Ian Jelf wrote in news:vRd
:

Rail replacement bus services are however effectively free to holders
of Oyster cards.

I've always wondered about that last point. Do you touch in at all
(and the touch in is "ignored" by the system) or are you not required to
touch in at all?

It seems a little random. I had to go to Walthamstow a few weeks ago when
the Victoria line was closed. I took the Picc line to Finsbury Park, from
where there was a replacement bus. At Finsbury Park I asked if I should
touch out (there are no gates, just an Oyster pad on the wall) and I was
told not to.

At Walthamstow, the station was closed and locked, so no chance of touching
out, and I got charged for an unresolved journey. I dare say I could have
complained, but life is too short.

Peter

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Peter Campbell Smith ~ London ~ pjcs00 (a) gmail.com