On 21 Apr, 08:58, Mizter T wrote:
On Apr 20, 5:34*pm, MatthewD wrote:



On 20 Apr, 16:51, Ian Jelf wrote:

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Mizter T writes

On Apr 19, 8:06*pm, martin wrote:
When a tube station or line is closed for planned work (or there's
other unplanned disruption), and TfL advise that tube tickets will be
accepted on local buses, how does the Oyster PAYG system cope?

Nothing changes.

Wood Green tube's closed this weekend, so instead of walking to the
station, I'm taking a bus to Turnpike Lane. While the cost of two PAYG
singles already take me beyond the z1-3 cap (with a 16-25 railcard),
I'm curious to know what would happen to the bus fare I didn't reach
the cap.

In truth I'd think that trying to devise a procedure whereby
passengers were not charged for travelling on regular local bus
services in such situations would be nightmarishly complex and fraught
with untold potential problems.

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?

The East London Line rail replacement services charge a PAYG fare of
£0.00, as long as you have enough credit on your card for a Zone 2
tube journey.

Not true - you can use the ELL replacement buses even if your Oyster
PAYG balance is zero.



When Shepherd's Bush was closed, journeys on the 148 were
automatically refunded within a few days.

Very interesting - I hadn't come across this at all. How was this
implemented?

Journey histories were monitored by Oystercard Admin for validations
on route 148 occuring next to a validation at Holland Park. When this
was detected a single bus jourmey refund was generated to be credited
at the customer's most used gateline within a few days.