On Apr 21, 11:24*am, Peter Campbell Smith
wrote:

Ian Jelf wrote:

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.


Unfortunately you were given incorrect information at Finsbury Park.
You should touch-in and out as normal. As Paul Corfield explains
upthread, if you are doing a journey that entails Tube - replacement
bus - back on the Tube, then the system should be set up to handle
this, and you should only be charged for one journey (even though you
exit and re-enter the system).