the late night
Silverlink County (to be London Midland) trains from/to Euston that
call at these platforms.
There are no Oyster readers on Platforms 3-6, and in the late night
periods when Silverlink County/London Midland serve the station, the
readers on the DC platforms are inside the locked part of the station,
so in practice PAYG is not valid.
Another interesting question is if PAYG will be valid on Virgin
between Euston & Watford Junction when special services are running.
(For example, Watford Junction was being advertised as a normal stop
for Virgin trains from Euston yesterday.)