On Sep 1, 8:40*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:29:50 -0700 (PDT), SamB
wrote:

And that presumably one will have to pay for the 225 when using PAYG,
rather than it being free... So not really a replacement bus at all.

LUL tickets will be accepted on the 225 as they are on the 381. I take
the point you make but strictly the ELL rail replacement buses aren't
free either - I thought they had working ticket machines that charged
the LUL fare or have I got that bit wrong?

They all charge a fare of 0p (i.e. zero pence) on Oyster PAYG. No
fancy pseudo-Tube fare charging arrangements apply.

For New Cross to Surrey Quays/ Canada Water the bus fare (on the 225)
of £1 is cheaper than the £1.10 fare that one would have been charged
on the LU EWLL line, were it still to be open. But obviously that all
falls apart when considering onward journeys on the Jubilee line from
Canada Water (or v.v.)... unless something clever is somehow
implemented (as you've previously suggested is perhaps possible)...