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Announcement re. Oyster on London overland rail
"Neil Williams" wrote in message ... On 24 Nov 2009 00:34:57 GMT, "Michael R N Dolbear" wrote: Can't load a Network SouthEast card, hence the exception. Whyever not? Perhaps it's because the Network Card £13.00 minimum weekday fare, and the 'after 1000' rule mean it isn't any use for 5 days out of 7... Friends and Family doesn't appear in the list either. Somebody suggested it was because it has to allow for groups of adults and the compulsory accompanying children. The Network Card also has group and children validity, but its use by an individual should be programmable for weekend use only. Paul S |
Announcement re. Oyster on London overland rail
On 24 Nov, 11:01, "Paul Scott" wrote:
Can't load a Network SouthEast card, hence the exception. Whyever not? Perhaps it's because the Network Card £13.00 minimum weekday fare, and the 'after 1000' rule mean it isn't any use for 5 days out of 7... The Network Card also has group and children validity, but its use by an individual should be programmable for weekend use only. Also, a NSE card if loaded on Oyster can't then be read by NSE ticket offices outside the zonal area. To provide both a paper & Oyster NSE discount card would leave it open to fraud, with both usable simultaneously by different people....there's no photocard needed! |
Announcement re. Oyster on London overland rail
On 24 Nov, 11:36, Chris wrote:
Also, a NSE card if loaded on Oyster can't then be read by NSE ticket offices outside the zonal area. To provide both a paper & Oyster NSE discount card would leave it open to fraud, with both usable simultaneously by different people....there's no photocard needed! Can you put a Senior Railcard onto an Oyster card? I'm almost certain those don't require photocards either. Neil |
Announcement re. Oyster on London overland rail
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Announcement re. Oyster on London overland rail
On 23 Nov 2009 David Jackman pleasereplytogroup wrote in
. 109.145: is actually rather misleading on this point? It's title is "Oyster rail services in London" yet Hayes to Heathrow is shown in exactly the same style as Paddington to Hayes. Likewise the line style doesn't change at Hayes so a quick glance suggests Oyster will be valid to Slough; yes, there is a note saying it isn't but the use of (say) a dotted or feint line would make this much clearer. As a brief point to this, they Paddington-Slough line would actually need to change at West Drayton not at Hayes. -- Graham Drabble http://www.drabble.me.uk/ |
Announcement re. Oyster on London overland rail
On 24 Nov, 18:16, Graham Drabble wrote:
On 23 Nov 2009 David Jackman pleasereplytogroup wrote 6.109.145: is actually rather misleading on this point? *It's title is "Oyster rail services in London" yet Hayes to Heathrow is shown in exactly the same style as Paddington to Hayes. *Likewise the line style doesn't change at Hayes so a quick glance suggests Oyster will be valid to Slough; yes, there is a note saying it isn't but the use of (say) a dotted or feint line would make this much clearer. * As a brief point to this, they Paddington-Slough line would actually need to change at West Drayton not at Hayes. -- Graham Drabblehttp://www.drabble.me.uk/ Why's that then? |
Announcement re. Oyster on London overland rail
On 25 Nov 2009 Chris wrote in
m: On 24 Nov, 18:16, Graham Drabble wrote: On 23 Nov 2009 David Jackman pleasereplytogroup wrote innews:Xns9CCCE1F : is actually rather misleading on this point? *It's title is "Oyster rail services in London" yet Hayes to Heathrow is shown in exactly the same style as Paddington to Hayes. *Likewise the line style doesn't change at Hayes so a quick glance suggests Oyster will be valid to Slough; yes, there is a note saying it isn't but the use of (say) a dotted or feint line would make this much clearer. * As a brief point to this, they Paddington-Slough line would actually need to change at West Drayton not at Hayes. Why's that then? Oyster PAYG is available all the way to West Drayton. So if the map was differentiating routes that can be used with Oyster the change occurs at WD not at Hayes. -- Graham Drabble http://www.drabble.me.uk/ |
Announcement re. Oyster on London overland rail
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14:16:01 on Wed, 25 Nov 2009, Graham Drabble remarked: Oyster PAYG is available all the way to West Drayton. So if the map was differentiating routes that can be used with Oyster the change occurs at WD not at Hayes. The change in question is on the line to Heathrow, which should perhaps be dotted (or otherwise differentiated, in addition to the text box) after the junction halfway between H&H and WD: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...ces-in-London- Jan-2010.pdf If for no other reason that it might alert the minister to the fact he's making misleading statements about Oyster being available on ALL (his emphasis) services on the map. -- Roland Perry |
Announcement re. Oyster on London overland rail
I thought there'd been mention of the appropriate discounted PAYG fares being available to those with their Railcard loaded onto their Oystercard? I read somewhere that only certain railcards can be preloaded for discounts - I'm pretty sure the Young Persons one was included. It specifically excludes Network Gold Card holders which is basically everyone with an annual Travelcard. For many journeys it will be cheaper to get a paper ticket. How horrendous. It's enough of a pain at the moment having to queue up for a ticket from the boundary of Zone 2 say to your destination but now you'll need to work out whether or not it will be financially worth your while! Surely the system could check to see if you've got an annual Travelcard loaded on your Oyster. |
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